12-letter words containing v, r, i, e
- over-indexes — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-precise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- over-promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overengineer — to engineer to excess
- overequipped — having too much equipment
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overexercise — to exercise excessively
- overexertion — to exert excessively.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overfineness — excessive fineness
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)