9-letter words containing v, r, o, t
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overstare — to outstare
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- oversteer — handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstood — simple past tense and past participle of overstand.
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overstrew — to strew or scatter over.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- oversweet — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
- overtaxed — taxed too heavily
- overteach — to teach too much
- overthick — too thick
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- overtimer — a person who works overtime
- overtimid — extremely timid
- overtired — If you are overtired, you are so tired that you feel unhappy or bad-tempered, or feel that you cannot do things properly.
- overtones — additional meanings or nuances
- overtower — to tower above
- overtrade — to trade in excess of one's capital or the requirements of the market.
- overtrain — to train excessively
- overtreat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- overtrick — a trick won by declarer in excess of the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- overtrust — to trust too much
- overwatch — to watch over.
- overwater — to give too much water to
- overwrest — to strain too much
- overwrite — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- overwrote — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- oviparity — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- oviraptor — a bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers
- ovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pavarotti — Luciano [loo-chee-ah-noh;; Italian loo-chah-naw] /ˌlu tʃiˈɑ noʊ;; Italian luˈtʃɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1935–2007, Italian operatic tenor.
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- portative — capable of being carried; portable.
- portreeve — the reeve of a port
- predevote — predestined, predetermined
- primitivo — a black grape grown in the Puglia region of Italy, used for making wine
- privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.