10-letter words starting with ove
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- overloaded — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- overlocker — a person who overlocks seams, hems, etc
- overlooked — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- overmanage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- overmanned — overstaffed
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- overmatter — overset (def 6).
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- overmighty — too forceful
- overmodest — extremely modest
- overnetted — relating to unsustainable net fishing
- overnicely — in an overnice manner
- overoffice — to exercise power over by virtue of one's office
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overpeople — to overpopulate: The town has been overpeopled by those leaving the farms.
- overplaced — placed above
- overpotent — excessively potent or powerful
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- overreckon — to overestimate
- overrefine — to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions.
- overreport — to report too frequently or in too much detail
- overridden — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- overriding — taking precedence over all other considerations.
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
- overrunner — someone who or something that overruns
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- overseeded — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overserved — to act as a servant.
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overshower — to shower over
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- oversleeve — a protective sleeve covering an ordinary sleeve
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- overstated — If an account or a figure on an account is overstated, the amount that is reported on the financial statement is more than it should be.
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overstored — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstress — overemphasize.
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
- overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).