8-letter words containing r, s, v
- overfast — too fast
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overjust — too just
- overlush — excessively lush
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overpass — a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overpost — to hurry over
- overrash — too rash
- oversail — a projection
- oversale — the selling of more than is available
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- oversave — to put (too much money) into savings
- overseas — over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
- overseed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- overseen — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overseer — a person who oversees; supervisor; manager: the overseer of a plantation.
- oversees — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversell — to sell more of (a stock, product, etc.) than can be delivered.
- overshoe — a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- oversick — too sick
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overslow — too slow
- oversman — an overseer
- oversoak — to soak too much
- oversoft — too soft
- oversold — simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
- oversoon — too soon
- oversoul — (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- overstep — to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
- overstir — to stir too much
- oversuds — to produce too much lather
- oversure — too sure (so as to be presumptuous)
- oversway — to overrule
- overswim — to swim across
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- overwise — excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.
- passover — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.