A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
interwove
interwove
verb
simple past tense of interweave
interwoven
interwoven
verb
past participle of interweave
interwovenly
interwovenly
adv
In an interwoven manner.
ivywort
liverwort
liverwort
noun
A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
liverworts
liverworts
noun
plural of liverwort
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
overstrewing
overstrewing
verb
present participle of overstrew
oversweetening
oversweetening
verb
present participle of oversweeten
overswift
overswift
adj
(rare) Overly swift.
overthrowing
overthrowing
verb
present participle of overthrow
overthwartarchaic
overthwartwise
overtwine
overtwist
overtwist
verb
To twist excessively
overwatching
overwatching
verb
present participle of overwatch
overwatering
overwatering
verb
present participle of overwater
overweight
overweight
adj
(investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
(transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
noun
(countable) An overweight person.
(countable, investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
(uncountable, chiefly transport, law) An excess of weight.
(uncountable, healthcare) The condition of being overweight.
verb
(transitive) To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
overweightage
overweightage
noun
(India) Extra or undue weight or importance.
overweighted
overweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweight
overweighting
overweighting
verb
present participle of overweight
overweights
overweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweight
overwetting
overwetting
verb
present participle of overwet
overwinter
overwinter
adj
Occurring over the winter season.
adv
During the winter.
verb
(transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.
Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.
overwintered
overwintered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwinter
overwintering
overwintering
noun
(medicine) The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host
The action of overwintering
verb
present participle of overwinter
overwinters
overwinters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwinter
overwithered
overwithered
adj
Excessively withered.
overwithheld
overwithheld
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwithhold
overwithhold
overwithhold
verb
(finance) To withhold an excess amount of tax for an employee etc., the excess being refunded at a later stage.
overwrite
overwrite
noun
(computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
verb
(transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
(transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
(transitive, intransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
(transitive, intransitive) To write too much.
overwrited
overwrites
overwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwrite
overwriting
overwriting
verb
present participle of overwrite
overwritten
overwritten
verb
past participle of overwrite
preoverthrowing
provincetown
shortwaving
switchover
switchover
noun
A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
uninterwoven
uninterwoven
adj
Not interwoven.
viewport
viewport
noun
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
A viewing window.
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.