(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overreach
overravish
overriches
overrichly
oversearch
oversearch
verb
To search all over.
overseethe
overshaded
overshaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overshade
overshadow
overshadow
verb
(transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
(transitive) To obscure something by casting a shadow.
(transitive) To shelter or protect.
overshined
overshoots
overshoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overshoot
overshrink
overshrink
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink excessively.
overshroud
overshroud
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover from above like a shroud.
oversights
oversights
noun
plural of oversight
overslaugh
overslaugh
noun
(US, dialect) A bar in a river.
verb
(US, dialect, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
overslight
overslight
adj
Excessively slight.
oversmooth
oversmooth
verb
To smooth excessively
overspeech
oversplash
overstarch
overstarch
verb
To starch excessively
overstitch
overstitch
noun
An embroidery stitch made over another
verb
To sew with these stitches
overswarth
overtaught
overtaught
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overteach
overthinly
overthrong
overthrown
overthrown
verb
past participle of overthrow
overthrows
overthrows
noun
plural of overthrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overthrow
overthrust
overthrust
adj
(geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
noun
(geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
verb
(geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
overthwart
overthwart
adj
(obsolete) Crossing in kind or disposition.
(obsolete) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
adv
(archaic) From side to side.
noun
(obsolete) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
prep
(archaic, UK dialect) From one side to the other of.
overwealth
overweighs
overweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweigh
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.
overwhelms
overwhelms
noun
plural of overwhelm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwhelm
pelvigraph
pelvigraph
noun
An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
prehensive
prehensive
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
ravishedly
ravishment
ravishment
noun
(dated or BDSM) rape
ecstasy
seizure by force
reachieved
reachieved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reachieve
reachieves
reachieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reachieve
revanchism
revanchism
noun
Metaphorical endeavouring to regain lost political or cultural territory.
The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
revanchist
revanchist
adj
Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.
noun
A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
rheumative
rhinegrave
rhinegrave
Noun
A German count whose hereditary lands are in the Rheingau area north of the river Rhine, especially one descended from the counts of Salm.
rhinovirus
rhinovirus
noun
Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.
rhombovate
saviorhood
saviorhood
noun
Alternative form of saviourhood
saviorship
saviorship
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of saviourship
shavegrass
shivereens
shivereens
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) Small fragments; smithereens.
shiversome
shiversome
adj
Characterised or marked by shivering
shiverweed
shortwaves
shortwaves
noun
plural of shortwave
shovegroat
shovegroat
Noun
The game of shuffleboard.
shreveport
shreveport
Proper noun
A city in the state of Louisiana, USA
shrievalty
shrievalty
noun
The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff
shriveling
shriveling
verb
present participle of shrivel
shrivelled
shrivelled
adj
Collapsed in size.
Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of shrivel
shrovetide
shrovetide
Noun
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
silverbush
silverbush
noun
Argythamnia spp., found from Texas to Colombia
Convolvulus cneorum, of the Mediterranean
Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis, of Australia
silverfish
silverfish
noun
A white variety of the goldfish.
Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.
Aphareus rutilans (rusty jobfish)
Argentina sphyraena (herring smelt)
Argyrozona argyrozona (carpenter sea bream)
Callorhinchus milii (elephant shark)
Ctenolepisma lineata (four-lined silverfish).
Ctenolepisma longicaudata (grey silverfish).
Elops saurus (ladyfish)
Enteromius mattozi (papermouth])
Labeobarbus bynni (Niger barb, barbel, Nile barb)
Lepisma saccharina, a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
(linguistics, of a syllable) stressed more than is usual
(physics) Describing a transuranic element with an extremely high atomic number; typically taken to mean beyond lawrencium (element 103, the last actinide)
Having far greater weight than usual.
noun
(physics) A superheavy element.
switchover
switchover
noun
A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
tereshkova
theravadin
theravadin
Noun
An exponent of Theravada Buddhism.
thereabove
therevidae
thieveries
thieveries
noun
plural of thievery
thornville
thriveless
thriveless
adj
(obsolete) thriftless; not thriving; unsuccessful
thrivingly
thrivingly
adv
In a thriving manner, or so as to thrive.
thruthvang
thwartover
tovariches
tovariches
noun
plural of tovarich
tovarishes
tovarishes
noun
plural of tovarish
trevethick
trevithick
trichevron
tsarevitch
tsarevitch
noun
Alternative spelling of tsarevich
tzarevitch
unchivalry
unchivalry
noun
Lack of chivalry.
unfeverish
unfeverish
adj
Not feverish.
unravished
unravished
adj
Not ravished.
unshivered
unshivered
adj
Not shivered or broken to pieces; intact.
unthriving
unthriving
adj
Failing to thrive; weak or sickly.
vanderhoek
vanhomrigh
vanquisher
vanquisher
noun
Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror.
vapography
vaportight
vaportight
adj
impermeable to vapor
vardhamana
vareheaded
varnishing
varnishing
noun
An application of varnish.
verb
present participle of varnish
vasundhara
vectograph
vectograph
noun
A kind of stereoscopic print or transparency to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses.
vehiculary
vehiculary
adj
Obsolete form of vehicular.
vellincher
venography
venography
noun
(medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins.
verandahed
verandahed
adj
Alternative form of verandaed
verdicchio
vergership
vergership
noun
An appointment as verger.
verrocchio
versesmith
versesmith
noun
A writer of poetry.
vestryhood
vibraharps
vibraharps
noun
plural of vibraharp
vibraphone
vibraphone
noun
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
vibrograph
vibrograph
noun
An instrument that records vibrations
vibrophone
vibrophone
noun
Alternative form of vibraphone
victorfish
viewworthy
vigorishes
vigorishes
noun
plural of vigorish
vilhjalmur
vinegarish
vinegarish
adj
(figuratively) acerbic, bitter
Tasting somewhat like vinegar.
vingerhoed
viperishly
viperishly
adv
In a viperish manner.
viragoship
virginhead
virginhead
noun
(archaic) virginhood; virginity
virginship
virginship
noun
(archaic) virginity
vitrophyre
vitrophyre
noun
A porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.
viziership
viziership
noun
The rank or position of vizier.
voltairish
voroshilov
voucheress
vouchering
vouchering
verb
present participle of voucher
vouchsafer
vouchsafer
noun
One who vouchsafes.
wanthriven
wanthriven
adj
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Stunted; ill-grown; decayed; in a state of decline.
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) emaciated; weakly.
whatsoever
whatsoever
adv
In any way; at all; whatever.
det
(formal or literary) Whatever.
pron
(archaic or literary) Whatever.
whensoever
whensoever
adv
whenever; at any time at all
whomsoever
whomsoever
pron
Whatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition): emphasised or elaborated form of whomever.