(masonry) Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
(mining) Done from below upward.
(of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
(sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
adv
In an overhand manner
noun
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
verb
Sew using an overhand stitch.
overhang
overhang
noun
(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
verb
(intransitive) To impend.
(transitive) To hang over (something).
overhard
overhard
adj
Too hard.
overhate
overhate
verb
To hate excessively.
overhaul
overhaul
noun
(firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.
A major repair, renovation, or revision.
verb
(nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
(transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
To pass, overtake, or travel past.
overhead
overhead
adj
(soccer) kicked over one's own head
located above, especially over the head
adv
(archaic) Per head; for each individual.
Above one's head; in the sky.
noun
(computing) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
(countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
(countable) An overhead projector.
(countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
(juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.
(nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
(tennis) A smash.
(transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
(uncountable, business) Wasted money.
(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
overheap
overheap
verb
(transitive) To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.
overhear
overhear
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
overheat
overheat
noun
A condition of being overheated.
verb
(intransitive) To become excessively hot.
(transitive) To heat excessively.
overheld
overheld
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhold
overhelp
overhelp
verb
To supply with too much help.
overhigh
overhigh
adj
Too high; excessively high.
overhill
overhold
overhold
noun
The act or process of holding over.
verb
(transitive) To hold over; keep.
(transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
overholy
overholy
adj
(rare) Too holy.
overhope
overhope
noun
(UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.
Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.
To hope excessively; presume.
overhour
overhuge
overhuge
adj
Excessively huge.
overhung
overhung
adj
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Suspended from above or from the top.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhang
overhunt
overhunt
verb
(transitive) To hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.
overhurl
overhusk
overhype
overhype
verb
(transitive) To promote or publicize excessively.
overlash
overlash
verb
(obsolete) To drive on rashly; to go to excess.
(obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate; to boast.
To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments
overlush
overlush
adj
Excessively lush.
overmuch
overmuch
adj
Excessive
adv
(chiefly Britain) Too much; overly much
det
(chiefly Britain) Very much; too much
pron
Too much
overnigh
overnigh
adj
Misspelling of overnight.
excessively close or near
overrash
overrash
adj
Excessively rash.
overrich
overrich
adj
Excessively rich.
overrush
overshoe
overshoe
noun
To prevent damage to a floor.
To protect from water or mud.
overshot
overshot
adj
(of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
noun
An overshot water wheel.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overshoot
overthin
overthin
adj
Excessively thin.
verb
(transitive) To make too thin.
overwash
overwash
noun
The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.
verb
(intransitive) To become flooded.
(transitive) To wash too much or too often.
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
poverish
pushover
pushover
noun
Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply.
Someone who lets him/herself be picked or bullied on without defending or standing up for him/herself.
Something that is easy to do or accomplish; an easy task.
ravehook
ravenish
ravished
ravished
adj
Having the appearance of having been ravished.
delighted; ecstatic
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ravish
ravisher
ravisher
noun
One who ravishes.
ravishes
ravishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravish
reavouch
reavouch
verb
To avouch again.
reshaved
reshaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reshave
reshaven
reshaven
verb
past participle of reshave
reshaves
reshaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reshave
reshelve
reshelve
verb
(transitive) To shelve again; to place back on a shelf.
reshovel
reshovel
verb
(transitive) To shovel again.
rethrive
revanche
revanche
noun
Revenge or retaliation.
The political policy of regaining lost territory.
revehent
revehent
adj
(anatomy) Carrying away from an organ or structure (towards the heart).
richvale
richview
riverish
sahadeva
sahadeva
Proper noun
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the fifth and last of the Pandava brothers; son of Madri and Pandu.
sevenths
sevenths
noun
plural of seventh
severish
seviches
seviches
noun
plural of seviche
shavable
shavable
adj
Alternative form of shaveable
sheaving
sheaving
verb
present participle of sheave
shelvers
shelvers
noun
plural of shelver
shelvier
shelving
shelving
adj
sloping steeply
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
(rare) The bank of a river etc.
Shelves collectively.
verb
present participle of shelve
sheveled
sheveret
shivaite
shivaree
shivaree
noun
Alternative form of charivari
verb
(transitive) To serenade (a newly married couple) with the noisy banging of pots and pans.
shivered
shivered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shiver
shiverer
shiverer
noun
(genetics) A mouse mutation characterised by tremors.
One who shivers.
shoveled
shoveler
shoveler
noun
Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
One who, or that which, shovels.
shreeves
shrieval
shrieval
adj
Relating to a sheriff.
shrieved
shrieved
verb
simple past tense of shrieve
shrieves
shrieves
noun
plural of shrieve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shrieve
shrivels
shrivels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shrivel
shrivers
shrivers
noun
plural of shriver
sovkhose
sovkhose
noun
Alternative form of sovkhoz
tchekhov
therevid
therevid
noun
(zoology) Any fly in the family Therevidae.
thevenot
thevetia
thevetin
thevetin
noun
Any of a group of poisonous cardiac glycosides, obtained especially from the seeds of Thevetia nereifolia.
thievery
thievery
noun
(obsolete) That which is stolen.
The act of theft, the act of stealing.
thieving
thieving
adj
That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
noun
The action of theft.
verb
present participle of thieve
thievish
thievish
adj
Having a tendency to steal.
Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
thrivers
thrivers
noun
plural of thriver
unhalved
unhalved
adj
Not halved.
unheaved
unheaved
adj
Not heaved.
unheaven
unhelved
unhelved
adj
Not fitted with a helve.
unshaved
unshaved
adj
Not shaved.
unshaven
unshaven
adj
(figurative) Unkempt.
Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
unshelve
unshelve
verb
(figuratively, transitive) To bring back something that was shelved, or put aside.
(transitive) To remove from a shelf.
unshoved
unshoved
adj
Not shoved.
unthrive
unthrive
verb
(rare, intransitive) To be unsuccessful
upheaval
upheaval
noun
A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.
Disruptive change, from one state to another.
The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
upheaved
upheaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upheave
upheaven
upheaver
upheaver
noun
One who upheaves.
upheaves
upheaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upheave
vacherie
vacherin
vacherin
noun
A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.
vachette
vachette
noun
(veterinary surgery) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
valanche
valanche
noun
Obsolete form of avalanche.
vanaheim
vanished
vanished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vanish
vanisher
vanisher
noun
One who vanishes.
Something that causes another thing to vanish.
vanishes
vanishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vanish
vehement
vehement
adj
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
vehicles
vehicles
noun
plural of vehicle
vehicula
vellinch
venthole
venthole
noun
A hole through which gas or air can escape.
verandah
verandah
noun
(archaic or Australia and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of veranda
verdelho
verdelho
Noun
A white wine grape grown throughout Portugal, especially on the island of Madeira.
A kind of Madeira wine made with this grape.
vermouth
vermouth
noun
A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.
A serving of vermouth.
vermuths
vermuths
noun
plural of vermuth
vershire
vetchier
vichyite
viehmann
vietminh
villache
viperish
viperish
adj
In the manner of a viper.
spiteful; treacherous
vixenish
vixenish
adj
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
voronezh
voronezh
Proper noun
A city in Russia.
A river in Tambov, Lipetsk, and Voronezh oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don.
vouchees
vouchees
noun
plural of vouchee
vouchers
vouchers
noun
plural of voucher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of voucher
vowelish
vowelish
adj
Of the nature of a vowel.
whatever
whatever
adj
(colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
adv
(interrogative) In what way; to what extent.
(with negative) At all; in any way; whatsoever.
det
(interrogative) What ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
Any; of no matter what type or kind.
Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
intj
(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further.
noun
(colloquial) Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy.
pron
(fused relative) Anything that; all that.
(informal) Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
(interrogative) What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc.
Regardless of anything that.
whenever
whenever
adv
(interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.
At any time.
conj
(Ireland, regional US, nonstandard) When.
At any time that.
At the (single) time that, no matter when.
Every time that.
Regardless of the time that.
wherever
wherever
adv
(fused relative) The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
(informal) In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
(interrogative) Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
conj
In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
whomever
whomever
pron
Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition).
whosever
whosever
abbrev
(proscribed) whoever is.
det
(possessive) Of whomever; belonging or related to whatever person or persons; whoever's.
pron
(possessive) That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever's.