| overwater |
combined form of water. |
| overweary |
combined form of weary. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. [2 definitions] |
| overweigh |
to burden or oppress. [2 definitions] |
| overweight |
weighing more than is ideal or healthy, or more than is allowed by some regulation; excessively heavy. [4 definitions] |
| overwhelm |
to overcome by superior force; destroy. [3 definitions] |
| overwhelming |
able to overpower completely. [2 definitions] |
| overwithhold |
combined form of withhold. |
| overwork |
to cause to work too many hours; exhaust with labor. [4 definitions] |
| overwrite |
to write (something) over or on top of (other writing or a surface). [3 definitions] |
| overwrought |
disturbed by excessive worry or agitation. [3 definitions] |
| overzealous |
combined form of zealous. |
| overzealousness |
combined form of zealousness. |
| ovi- |
egg; ovum. |
| Ovid |
a Roman poet (43 B.C.-17? A.D.). |
| oviduct |
a tube that carries eggs from the ovary to the uterus. |
| oviform |
shaped like an egg. |
| oviparous |
of animals, reproducing by means of hatching eggs outside the body of the parent. (Cf. viviparous.) |
| ovipositor |
a tubular organ in many female insects, usu. at the end of the abdomen, for depositing eggs. [2 definitions] |
| ovoid |
of a solid object, having the shape of an egg. [3 definitions] |
| ovulate |
to release eggs from the ovary. |