| overheating | (noun) excessive heating | - |
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| overindulgence | (noun) excessive indulgence | Synonyms: excess |
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| overinterpretation | (noun) Excessive interpretation. | - |
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| overkill | (noun) any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | - |
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| (noun) the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required | - |
| overlap | (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: lap |
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| (noun) the property of partial coincidence in time | - |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, intersection |
| overlapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, lapping |
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| overlay | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlayer, sheathing |
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| (noun) a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface | - |
| overlayer | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlay, sheathing |
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| overlip | (noun) the upper lip | - |
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| overload | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overburden |
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| (noun) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power | - |
| overlook | (noun) a high place affording a good view | - |
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| overlord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, master |
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| overlordship | (noun) the position of overlord | - |
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| overmantel | (noun) a shelf over a mantelpiece | - |
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| overmuch | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance |
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| overmuchness | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, superabundance |
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| overnighter | (noun) a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight | Synonyms: overnight bag, overnight case |
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| (noun) a guest who stays overnight | - |
| overpass | (noun) bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels | Synonyms: flyover |
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| overpayment | (noun) the act of paying too much | - |
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| (noun) a payment larger than needed or expected | - |
| overplus | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: embarrassment, plethora, superfluity |
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| overpopulation | (noun) too much population | - |
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| overpraise | (noun) excessive or undeserved praise. | - |
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| overpressure | (noun) a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure | - |
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| overprint | (noun) something added by overprinting | Synonyms: surprint |
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| overproduction | (noun) too much production or more than expected | Synonyms: overrun |
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| overprotection | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overshielding |
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| overrating | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning |
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| overreaction | (noun) an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior | - |
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| overreckoning | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overrating |
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| overrefinement | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, straining, torture, twisting |
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| override | (noun) the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | Synonyms: nullification |
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| (noun) a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device | - |
| overrun | (noun) too much production or more than expected | Synonyms: overproduction |
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| overseer | (noun) a person who directs and manages an organization | Synonyms: superintendent |
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| oversensitiveness | (noun) sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset | - |
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| overshielding | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overprotection |
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| overshoe | (noun) footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold | - |
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| overshoot | (noun) an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt | Synonyms: go-around, wave-off |
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| oversight | (noun) a mistake resulting from inattention | Synonyms: lapse |
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| (noun) management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group | Synonyms: superintendence, supervising, supervision |
| (noun) an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something | Synonyms: inadvertence |
| oversimplification | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: simplism |
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| (noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: simplism |
| overskirt | (noun) an outer skirt worn over another skirt | - |
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| overspill | (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overflow, runoff |
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| (noun) the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns | - |
| overstatement | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification |
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| oversteer | (noun) when a car turns (steers) by more than (over) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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| overstrain | (noun) too much strain | - |
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| oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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| overtaking | (noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | Synonyms: passing |
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| overthrow | (noun) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) | - |
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| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, upset |
| overtime | (noun) playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie | Synonyms: extra time |
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| (noun) work done in addition to regular working hours | - |
| overtolerance | (noun) too much permissiveness | - |
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| overtone | (noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | Synonyms: partial, partial tone |
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| (noun) (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality | - |
| overture | (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, approach, feeler |
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| (noun) orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio | - |
| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: preliminary, prelude |
| overturn | (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: turnover, upset |
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| (noun) an improbable and unexpected victory | Synonyms: upset |
| overuse | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overexploitation, overutilisation, overutilization |
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| overutilisation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overexploitation, overuse, overutilization |
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| overutilization | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation |
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| overvaluation | (noun) too high a value or price assigned to something | - |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation |
| overview | (noun) a general summary of a subject | - |
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| overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
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| overweight | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, corpulence, stoutness |
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| overwork | (noun) the act of working too much or too long | Synonyms: overworking |
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| overworking | (noun) the act of working too much or too long | Synonyms: overwork |
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| overzeal | (noun) The quality of being excessively zealous. | Synonyms: overzealousness |
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| overzealousness | (noun) The quality of being excessively zealous. | Synonyms: overzeal |
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| paloverde | (noun) a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves | - |
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| plover | (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers | - |
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| popover | (noun) light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup | - |
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| poverty | (noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: impoverishment, poorness |
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| proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, saw |
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| pullover | (noun) a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | Synonyms: slipover |
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| pushover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, snap, walkover |
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| (noun) someone who is easily taken advantage of | - |
| recoverer | (noun) someone who saves something from danger or violence | Synonyms: rescuer, saver |
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| recovery | (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | Synonyms: retrieval |
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| (noun) return to an original state | - |
| (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: convalescence, recuperation |
| rediscovery | (noun) the act of discovering again | - |
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| remover | (noun) someone who works for a company that moves furniture | - |
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| (noun) a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface) | - |
| reprover | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reproacher, upbraider |
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| retroversion | (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, reversion |
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| (noun) translation back into the original language | - |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflection, retroflexion |
| rollover | (noun) the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty | - |
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| rover | (noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, roamer, wanderer |
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| (noun) an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | Synonyms: scouter |
| shover | (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: pusher |
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| sleepover | (noun) an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
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| slipcover | (noun) a removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture | - |
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| slipover | (noun) a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | Synonyms: pullover |
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| sovereign | (noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, monarch |
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| sovereignty | (noun) the authority of a state to govern another state | - |
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| (noun) government free from external control | - |
| (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: reign |
| spillover | (noun) (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure | - |
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| stopover | (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: layover, stop |
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| (noun) a stopping place on a journey | Synonyms: way station |
| stover | (noun) the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested | - |
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| takeover | (noun) a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | - |
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| (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch |
| turnover | (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, upset |
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| (noun) the volume measured in dollars | Synonyms: dollar volume |
| (noun) a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling | - |
| (noun) the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers | Synonyms: employee turnover, turnover rate |
| uncovering | (noun) the act of discovering something | Synonyms: discovery, find |
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| (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, husking, stripping |
| walkover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap |
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| (noun) backbends combined with handstands | - |