| oven | (noun) kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | - |
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| ovenbake | (verb) bake in an oven | - |
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| ovenbird | (noun) American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground | Synonyms: Seiurus aurocapillus |
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| (noun) small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests | - |
| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| over | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated |
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| (noun) (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | - |
| (adverb) throughout a period of time | Synonyms: o'er |
| (adverb) at or to a point across intervening space etc. | - |
| (adverb) throughout an area | - |
| (adverb) beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position | - |
| (adverb) over the entire area | Synonyms: all over |
| overabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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| (noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, surfeit |
| overabundant | (adjective) excessively abundant | Synonyms: plethoric, rife |
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| overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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| overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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| overactive | (adjective) more active than normal | Synonyms: hyperactive |
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| overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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| overage | (adjective) too old to be useful | Synonyms: over-the-hill, overaged, superannuated |
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| (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
| overaged | (adjective) too old to be useful | Synonyms: over-the-hill, overage, superannuated |
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| overall | (adjective) involving only main features | - |
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| (adjective) including everything | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) | - |
| (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, boilersuit |
| overambitious | (adjective) excessively ambitious | - |
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| overanxiety | (noun) excessive anxiety | - |
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| overanxious | (adjective) anxious or nervous to an excessive degree | - |
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| overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| overarm | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overhand, overhanded |
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| overawe | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: cow |
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| overawed | (adjective) overcome by a feeling of awe | - |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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| (verb) bear too much | - |
| (verb) overcome | - |
| overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| overbearingly | (adverb) in an overbearing manner | - |
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| overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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| overbid | (noun) a bid that is higher than preceding bids | - |
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| (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overcall |
| (verb) bid more than the object is worth | - |
| (verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win | - |
| overbite | (noun) (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth | - |
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| overblown | (adjective) past the stage of full bloom | - |
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| (adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
| overboard | (adverb) from on board a vessel into the water | - |
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| (adverb) to extremes | - |
| overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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| (verb) boil excessively | - |
| overbold | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
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| overburden | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overload |
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| (noun) the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits | - |
| (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
| (verb) load with excessive weight | - |
| overburdened | (adjective) heavily burdened with work or cares | Synonyms: bowed down, loaded down, weighed down |
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| overbusy | (adjective) too busy | - |
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| overcall | (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overbid |
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| overcapitalisation | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalization |
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| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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| overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| overcareful | (adjective) excessively or unduly careful | Synonyms: too-careful |
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| overcast | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, clouded, sunless |
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| (noun) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot | - |
| (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcasting |
| (noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, cloudiness |
| (noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: cloudiness |
| (verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
| (verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
| overcasting | (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcast |
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| overcautious | (adjective) unnecessarily cautious | - |
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| overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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| overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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| overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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| (verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
| overcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat |
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| (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoating |
| overcoating | (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoat |
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| overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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| (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
| (verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overcomer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: subduer, surmounter |
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| overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
| overcompensation | (noun) excessive compensation | - |
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| (noun) (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite | - |
| overconfidence | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, cocksureness |
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| overconfident | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: cocksure, positive |
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| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| overcredulity | (noun) too much credulity | - |
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| overcredulous | (adjective) too credulous for your own good | - |
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| overcritical | (adjective) inclined to judge too severely | Synonyms: hypercritical |
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| overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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| overcrossing | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: footbridge, pedestrian bridge |
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| overcrowd | (verb) crowd together too much | - |
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| (verb) cause to crowd together too much | - |
| overcultivate | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcrop |
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| overcurious | (adjective) showing excessive curiosity | - |
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| overdelicate | (adjective) extremely delicate | - |
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| overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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| overdone | (adjective) cooked too long but still edible | - |
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| (adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: exaggerated, overstated |
| overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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| overdraft | (noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
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| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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| (verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
| overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
| overdressed | (adjective) dressed too elaborately | - |
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| overdrive | (noun) a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power | - |
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| (noun) the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration | - |
| (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overuse |
| (verb) drive or work too hard | - |
| overdue | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: delinquent |
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| overeager | (adjective) excessively eager | - |
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| overeat | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overeating | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gluttony, gula |
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| overemotional | (adjective) excessively or abnormally emotional | Synonyms: sloppy |
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| overemphasis | (noun) too much emphasis | - |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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| overenthusiastic | (adjective) unduly enthusiastic | - |
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| overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
| (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
| (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
| overestimation | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overvaluation |
| overexcited | (adjective) unduly excited | - |
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| overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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| overexertion | (noun) excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results | - |
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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexploitation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overuse, overutilisation, overutilization |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |
| overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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| (noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
| overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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