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  • English Word Overwhelmed Definition of Overwhelm
  • English Word Overwhelming Definition of Overwhelm
  • English Word Overwhelming Definition Overpowering; irresistible.
  • English Word Overwind Definition To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.
  • English Word Overwing Definition To outflank.
  • English Word Overwise Definition Too wise; affectedly wise.
  • English Word Overwit Definition To outwit.
  • English Word Overword Definition To say in too many words; to express verbosely.
  • English Word Overwork Definition To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
  • English Word Overwork Definition To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
  • English Word Overwork Definition To decorate all over.
  • English Word Overwork Definition To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
  • English Word Overwork Definition Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.
  • English Word Overworked Definition of Overwork
  • English Word Overworking Definition of Overwork
  • English Word Overworn Definition Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.
  • English Word Overwrest Definition To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.
  • English Word Overwrestle Definition To subdue by wrestling.
  • English Word Overwrought Definition of Overwork
  • English Word Overwrought Definition Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
  • English Word Overzeal Definition Excess of zeal.
  • English Word Overzealous Definition Too zealous.
  • English Word Ovicapsule Definition The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
  • English Word Ovicapsule Definition Same as Ootheca.
  • English Word Ovicell Definition One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.
  • English Word Ovicyst Definition The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.
  • English Word Ovidian Definition Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.
  • English Word Oviducal Definition Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands.
  • English Word Oviduct Definition A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.
  • English Word Oviferous Definition Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.