8-letter words containing a, c, v
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- gravitic — Of or pertaining to gravity. (Archaic/rare, gravitational is more common, still seen though in compounds like magnetogravitic.).
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- ice cave — a cave containing ice that remains unmelted during all or most of the year.
- in vacuo — in a vacuum.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- invocate — invoke.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- lovelace — Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- navicula — an incense holder or incense boat
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- nirvanic — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octavius — a male given name.
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- overcame — simple past tense of overcome.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overcram — (transitive) To cram too full; to overstuff.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overrack — to strain too much
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- reactive — tending to react.