8-letter words containing a, g, v, e
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- have got — have, possess
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- ignatiev — Count Nikolai Pavlovich. 1832–1908, Russian diplomat and politician. As ambassador to Turkey (1864–77), he negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- leave go — to stop holding
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- leverage — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- over-age — If you are over-age, you are officially too old to do something.
- overaged — Aged too much.
- overages — Plural form of overage.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgang — to dominate
- overgear — to cause (a company) to have too high a proportion of loan stock and preference shares in comparison to its ordinary share capital
- overglad — too glad
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- scavenge — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- selvagee — rope wound round and used as straps or stoppers on ships
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.