8-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- 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.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lavalier — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- overhair — the outer coat of an animal
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- oversail — a projection
- 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.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- perviate — to enter, bore into, or run through
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- 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.
- ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- reactive — tending to react.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- 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.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivalize — to become a rival
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river