8-letter words containing a, i, r, v
- 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
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivality — rivalry
- 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
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- salivary — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- starving — very hungry
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- survival — the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- tractive — having or exerting traction; drawing.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- trivalve — having three valves, as a shell.
- unvaried — characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: varied backgrounds.
- urban iv — (Jacques Pantaléon) died 1264, French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.
- urban vi — (Bartolomeo Prignano) c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- vagarish — vaguely or somewhat vagarious; relating to a whim
- valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
- valkyrie — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampiric — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- varanasi — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city.