8-letter words containing a, t, v
- gravitas — seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
- gravitic — Of or pertaining to gravity. (Archaic/rare, gravitational is more common, still seen though in compounds like magnetogravitic.).
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- gustavus — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
- harvests — Plural form of harvest.
- hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel.
- have got — have, possess
- have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
- heatwave — period of hot weather
- heave to — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heaviest — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- heavyset — having a large body build.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hovawart — a medium-sized strongly-built dog of a breed with a long thick coat, a thick tuft of hair round the neck, and a long bushy tail
- hrvatska — Croatian name of Croatia.
- ideative — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- 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
- illative — of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- innative — native, or existing in a person or animal from birth
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- invocate — invoke.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lavatera — (botany) Any of the genus Lavatera of malvaceous flowering plants.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- lavatory — a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- 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.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- love rat — Journalists sometimes use love rat to refer to a man who treats his partner in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationships with other people.
- loveseat — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.