8-letter words containing a, u, v
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- eluviate — to undergo eluviation
- equative — (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
- evacuant — A medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific, or especially a laxative.
- evacuate — Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safe place.
- evacuees — Plural form of evacuee.
- evaluate — Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
- eventual — Occurring at the end of or as a result of a series of events; final; ultimate.
- evulgate — to make public; to divulge
- exuviate — (ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
- fauvette — the French name, used by some English writers, for a family of birds more commonly known as warblers
- fauvists — Plural form of fauvist.
- faveolus — a small pit or cavity resembling a cell of a honeycomb; alveola.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- favorous — Favourable, favorable.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- favourer — Alternative form of favorer.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- gustavus — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
- have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- illuvial — of or relating to illuviation or illuvium.
- in vacuo — in a vacuum.
- induviae — withered leaves which decay on the tree instead of falling off; also, parts of petals (corolla) or sepals (calyx) with the same behaviour
- induvial — (of a leaf, petal, or sepal) acting as induviae, decaying on the plant instead of falling off
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- kasavubu — Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.
- kauravas — (in the Mahabharata) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- mutative — to change; alter.
- navicula — an incense holder or incense boat
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- nu-value — Abbe number.
- octavius — a male given name.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.