8-letter words containing a, v, e, n
- manville — a borough in N central New Jersey.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- 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.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- new wave — a movement, trend, or vogue, as in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional concepts, values, techniques, or the like.
- newhaven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- newwaver — a member of a new wave
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novellas — Plural form of novella.
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- nu-value — Abbe number.
- on leave — taking time off
- ovalness — The quality of being oval.
- ovenable — able to be cooked in an oven.
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overgang — to dominate
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overmany — an excess of people
- overname — to repeat the names of
- overnear — excessively near
- overneat — too neat
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overrank — to assign an unnecessarily high rank to
- oversman — an overseer
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- pavonine — of or like a peacock.
- 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.
- rave on! — Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave, often by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is unlikely.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- revenant — a person who returns.
- revenual — of or relating to revenue
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof