8-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- deviance — the act or state of being deviant
- deviancy — deviant quality or state.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- devonian — of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared
- diluvian — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- dividant — (obsolete) different; distinct.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- enactive — Having power to enact or establish as a law.
- enravish — to enchant
- enviable — Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- envisage — Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
- evasions — Plural form of evasion.
- favonian — of or relating to the west wind.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- galivant — Alt form gallivant.
- galvanic — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- gingivae — gum2 (def 1).
- gingival — of or relating to the gums.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- 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.
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- 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
- in favor — in agreement
- in vacuo — in a vacuum.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- 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
- innative — native, or existing in a person or animal from birth
- innovada — An object-oriented extension to Ada, said to be Lisp-like. Implemented as an Ada preprocessor.
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invading — Present participle of invade.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.