8-letter words containing a, v, i, r
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- corrival — rival
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- derivate — derived
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drive at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- enravish — to enchant
- ergative — Relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g., Basque and Eskimo) that identifies the subject of a transitive verb and is different from the case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- fravashi — the soul of a dead ancestor.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- gravidas — Plural form of gravida.
- 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.
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- in favor — in agreement
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.