8-letter words containing c, a, v, o
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octavius — a male given name.
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- overcame — simple past tense of overcome.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overcram — (transitive) To cram too full; to overstuff.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overrack — to strain too much
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- scaevola — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA) (or Caius, ) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Mucius [myoo-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈmyu ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA) fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- univocal — having only one meaning; unambiguous.
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- varactor — a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- veronica — a female given name.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- videocam — A videocam is a camera that you can carry around with you that records moving images.
- vizcaino — Sebastián [Spanish se-vahs-tyahn] /Spanish ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1628? Spanish explorer in the Americas.
- vocalese — a style of jazz singing
- vocalics — the non-verbal aspects of voice creation
- vocalion — a type of reed instrument which resembles a human voice
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- vocalism — Phonetics. a vowel, diphthong, triphthong, or vowel quality, as in a syllable. the system of vowels of a language.
- vocalist — a singer.
- vocality — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- vocalize — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocation — a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- vocative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed.
- voidance — the act of voiding.
- volcanic — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- volscian — of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.