8-letter words containing c, o, r, v
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- divorced — Cut off, or separated.
- divorcee — a divorced woman.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- evocator — Someone who evokes.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- mcgovern — George (Stanley) 1922–2012, U.S. politician: Democratic presidential candidate 1972, senator 1963–81.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- on cover — an entire envelope that has been postmarked
- outcurve — Baseball. a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter. the course of such a ball.
- 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
- overcloy — to weary with excess
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
- overcold — too cold
- overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- overcook — Cook too much or for too long.
- overcool — to cool too much
- overcram — (transitive) To cram too full; to overstuff.
- overcrop — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overcrow — to crow over
- overcure — to cure for longer than necessary
- overdeck — the upper deck
- overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
- overmuch — If something happens overmuch, it happens too much or very much.
- overnice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overrack — to strain too much
- overrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- oversick — too sick
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- provence — a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- re-cover — to cover again or anew.
- reconvey — to convey again.
- recovery — an act of recovering.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- varactor — a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.