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8-letter words containing e, l, v

  • novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
  • novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
  • novelist — a person who writes novels.
  • novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
  • novellas — Plural form of novella.
  • novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
  • nu-value — Abbe number.
  • oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
  • obviable — having the ability to be obviated
  • obvolute — rolled or turned in.
  • olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
  • olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
  • olivetti — (company)   A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
  • on leave — taking time off
  • outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
  • outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
  • outlives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive.
  • outvalue — Be of greater value than.
  • ovalness — The quality of being oval.
  • ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
  • ovenable — able to be cooked in an oven.
  • ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
  • over all — over the whole extent; from end to end
  • overallsoveralls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
  • overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
  • overblew — Simple past form of overblow.
  • overblow — to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
  • overboil — To boil excessively.
  • overbold — Excessively bold.
  • overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
  • overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
  • overclad — wearing too many clothes
  • overcloy — to weary with excess
  • overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
  • 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
  • overcool — to cool too much
  • overfall — A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
  • overfill — to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
  • overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
  • overflow — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
  • overfold — a fold in which one or both limbs have been inclined more than 90° from their original orientation
  • overfoul — too foul
  • overfull — excessively full: The auditorium was overfull.
  • overgall — to make sore all over
  • overgild — to cover with gilding.
  • overglad — too glad
  • overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
  • overhold — to value too highly
  • overholy — too holy
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