8-letter words containing e, v, c
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- invected — noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.
- invocate — invoke.
- invoiced — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- invoices — Plural form of invoice.
- kvetched — Simple past tense and past participle of kvetch.
- kvetcher — to complain, especially chronically.
- kvetches — Plural form of kvetch.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- livelock — (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- lovelace — Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
- lovelock — any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair.
- lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- mcgovern — George (Stanley) 1922–2012, U.S. politician: Democratic presidential candidate 1972, senator 1963–81.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- 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.
- outvoice — (transitive) To exceed in noise.
- 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