8-letter words containing g, e, n, v, i
- levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- livening — Present participle of liven.
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- longview — a city in NE Texas.
- misgiven — (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- overking — a supreme king
- overwing — to fly above
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- re-given — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- reliving — to experience again, as an emotion.
- reveling — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revering — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- reviling — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- shelving — material for shelves.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- thieving — to take by theft; steal.
- v region — variable region.
- v-engine — an internal-combustion engine having two opposed banks of cylinders inclined so that they form a V -shaped angle.
- vaginate — having a vagina or sheath; sheathed.
- valeting — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- vicinage — the region near or about a place; vicinity.
- vietcong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- vigneron — a winemaker.
- vignette — a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- vintager — a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- virogene — a type of virus-forming gene
- vogueing — a dance style of the late 1980s, in which a fashion model's movements and postures are imitated in a highly stylized manner
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- weavings — Plural form of weaving.
- wingover — an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.