8-letter words containing g, o, v
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overking — a supreme king
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overurge — to urge too strongly
- overwing — to fly above
- pivoting — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- regroove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- unloving — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- unmoving — not moving; still; motionless.
- v region — variable region.
- vagabond — wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- van gogh — Vincent [vin-suh nt;; Dutch vin-sent] /ˈvɪn sənt;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1853–90, Dutch painter.
- van vogt — A(lfred) E(lton) 1912–2000, U.S. science-fiction writer, born in Canada.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vargueno — a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.
- venogram — an x-ray of the veins produced by venography.
- venology — phlebology.
- verge on — the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- vietcong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- vigneron — a winemaker.
- vigorish — a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
- vigoroso — (a musical direction) vigorous or spirited in manner.
- vigorous — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- vinology — the scientific study of wines and winemaking
- virogene — a type of virus-forming gene
- virology — the science dealing with the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them.
- visigoth — a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.
- vitiligo — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- vlogging — a blog that features mostly videos rather than text or images.
- vogueing — a dance style of the late 1980s, in which a fashion model's movements and postures are imitated in a highly stylized manner
- vomiting — act of being sick
- vonnegut — Kurt, Jr. 1922–2007, U.S. novelist.
- vouching — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- voyageur — (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- 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.
- yugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.