8-letter words containing i, n, g, v
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grooving — 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.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- ignatiev — Count Nikolai Pavlovich. 1832–1908, Russian diplomat and politician. As ambassador to Turkey (1864–77), he negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War
- in vogue — fashionable
- ingroove — to cut a groove into
- invading — Present participle of invade.
- inveighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigh.
- inveigle — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- inviting — attractive, alluring, or tempting: an inviting offer.
- invoking — Present participle of invoke.
- kvelling — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- leveeing — Present participle of levee.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- 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.
- livingly — in a lively, vivid manner
- longview — a city in NE Texas.
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lovingly — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- misgiven — (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- 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.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- overking — a supreme king
- 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.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- 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.
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.