8-letter words containing i, r, e, v
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- engrieve — to cause grief to
- enravish — to enchant
- environs — The surrounding area or district.
- erective — Making erect or upright; raising.
- ergative — Relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g., Basque and Eskimo) that identifies the subject of a transitive verb and is different from the case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb.
- eric xiv — 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68). His attempts to dominate the Baltic led to war with Denmark (1563–70); deposed and imprisoned
- eruptive — Of, relating to, or formed by volcanic activity.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- everting — Present participle of evert.
- evildoer — A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
- exertive — Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervidor — Thermidor.
- fevering — an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions.
- feverish — having fever.
- flivvers — Plural form of flivver.
- folivore — any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.
- foregive — Lb transitive To give ahead of time; give in advance.
- forgiven — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forgiver — A person who forgives.
- forgives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgive.
- freeview — In Britain, Freeview is a free service providing digital terrestrial television.
- frictive — Of, relating to, or caused by friction.
- fructive — fruitful
- fruitive — able to enjoy or to produce enjoyment.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- give ear — to give attention, esp. favorable attention; listen; heed
- gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- greville — Fulke [foo lk] /fʊlk/ (Show IPA), 1st Baron Brooke, 1554–1628, English poet and statesman.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grievers — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
- henry vi — 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.