8-letter words containing i, t, v
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- pivot on — If one thing pivots on another, it depends on it.
- 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.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- previsit — to visit beforehand
- prithivi — a Vedic goddess personifying the earth and fertility.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- privy to — knowing: sth confidential
- punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- quietive — a thing which quietens or calms
- 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.
- reactive — tending to react.
- redivert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- reinvent — to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
- reinvest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- reinvite — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- restrive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- retrieve — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- retrovir — a brand of the drug zidovudine
- reverist — someone who tends to daydream or is inclined to reveries
- rietveld — Gerrit Thomas [kher-it toh-mahs] /ˈxɛr ɪt ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Dutch architect.
- rivality — rivalry
- 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.
- rivetted — 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.
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- sanative — having the power to heal; curative.
- savviest — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- servient — subordinate; subservient; subject to another
- servitor — a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- sirvente — a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- sit over — to be seated in an advantageous position on the left of (the player)
- sixtus v — (Felice Peretti) 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1585–90.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sovietic — relating to the Soviet Union
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- starving — very hungry
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stevinus — Stevin, Simon.
- stievely — in a firm way