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8-letter words containing l, e, v, r

  • levertov — Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.
  • levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
  • levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
  • lie over — to stay and wait until some future time
  • listserv — any similar software program.
  • livelier — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
  • liveried — clad in livery, as servants: a liveried footman.
  • liveries — Plural form of livery.
  • 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.
  • liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
  • livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
  • liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
  • livewire — Alternative spelling of live wire.
  • locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
  • lookover — A brief visual inspection.
  • louvered — any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
  • love rat — Journalists sometimes use love rat to refer to a man who treats his partner in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationships with other people.
  • lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
  • lovelier — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
  • lovelorn — being without love; forsaken by one's lover.
  • loverboy — A male lover, especially a young one.
  • marveled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
  • nervelet — a small, delicate nerve
  • nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
  • novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
  • olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
  • outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
  • ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
  • over all — over the whole extent; from end to end
  • overalls — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
  • overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
  • overblew — Simple past form of overblow.
  • overblow — to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
  • overboil — To boil excessively.
  • overbold — Excessively bold.
  • overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
  • overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
  • overclad — wearing too many clothes
  • overcloy — to weary with excess
  • overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
  • overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
  • overcold — too cold
  • overcool — to cool too much
  • overfall — A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
  • overfill — to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
  • overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
  • overflow — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
  • overfold — a fold in which one or both limbs have been inclined more than 90° from their original orientation
  • overfoul — too foul
  • overfull — excessively full: The auditorium was overfull.
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