8-letter words containing l, e, v, r
- overzeal — an excess of zeal
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- presolve — to solve beforehand
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- pullover — Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravelled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- relevied — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- relieved — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- reliever — a person or thing that relieves.
- reliving — to experience again, as an emotion.
- replevin — an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- resilver — to silver again, to coat or plate again with silver
- resolved — firm in purpose or intent; determined.
- resolver — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
- revealed — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- revealer — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- reveille — a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning to awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly.
- revelers — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- reveling — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revelled — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- reveller — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revenual — of or relating to revenue
- reversal — an act or instance of reversing.
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- revilers — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- reviling — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revolted — to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
- revolute — rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
- revolver — a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
- revulsed — affected by revulsion.
- rietveld — Gerrit Thomas [kher-it toh-mahs] /ˈxɛr ɪt ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Dutch architect.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivalize — to become a rival
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- rollover — an accident involving an overturned vehicle.
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof