8-letter words containing m, a, v
- marveled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- minivans — Plural form of minivan.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moshavim — Plural form of moshav.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- movables — Plural form of movable.
- moveable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- moveably — in a movable manner
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- mutative — to change; alter.
- nativism — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- overcame — simple past tense of overcome.
- overcram — (transitive) To cram too full; to overstuff.
- overmany — an excess of people
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overname — to repeat the names of
- oversman — an overseer
- overtame — too tame
- overwarm — to make too warm
- pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- savagism — barbarism; savagery.
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- smallvdm — (tool)
- smartdrv — Smartdrive
- tamatave — a seaport on E Madagascar.
- temesvar — Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- vacuumed — a space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.