8-letter words containing o, n, v
- envolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of envolve.
- evanston — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)
- evasions — Plural form of evasion.
- evection — (astronomy) Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
- even out — become flatter or more level
- evensong — (in the Christian Church) a service of evening prayers, psalms, and canticles, conducted according to a set form, especially that of the Anglican Church.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- everyone — Every person.
- eviction — The action of expelling someone, especially a tenant, from a property; expulsion.
- evolvent — an involute curve
- evolving — Present participle of evolve.
- evulsion — (now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
- fan oven — oven that works by convection
- favonian — of or relating to the west wind.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- flavanol — (organic compound) Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton.
- flavonol — the 3-hydroxy derivative of flavone, many of whose derivatives, as quercetin, are naturally occurring yellow dyes.
- forgiven — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- galvano- — indicating a galvanic current
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- given to — past participle of give.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- gloveman — fielder.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governer — Alternative spelling of governor.
- governor — the executive head of a state in the U.S.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- grooving — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
- have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
- heavy on — using large quantities of
- hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- in favor — in agreement
- in vacuo — in a vacuum.
- in vitro — a specialized technique by which an ovum, especially a human one, is fertilized by sperm outside the body, with the resulting embryo later implanted in the uterus for gestation.
- in vogue — fashionable
- in voice — in a condition to sing or speak well
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- indevout — not devout; lacking religious devotion; irreligious
- ingroove — to cut a groove into
- innovada — An object-oriented extension to Ada, said to be Lisp-like. Implemented as an Ada preprocessor.
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.