8-letter words containing o, n, v
- navarino — a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nevelson — Louise, 1900–1988, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia.
- nivation — erosion resulting from the action of frost beneath a snowbank.
- no savvy — I don't (he doesn't, etc) understand
- non-void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- nonavian — Not avian.
- noncivil — Not civil.
- nonevent — an event or situation that is anticipated but does not occur or occurs with much less than the expected impact, especially one that has been widely publicized; anticlimax.
- nonlevel — not level; uneven
- nonnaval — Not naval.
- nonnovel — a literary work that is not a novel
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonvalid — not valid; invalid
- nonverse — That which is not verse.
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- nonvital — not vital
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- nonvoter — a person who does not vote.
- nonwoven — (of a fabric) made of fibers autogenously bonded through the action of a chemical agent or heating device, or adhering by means of resinous substances.
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- not even — no!
- not very — hardly, only a little
- nouvelle — pertaining to or characteristic of nouvelle cuisine.
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- novation — Law. the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
- noveldom — the realm of fiction; novels collectively
- novelese — a style of writing characteristic of poor novels
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- novellas — Plural form of novella.
- november — the eleventh month of the year, containing 30 days.
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- noverint — a writ
- novgorod — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, SE of St. Petersburg: a former capital of Russia.
- novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- oberon-v — (Formerly Seneca). R. Griesemer, 1990. Descendant of Oberon designed for numerical applications on supercomputers, especially vector or pipelined architectures. Includes array constructors and an ALL statement. "Seneca - A Language for Numerical Applications on Vectorcomputers", Proc CONPAR 90 - VAPP IV Conf. R. Griesemer, Diss Nr. 10277, ETH Zurich.
- oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- okavango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- okovango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- olivinic — of, relating to, or containing olivine
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals