8-letter words containing o, v, t, e
- evolvent — an involute curve
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favosite — any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.
- foveated — having foveae; pitted.
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gavottes — Plural form of gavotte.
- get over — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- given to — past participle of give.
- have got — have, possess
- have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
- heave to — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- indevout — not devout; lacking religious devotion; irreligious
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- inventor — a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
- invertor — any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- investor — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invocate — invoke.
- involute — intricate; complex.
- j'ouvert — the eve of Mardi gras; the Monday morning on which the festivities begin
- jehovist — Yahwist.
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- levertov — Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.
- live out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- live-out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- 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.
- love set — a set in which one's opponent fails to win a game.
- lovebite — Alternative spelling of love bite.
- lovefest — (informal) An effusive exchange of good will.
- loveseat — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- monitive — admonishing or advisory
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- move out — an act or instance of moving; movement.
- move-out — an act or instance of vacating a living or working place: With so many business move-outs, the local economy is suffering.
- movement — the act, process, or result of moving.
- 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.
- nonvoter — a person who does not vote.
- not even — no!
- not very — hardly, only a little
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- noverint — a writ
- obverted — Simple past tense and past participle of obvert.
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.