8-letter words containing r, e, v, a, c
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- overcame — simple past tense of overcome.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overcram — (transitive) To cram too full; to overstuff.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overrack — to strain too much
- 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.
- reactive — tending to react.
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- tractive — having or exerting traction; drawing.
- uncarved — (of food) not carved or carved up
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- vambrace — a piece of plate armor for the forearm; a lower cannon. Compare rerebrace.
- variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- variceal — of or relating to a varix
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
- veracruz — a state in E Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. 27,759 sq. mi. (71,895 sq. km). Capital: Jalapa.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- veronica — a female given name.
- verrucae — Medicine/Medical. a wart.
- vertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vibrance — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vicarage — the residence of a vicar.
- vicarate — vicariate.
- vicaress — a rank of nun
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- viraemic — of, relating to, or affected by viraemia
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- vraicker — a person who gathers vraic