8-letter words containing r, e, v
- kvetcher — to complain, especially chronically.
- l-driver — a learner-driver: a person who is learning to drive, has not yet passed the official driving test, and must be accompanied by a qualified driver and display L-plates on the car
- la verne — a town in S California.
- lavalier — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavatera — (botany) Any of the genus Lavatera of malvaceous flowering plants.
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- le havre — a seaport in N France, at the mouth of the Seine.
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- levelers — Plural form of leveler.
- leveller — a person or thing that levels.
- leverage — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- leverets — Plural form of leveret.
- levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- levertov — Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- lie over — to stay and wait until some future time
- listserv — any similar software program.
- livelier — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- liveried — clad in livery, as servants: a liveried footman.
- liveries — Plural form of livery.
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- livewire — Alternative spelling of live wire.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- lookover — A brief visual inspection.
- louvered — any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- 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.
- lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovelier — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelorn — being without love; forsaken by one's lover.
- loverboy — A male lover, especially a young one.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- manoever — Misspelling of manoeuvre or 'maneuver'.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.