8-letter words containing r, u, v
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- j'ouvert — the eve of Mardi gras; the Monday morning on which the festivities begin
- kauravas — (in the Mahabharata) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- kullervo — (in the Kalevala) a slave who, after a series of tragic misadventures, commits suicide.
- kurveyor — a trader who transports goods by ox cart
- 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.
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- nervures — Plural form of nervure.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outcurve — Baseball. a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter. the course of such a ball.
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).
- outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outserve — to serve better or longer than
- outvoter — (in the past) someone who is able to vote in a constituency which they do not live in on a permanent basis
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- over-use — to use excessively
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overburn — to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- overcure — to cure for longer than necessary
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- overdust — to dust too much
- overfoul — too foul
- overfull — excessively full: The auditorium was overfull.
- overfund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overhunt — to hunt in an unsustainable manner
- overjump — to jump too far over
- overjust — too just
- overloud — too loud
- overlush — excessively lush
- overmuch — If something happens overmuch, it happens too much or very much.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overpump — to pump too much so as to deplete
- overrude — very rude