8-letter words containing t, r, a, v
- hovawart — a medium-sized strongly-built dog of a breed with a long thick coat, a thick tuft of hair round the neck, and a long bushy tail
- hrvatska — Croatian name of Croatia.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lavatera — (botany) Any of the genus Lavatera of malvaceous flowering plants.
- lavatory — a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- 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.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- 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.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- obviator — a person who obviates
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- ovaritis — oophoritis.
- over-fat — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overbeat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overdate — a coin stamped from a die altered to show a year subsequent to that for which it was cut.
- overeats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overeat.
- overfast — too fast
- overhate — to hate too much
- overheat — to heat to excess.
- overlate — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overneat — too neat
- overpart — to give (an actor) too difficult a role
- overrate — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- overtake — to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overtame — too tame
- overtart — too bitter
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- paravant — first; pre-eminently
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- perviate — to enter, bore into, or run through
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- reactive — tending to react.
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- revenant — a person who returns.