8-letter words containing v, a, d
- devonian — of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared
- dilative — serving or tending to dilate.
- diluvial — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- diluvian — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- disavail — To disadvantage or harm.
- disavows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- disvalue — disesteem; disparagement.
- divagate — to wander; stray.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- divalike — (literally) like a spoiled diva.
- dividant — (obsolete) different; distinct.
- dividual — divisible or divided.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drive at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- dudevant — Madame Amandine Lucile Aurore [French a-mahn-deen ly-seel oh-rawr] /French a mɑ̃ˈdin lüˈsil oʊˈrɔr/ (Show IPA), Sand, George.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dvandvas — Plural form of dvandva.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- edward v — 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).
- elevated — Situated or placed higher than the surrounding area.
- enclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enclave.
- endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- engraved — Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- evadable — That can be evaded.
- evadible — That can be evaded.
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- evocated — Simple past tense and past participle of evocate.
- favelado — a person who lives in a favela.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- foveated — having foveae; pitted.
- gavelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- gravidas — Plural form of gravida.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handwave — [possibly from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. If someone starts a sentence with "Clearly..." or "Obviously..." or "It is self-evident that...", it is a good bet he is about to handwave (alternatively, use of these constructions in a sarcastic tone before a paraphrase of someone else's argument suggests that it is a handwave). The theory behind this term is that if you wave your hands at the right moment, the listener may be sufficiently distracted to not notice that what you have said is wrong. Failing that, if a listener does object, you might try to dismiss the objection with a wave of your hand. The use of this word is often accompanied by gestures: both hands up, palms forward, swinging the hands in a vertical plane pivoting at the elbows and/or shoulders (depending on the magnitude of the handwave); alternatively, holding the forearms in one position while rotating the hands at the wrist to make them flutter. In context, the gestures alone can suffice as a remark; if a speaker makes an outrageously unsupported assumption, you might simply wave your hands in this way, as an accusation, far more eloquent than words could express, that his logic is faulty.