8-letter words containing v, a, g
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- okavango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- okovango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- over-age — If you are over-age, you are officially too old to do something.
- overaged — Aged too much.
- overages — Plural form of overage.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgang — to dominate
- overgear — to cause (a company) to have too high a proportion of loan stock and preference shares in comparison to its ordinary share capital
- overglad — too glad
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- 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.
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savaging — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagism — barbarism; savagery.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- scavenge — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- selvagee — rope wound round and used as straps or stoppers on ships
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- starving — very hungry
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- unvulgar — not vulgar or common; refined; free from vulgarity
- unwaving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- vacating — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- vagabond — wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.