8-letter words containing v, a, i
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- novation — Law. the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
- novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.
- obviator — a person who obviates
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octavius — a male given name.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
- ottavino — a piccolo
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- ovaritis — oophoritis.
- ovations — Plural form of ovation.
- overhair — the outer coat of an animal
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- oversail — a projection
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- paravail — being below or inferior to all others; specifically, being a tenant of one who holds land of another who is also a tenant: a tenant paravail.
- parzival — Percival.
- pavilion — a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
- pavillon — the bell of a wind instrument.
- paviotso — Northern Paiute (def 1).
- pavonine — of or like a peacock.
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- perviate — to enter, bore into, or run through
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- piassava — Also called monkey grass. a coarse, woody fiber obtained from either of two palms, Leopoldina piassaba or Attalea funifera, of South America, used in making brooms, mats, etc.
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- plausive — applauding.
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.