8-letter words containing v, a, n
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lavandin — a hybrid plant with blue or grey flowers, developed by crossing true lavender with spike lavender
- lavation — the process of washing.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- leavened — Simple past tense and past participle of leaven.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- loveland — a city in N Colorado.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- manoever — Misspelling of manoeuvre or 'maneuver'.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- manville — a borough in N central New Jersey.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- minivans — Plural form of minivan.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- nanovolt — An SI unit of electrical potential.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nativism — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativist — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativity — birth.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- navarino — a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- navicula — an incense holder or incense boat
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.