8-letter words containing v, a, p
- 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.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- 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.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- 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.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- shape_vc — A code management system which offers version control functionality similar to systems like RCS or SCCS with some extensions and a more Unix-like command interface.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- v-shaped — having the shape of the letter V : a V-shaped flying formation.
- vajpayee — A(tal) B(ihari). born 1924, Indian politician; prime minister of India (1996, 1998–2004)
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampiric — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vamplate — a metal plate mounted on a lance in front of the grip to protect the hand.
- van pool — a type of car pool utilizing a van that can usually transport 6 to 15 passengers: often provided by a company for its commuting employees for a nominal charge or at cost.
- vape pen — an e-cigarette.
- vapidity — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporous — having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
- vapulate — to beat or whip
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- vax mips — (benchmark) (Or VAX Unit of Performance, VUP) The processing power normally attributed to a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11/780. Future VAX systems were rated according to this scale (e.g. VAX 8350's being 2.7 VUPs per CPU). A MicroVAX II is normally associated with 0.9 VUPs and at a later time the MicroVUP was coined to rate VAX workstations. The use of the VUP by Digital Equipment Corporation has been replaced with more standard benchmarks (SPECint and SPECfp) in the DEC Alpha processor systems.
- verkramp — bigoted or illiberal
- vesperal — the part of an antiphonary containing the chants for vespers.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vi apple — Otaheite apple.
- vivipara — a division of vertebrates that produce offspring that develop as embryos within the female parent and thus are born live
- volplane — to glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off.