8-letter words containing v, a, r, n
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- 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.
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- rave on! — Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave, often by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is unlikely.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- revenant — a person who returns.
- revenual — of or relating to revenue
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- starving — very hungry
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- taverner — John, 1490?–1545, English organist and composer.
- tevatron — an accelerator in which protons or antiprotons are raised to energies of a few trillion electron-volts.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- tsarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- tzarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- uncarved — (of food) not carved or carved up
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unvaried — characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: varied backgrounds.
- unvulgar — not vulgar or common; refined; free from vulgarity
- urban iv — (Jacques Pantaléon) died 1264, French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.
- urban vi — (Bartolomeo Prignano) c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- vagrancy — the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy.
- valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
- vallenar — a city in central Chile.
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.
- vanbrugh — John, 1664–1726, English dramatist and architect.
- vanguard — the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- varanasi — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city.
- varginha — a city in E Brazil.
- vargueno — a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.
- variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.