8-letter words containing v, a, r
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- marveled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- 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.
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nervular — of or pertaining to nervules in a plant
- newwaver — a member of a new wave
- nirvanic — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- obviator — a person who obviates
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- 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
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- 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.
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- over all — over the whole extent; from end to end
- over-age — If you are over-age, you are officially too old to do something.
- over-fat — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overaged — Aged too much.
- overages — Plural form of overage.
- overalls — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
- overawes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overawe.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- overbeat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- overcame — simple past tense of overcome.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.