7-letter words containing v, a
- naivist — in a naive style, esp in art
- naivity — Misspelling of naivety (Also sometimes of 'nativity'.).
- narvaez — Pánfilo de [pahm-fee-law th e] /ˈpɑm fiˌlɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1478?–1528, Spanish soldier and adventurer in America.
- natives — Plural form of native.
- nav bar — navigation bar
- navajos — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navally — In a naval manner; with relation to a navy.
- navarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of a fleet.
- navarho — a navigation system providing information on bearing and distance
- navarin — a stew of mutton or lamb with root vegetables
- navarre — a former kingdom in SW France and N Spain.
- navette — a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- navvies — Plural form of navvy.
- nervate — (of leaves) having veins.
- nevadan — a state in the W United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). Capital: Carson City. Abbreviation: NV (for use with zip code), Nev.
- newwave — A graphical user interface and object-oriented environment from Hewlett-Packard, based on Windows and available on Unix workstations.
- nirvana — (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.
- nouveau — newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence: The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.
- novalia — any land that has been newly reclaimed and cultivated
- novalis — (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- novated — Simple past tense and past participle of novate.
- novates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of novate.
- novella — a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
- nunavut — a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Capital: Iqaluit.
- nunivak — an island in the Bering Sea, off the W coast of Alaska. 1700 sq. mi. (4400 sq. km).
- obovate — inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end at the base.
- obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- octaval — (music) Of, pertaining to, or relating to an octave.
- octaves — Plural form of octave.
- octavia — died 11 b.c, sister of Roman emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Anthony.
- octavos — Plural form of octavo.
- octavus — eighth.
- olivary — shaped like an olive.
- ostrava — a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
- outrave — to outdo in raving
- ouvrage — work
- ovality — the quality or state of being oval.
- ovalize — Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
- ovarial — ovarian
- ovarian — of or relating to an ovary.
- ovaries — Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- ovarium — ovary.
- ovation — an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
- overact — (of an actor) act a role in an exaggerated manner.
- overage — beyond the acceptable or desired age: overage for the draft.
- overall — 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.
- overapt — too apt or having an excessive tendency (to)
- overarm — thrown or performed by raising the arm above the shoulder: an overarm pitch; an overarm swimming stroke.
- overate — simple past tense of overeat.
- overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.