8-letter words containing v, e, a
- margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
- 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.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- movables — Plural form of movable.
- moveable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- moveably — in a movable manner
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- mutative — to change; alter.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- 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
- new wave — a movement, trend, or vogue, as in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional concepts, values, techniques, or the like.
- newhaven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- newwaver — a member of a new wave
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novellas — Plural form of novella.
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- nu-value — Abbe number.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.
- 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
- on leave — taking time off
- optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outvalue — Be of greater value than.
- ovalness — The quality of being oval.
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- ovenable — able to be cooked in an oven.
- 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.