8-letter words containing v, e, g
- misgiven — (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- misgives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgive.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- 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.
- over-age — If you are over-age, you are officially too old to do something.
- over-egg — to do too much of; elaborate on excessively; overdo: used mainly in the phrase over-egg the (or one's) pudding, to mar an undertaking by doing more than is necessary or desirable
- overaged — Aged too much.
- overages — Plural form of overage.
- overdogs — Plural form of overdog.
- overedge — (sewing) To overlock.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgang — to dominate
- overgear — to cause (a company) to have too high a proportion of loan stock and preference shares in comparison to its ordinary share capital
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overgird — to gird too tightly
- overgive — to give up
- overglad — too glad
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overgrow — to grow over; cover with a growth of something.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhigh — too high
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overking — a supreme king
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overurge — to urge too strongly
- overwing — to fly above
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- re-given — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- regroove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- reliving — to experience again, as an emotion.
- reveling — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revenged — to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
- revering — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- reviling — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean