8-letter words containing v, e, n, r, a
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- 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
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- ovenware — heat-resistant dishes of glass, pottery, etc., for baking and serving food; bakeware.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overgang — to dominate
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overmany — an excess of people
- overname — to repeat the names of
- overnear — excessively near
- overneat — too neat
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overrank — to assign an unnecessarily high rank to
- oversman — an overseer
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- 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.
- 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
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- 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.
- tsarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- tzarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- uncarved — (of food) not carved or carved up
- unvaried — characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: varied backgrounds.
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
- vallenar — a city in central Chile.
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.
- 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.