8-letter words containing v, e, t
- cavities — Plural form of cavity.
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- cervelat — a smoked sausage made from pork and beef
- cessavit — (UK, legal, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- chavette — a young working-class woman whose tastes, although sometimes expensive, are considered vulgar by some
- chevalet — the piece of wood in a musical instrument that the strings are stretched over and which passes on their movement or oscillation to the main part of the instrument
- cheveret — a small English table of the 18th century, having an oblong top, one or two rows of drawers, and slender legs joined near the bottom by a shelf.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleaveth — Archaic third-person singular form of cleave.
- cleveite — a crystalline variety of the mineral uranitite
- coactive — acting together.
- coinvent — to invent jointly
- conative — denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the effort of the agent in performing the activity described by the verb
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- convents — Plural form of convent.
- converts — Plural form of convert.
- cooptive — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- corvette — A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack.
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenant — A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- coverlet — A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
- covertly — concealed; secret; disguised.
- coveteth — Archaic third-person singular form of covet.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- crevette — a shrimp or prawn, esp when served in its shell
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curveted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.
- curvette — cuvette (def 1).
- cuvettes — Plural form of cuvette.
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- deletive — intended to destroy or remove
- demivolt — a half turn on the hind legs
- denotive — used or serving to denote; denotative.
- derivate — derived
- devasted — Simple past tense and past participle of devast.
- deventer — an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (2003 est)
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- deviated — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- deviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate.
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.