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8-letter words containing v, h

  • givenchy — Hubert de [y-ber duh] /üˈbɛr də/ (Show IPA), born 1927, French fashion designer.
  • h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
  • handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
  • handwave — [possibly from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. If someone starts a sentence with "Clearly..." or "Obviously..." or "It is self-evident that...", it is a good bet he is about to handwave (alternatively, use of these constructions in a sarcastic tone before a paraphrase of someone else's argument suggests that it is a handwave). The theory behind this term is that if you wave your hands at the right moment, the listener may be sufficiently distracted to not notice that what you have said is wrong. Failing that, if a listener does object, you might try to dismiss the objection with a wave of your hand. The use of this word is often accompanied by gestures: both hands up, palms forward, swinging the hands in a vertical plane pivoting at the elbows and/or shoulders (depending on the magnitude of the handwave); alternatively, holding the forearms in one position while rotating the hands at the wrist to make them flutter. In context, the gestures alone can suffice as a remark; if a speaker makes an outrageously unsupported assumption, you might simply wave your hands in this way, as an accusation, far more eloquent than words could express, that his logic is faulty.
  • hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
  • hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
  • harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
  • harvests — Plural form of harvest.
  • hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel.
  • havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
  • have got — have, possess
  • have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have sex — have intercourse
  • have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
  • havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
  • havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
  • havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
  • havocker — a person who causes havoc
  • hayfever — Alternative spelling of hay fever.
  • heatwave — period of hot weather
  • heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
  • heave to — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
  • heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
  • heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
  • heaviest — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
  • heavings — Plural form of heaving.
  • heavy on — using large quantities of
  • heavyset — having a large body build.
  • helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
  • helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
  • helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
  • hempvine — Any plant of the genus Mikania.
  • henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
  • henry vi — 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).
  • hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
  • highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
  • hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
  • hive off — a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
  • hiveless — Without a hive.
  • hivemind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
  • hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
  • hoccleve — Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.
  • holdover — a person or thing remaining from a former period.
  • hoovered — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
  • horovitz — Israel, born 1939, U.S. playwright.
  • hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
  • hovawart — a medium-sized strongly-built dog of a breed with a long thick coat, a thick tuft of hair round the neck, and a long bushy tail
  • hovelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hovel.
  • hoveller — (UK, dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
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