8-letter words containing v, i, l, e
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- felix iv — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- fivefold — five times as great or as much.
- flivvers — Plural form of flivver.
- folivore — any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.
- giveable — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glenview — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- go-devil — a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions.
- greville — Fulke [foo lk] /fʊlk/ (Show IPA), 1st Baron Brooke, 1554–1628, English poet and statesman.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- 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
- 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.
- hiveless — Without a hive.
- illative — of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”.
- illusive — illusory.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- inveigle — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- inveiled — Simple past tense and past participle of inveil.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- invirile — unmanly
- involute — intricate; complex.
- involved — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- involver — Someone or something that involves.
- involves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of involve.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- joinvile — a seaport in S Brazil.
- juvenile — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- kidglove — diplomatic, careful or tactful
- kvelling — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- l-driver — a learner-driver: a person who is learning to drive, has not yet passed the official driving test, and must be accompanied by a qualified driver and display L-plates on the car
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lavalier — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavalike — Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- leo viii — died a.d. 965, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 963–965.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- leveeing — Present participle of levee.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.