8-letter words containing v, i, l, e
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- olivetti — (company) A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
- outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
- outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
- outlives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive.
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
- overboil — To boil excessively.
- overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
- overfill — to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overidle — too idle
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overlied — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlier — someone or something that overlies
- overline — a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- overlive — to live longer than (another person)
- overmild — too mild
- overmilk — to milk too much
- oversail — a projection
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overtoil — to work too hard
- overveil — to cover over
- overwily — too crafty
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- plausive — applauding.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relevied — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- relieved — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- reliever — a person or thing that relieves.
- reliving — to experience again, as an emotion.
- replevin — an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
- resilver — to silver again, to coat or plate again with silver