8-letter words containing v, i, r
- breviate — a short account; a summary
- calvaria — the top part of the skull of vertebrates
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cd drive — a device that plays CDs
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- cervices — cervix
- cervico- — cervical
- cervicum — the flexible region between the prothorax and head in insects
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- co-drive — to take alternate turns driving (a vehicle) with another person
- coderive — to derive jointly
- codriver — The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
- coercive — Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do.
- conniver — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- corrival — rival
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- coverlid — coverlet
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- crescive — increasing; growing
- creviced — Having a crevice or crevices.
- crevices — Plural form of crevice.
- crevises — Plural form of crevis.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- cursives — Plural form of cursive.
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- de vries — Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution
- deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- decemvir — (in ancient Rome) a member of a board of ten magistrates, esp either of the two commissions established in 451 and 450 bc to revise the laws
- delivers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver.
- delivery — Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- deprived — Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- depriver — Agent noun of deprive; one who deprives.
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.
- derisive — A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- derivate — derived
- deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).