8-letter words containing v, i, r
- descrive — to describe
- desilver — to remove silver from; to deprive of silver
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- deviltry — reckless mischief, fun, etc.
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- dig over — If you dig over an area of soil, you dig it thoroughly, so that the soil becomes looser and free from lumps.
- dimitrov — Georgi [ge-awr-gi] /gɛˈɔr gɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Bulgarian political leader: premier 1946–49.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disserve — to be a disservice to; serve harmfully or injuriously.
- dissever — to sever; separate.
- diverged — to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
- diverger — One who diverges.
- diverges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diverge.
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- diverted — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- diverter — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- dividers — a person or thing that divides.
- diviners — Plural form of diviner.
- divisors — Plural form of divisor.
- divorced — Cut off, or separated.
- divorcee — a divorced woman.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- divulger — One who divulges something.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drive at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drive-by — the action of driving by a specified locality, object, etc.: a drive-by of Nelson's Monument.
- drive-in — a motion-picture theater, refreshment stand, bank, or other public facility designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles.
- drive-up — serving or accessible to customers who drive up in their cars: a drive-up taco stand; a drive-up window at a bank.
- driveled — Simple past tense and past participle of drivel.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- engrieve — to cause grief to
- enravish — to enchant
- environs — The surrounding area or district.
- erective — Making erect or upright; raising.
- ergative — Relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g., Basque and Eskimo) that identifies the subject of a transitive verb and is different from the case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb.
- eric xiv — 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68). His attempts to dominate the Baltic led to war with Denmark (1563–70); deposed and imprisoned
- eruptive — Of, relating to, or formed by volcanic activity.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- everting — Present participle of evert.
- evildoer — A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
- exertive — Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.