8-letter words containing v, o, r, a
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favorous — Favourable, favorable.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- favourer — Alternative form of favorer.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- flavorer — One who or that which flavors.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- foveolar — a small fovea; a very small pit or depression.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- 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.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- 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
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- in favor — in agreement
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- lavaform — in the form of lava
- lavatory — a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- love rat — Journalists sometimes use love rat to refer to a man who treats his partner in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationships with other people.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- manoever — Misspelling of manoeuvre or 'maneuver'.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- navarino — a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- novenary — A group of nine.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.