8-letter words containing v, o, r, a
- overwear — to use or wear excessively; wear out; exhaust; tax: needlessly overwearing her best workers; phrases overworn by repetition.
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- overyear — to keep for a following year
- overzeal — an excess of zeal
- parvanov — Georgi. born 1957, Bulgarian politician: president of Bulgaria (2000–2012)
- passover — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- pavlodar — a city in NE Kazakhstan.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- rave on! — Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave, often by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is unlikely.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- sarajevo — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo.
- save for — Save for means the same as save.
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savorous — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- serajevo — Sarajevo.
- takeover — the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
- tevatron — an accelerator in which protons or antiprotons are raised to energies of a few trillion electron-volts.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- vadodara — a city in the E Gujarat state, in W India: former capital of the state of Baroda.
- val d'or — a city in SW Quebec, in S Canada.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorous — having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
- valuator — to set a value on; appraise.
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporous — having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.