8-letter words containing v, o, t, a
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- solvates — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- 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.
- the oval — a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth
- 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.
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- valdosta — a city in S Georgia.
- valuator — to set a value on; appraise.
- van vogt — A(lfred) E(lton) 1912–2000, U.S. science-fiction writer, born in Canada.
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- varactor — a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
- venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- vexation — the act of vexing.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vibrator — a person or thing that vibrates.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- violated — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- violator — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- violetta — a female given name.
- virtuosa — a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- vittoria — a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
- vocalist — a singer.
- vocality — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- vocation — a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- vocative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed.
- volatile — evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- volitant — engaged in or having the power of flight.
- volitate — to flutter
- volstead — Andrew Joseph, 1860–1946, U.S. legislator.
- voltaire — (François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- voltaism — the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.