8-letter words containing v, o
- cohesive — Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole.
- coinvent — to invent jointly
- combover — Hair that is combed over a bald spot in an attempt to cover it.
- comeover — a person who has come from Britain to settle in the Isle of Man; used by people native to the island, often pejoratively about someone with a complaining or arrogant attitude
- conative — denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the effort of the agent in performing the activity described by the verb
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- conceave — Obsolete form of conceive.
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- concieve — Misspelling of conceive.
- conclave — A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave.
- conferva — any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water
- congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
- connived — Simple past tense and past participle of connive.
- conniver — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive.
- conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- convened — Simple past tense and past participle of convene.
- convener — a person who convenes or chairs a meeting, committee, etc, esp one who is specifically elected to do so
- convenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convene.
- convenor — A convenor is a trade union official who organizes the union representatives at a particular factory.
- convents — Plural form of convent.
- converge — If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
- converse — If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
- converso — a medieval Spanish Jew who converted to Catholicism, usually in order to avoid persecution from either the Spanish Inquisition or the Portugese Inquisition
- converts — Plural form of convert.
- convexed — Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
- convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyer — A conveyer is a device for moving large amounts of a solid.
- conveyor — a person or thing that conveys
- convicts — Plural form of convict.
- convince — If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
- convival — (obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
- convives — an eating or drinking companion; fellow diner or drinker.
- convoked — Simple past tense and past participle of convoke.
- convolve — to wind or roll together; coil; twist
- convoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of convoy.
- convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- cooptive — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- corrival — rival
- corvette — A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack.
- cosgrave — Liam (ˈliːəm). born 1920, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1973–77)
- could've — Could've is the usual spoken form of 'could have', when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenant — A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)