8-letter words containing v, y, a
- overmany — an excess of people
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- oversway — to overrule
- overwary — excessively wary
- overyear — to keep for a following year
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- rivality — rivalry
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river
- salivary — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- sayville — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- sky wave — a radio wave propagated upward from earth, whether reflected by the ionosphere or not.
- surveyal — the action of surveying
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
- sylvanus — Silvanus.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- trevally — any of several popular Australian food fish of the genus Caranx, especially Caranx georgianus.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- vacantly — having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- vagility — the ability of an organism to move about freely and migrate.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- vagrancy — the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy.
- vajpayee — A(tal) B(ihari). born 1924, Indian politician; prime minister of India (1996, 1998–2004)
- valiancy — valiant nature or quality; valor; bravery; courage.
- validity — the state or quality of being valid: to question the validity of the argument.
- valkyrie — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- valleyed — having a valley
- valuably — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
- van duyn — Mona, 1921–2004, U.S. poet: U.S. poet laureate 1992.
- van dyck — Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter.
- van eyck — Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- vapidity — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- variably — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- varletry — varlets collectively.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vasarely — Victor. 1908–97, French painter, born in Hungary; a leading exponent of op art
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- vauntery — bravado; boasting