8-letter words containing v
- 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)
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- coverage — The coverage of something in the news is the reporting of it.
- coverall — a thing that covers something entirely
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- coverlet — A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
- coverley — Sir Roger de, a literary figure representing the ideal of the early 18th-century squire in The Spectator, by Addison and Steele.
- coverlid — coverlet
- covertly — concealed; secret; disguised.
- coveteth — Archaic third-person singular form of covet.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- cravable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- crescive — increasing; growing
- crevalle — a silver coloured fish, Caranx hippos of the Carangidae or jack family native to western Atlantic areas
- crevasse — A crevasse is a large, deep crack in thick ice or rock.
- crevette — a shrimp or prawn, esp when served in its shell
- creviced — Having a crevice or crevices.
- crevices — Plural form of crevice.
- crevises — Plural form of crevis.
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.