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8-letter words containing av

  • favelado — a person who lives in a favela.
  • faveolus — a small pit or cavity resembling a cell of a honeycomb; alveola.
  • favonian — of or relating to the west wind.
  • favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
  • favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
  • favorous — Favourable, favorable.
  • favosite — any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.
  • favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
  • favourer — Alternative form of favorer.
  • flavanol — (organic compound) Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton.
  • flavonol — the 3-hydroxy derivative of flavone, many of whose derivatives, as quercetin, are naturally occurring yellow dyes.
  • flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
  • flavorer — One who or that which flavors.
  • flavours — Plural form of flavour.
  • flavoury — Possessing flavour.
  • fravashi — the soul of a dead ancestor.
  • galavant — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
  • gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
  • gavaskar — Sunil Manohar (ˈsʊnɪl ˈmænəʊhɑː). born 1949, Indian cricketer: played in 125 test matches (1971–87), 47 as captain; first batsman to score more than 10,000 test runs
  • gavelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
  • gavelman — a gavelkind tenant
  • gavelock — a spear or javelin
  • gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
  • gavottes — Plural form of gavotte.
  • gigavolt — One thousand million ( 109 ) volts. Symbol: GV.
  • godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
  • gravamen — the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
  • graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
  • gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
  • gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
  • gravidas — Plural form of gravida.
  • gravitas — seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
  • gravitic — Of or pertaining to gravity. (Archaic/rare, gravitational is more common, still seen though in compounds like magnetogravitic.).
  • graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
  • greaving — Present participle of greave.
  • guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
  • gustavus — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
  • handwave — [possibly from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. If someone starts a sentence with "Clearly..." or "Obviously..." or "It is self-evident that...", it is a good bet he is about to handwave (alternatively, use of these constructions in a sarcastic tone before a paraphrase of someone else's argument suggests that it is a handwave). The theory behind this term is that if you wave your hands at the right moment, the listener may be sufficiently distracted to not notice that what you have said is wrong. Failing that, if a listener does object, you might try to dismiss the objection with a wave of your hand. The use of this word is often accompanied by gestures: both hands up, palms forward, swinging the hands in a vertical plane pivoting at the elbows and/or shoulders (depending on the magnitude of the handwave); alternatively, holding the forearms in one position while rotating the hands at the wrist to make them flutter. In context, the gestures alone can suffice as a remark; if a speaker makes an outrageously unsupported assumption, you might simply wave your hands in this way, as an accusation, far more eloquent than words could express, that his logic is faulty.
  • havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
  • have got — have, possess
  • have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have sex — have intercourse
  • have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
  • havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
  • havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
  • havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
  • havocker — a person who causes havoc
  • heatwave — period of hot weather
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