8-letter words containing av
- rave on! — Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave, often by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is unlikely.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravelled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- redgrave — Sir Michael (Scudamore) [skuhd-uh-mawr,, -mohr,, skoo-duh-] /ˈskʌd əˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr,, ˈsku də-/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, English actor.
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savaging — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagism — barbarism; savagery.
- savannah — a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, especially on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.
- save for — Save for means the same as save.
- save-all — a means, contrivance, or receptacle for preventing loss or waste.
- saveable — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savorous — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- savviest — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- scavenge — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- 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.
- sky wave — a radio wave propagated upward from earth, whether reflected by the ionosphere or not.
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- talavera — a type of Mexican earthenware characterized by colorful, detailed patterns and a milky glaze.
- tamatave — a seaport on E Madagascar.
- taverner — John, 1490?–1545, English organist and composer.
- tel aviv — a city in W central Israel: one of the centers of Jewish immigration following World War II.
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- tidewave — the swell of the earth's water levels as the tide moves
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- traveled — used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
- traveler — a person or thing that travels.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.