8-letter words containing ava
- paravail — being below or inferior to all others; specifically, being a tenant of one who holds land of another who is also a tenant: a tenant paravail.
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravant — first; pre-eminently
- piassava — Also called monkey grass. a coarse, woody fiber obtained from either of two palms, Leopoldina piassaba or Attalea funifera, of South America, used in making brooms, mats, etc.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- 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.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- vavasory — the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.