8-letter words containing iv
- henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
- hive off — a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- hiveless — Without a hive.
- hivemind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- ideative — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- illative — of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”.
- illusive — illusory.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incivism — neglect of a citizen's duties; poor citizenship
- inessive — noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.
- infusive — capable of infusing; inspiring.
- innative — native, or existing in a person or animal from birth
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- ivan iii — ("Ivan the Great") 1440–1505, grand duke of Muscovy 1462–1505.
- ivy vine — Virginia creeper.
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- john xiv — died a.d. 984, pope 983–984.
- l-driver — a learner-driver: a person who is learning to drive, has not yet passed the official driving test, and must be accompanied by a qualified driver and display L-plates on the car
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- live off — survive on, be supported by
- live one — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- live out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- live-out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- liveable — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- lived-in — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- livelier — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- livelily — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- livelock — (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- liven up — make more lively
- liveness — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- livening — Present participle of liven.
- liveried — clad in livery, as servants: a liveried footman.
- liveries — Plural form of livery.
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- livewire — Alternative spelling of live wire.
- lividity — having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
- livingly — in a lively, vivid manner
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- lixivium — the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.