8-letter words containing iv
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- louis iv — ("the Bavarian") 1287?–1347, king of Germany (1314–47); emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1328–47.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- midwives — Plural form of midwife.
- minivans — Plural form of minivan.
- minivets — Plural form of minivet.
- misdrive — to drive or guide badly
- misgiven — (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- misgives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgive.
- missives — Plural form of missive.
- monitive — admonishing or advisory
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- motivity — the power of initiating or producing motion.
- mutative — to change; alter.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nativism — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativist — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativity — birth.
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nivation — erosion resulting from the action of frost beneath a snowbank.
- noncivil — Not civil.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- olivetti — (company) A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
- olivinic — of, relating to, or containing olivine
- omissive — neglecting; leaving out.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- omnivore — someone or something that is omnivorous.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).
- outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
- outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
- outlives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- overgive — to give up
- overlive — to live longer than (another person)
- parzival — Percival.
- perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- pivot on — If one thing pivots on another, it depends on it.
- pivoting — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- plausive — applauding.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.