8-letter words containing va
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- limavady — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 33 571 (2003 est). Area: 586 sq km (226 sq miles)
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- mahadeva — a name of Shiva.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- malvasia — a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
- 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.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- minivans — Plural form of minivan.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- movables — Plural form of movable.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- navarino — a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.
- naxcivan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- nirvanic — (often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- nivation — erosion resulting from the action of frost beneath a snowbank.
- nonnaval — Not naval.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonvalid — not valid; invalid
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- novation — Law. the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
- nu-value — Abbe number.
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- okavango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- okovango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- 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
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outvalue — Be of greater value than.
- outvaunt — to outdo in boasting
- ovalness — The quality of being oval.
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- ovaritis — oophoritis.
- ovations — Plural form of ovation.
- pandavas — (in the Mahabharata) the family of Arjuna, at war with their cousins, the Kauravas.
- 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
- parvanov — Georgi. born 1957, Bulgarian politician: president of Bulgaria (2000–2012)
- parzival — Percival.