8-letter words containing va
- perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- 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.
- 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.
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- ravaging — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivality — rivalry
- rivalize — to become a rival
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- salivary — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- salvable — fit for or capable of being saved or salvaged.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- 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
- selvagee — rope wound round and used as straps or stoppers on ships
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- servable — to act as a servant.
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- silvanus — the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
- silvassa — a union territory of India, located between Gujarat and Maharashtra, N of Mumbai. 190 sq. mi. (491 sq. km). Capital: Silvassa.
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- slovakia — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- solvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.