8-letter words containing ve
- groveled — (US) Simple past form of grovel.
- groveler — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handwave — [possibly from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. If someone starts a sentence with "Clearly..." or "Obviously..." or "It is self-evident that...", it is a good bet he is about to handwave (alternatively, use of these constructions in a sarcastic tone before a paraphrase of someone else's argument suggests that it is a handwave). The theory behind this term is that if you wave your hands at the right moment, the listener may be sufficiently distracted to not notice that what you have said is wrong. Failing that, if a listener does object, you might try to dismiss the objection with a wave of your hand. The use of this word is often accompanied by gestures: both hands up, palms forward, swinging the hands in a vertical plane pivoting at the elbows and/or shoulders (depending on the magnitude of the handwave); alternatively, holding the forearms in one position while rotating the hands at the wrist to make them flutter. In context, the gestures alone can suffice as a remark; if a speaker makes an outrageously unsupported assumption, you might simply wave your hands in this way, as an accusation, far more eloquent than words could express, that his logic is faulty.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
- harvests — Plural form of harvest.
- have got — have, possess
- have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have sex — have intercourse
- have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hayfever — Alternative spelling of hay fever.
- heatwave — period of hot weather
- heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
- heave to — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
- hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
- highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
- 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
- hoccleve — Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.
- holdover — a person or thing remaining from a former period.
- hoovered — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hovelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hovel.
- hoveller — (UK, dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- hoverfly — Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- ice cave — a cave containing ice that remains unmelted during all or most of the year.
- 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.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improver — a person or thing that improves.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- inessive — noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.
- infusive — capable of infusing; inspiring.