8-letter words containing a, v, i
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- breviary — a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office
- breviate — a short account; a summary
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- calvaria — the top part of the skull of vertebrates
- captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cavatina — a solo song resembling a simple aria
- cavefish — any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cavitand — (chemistry) any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cavitate — to form cavities or bubbles
- cavitied — Having cavities.
- cavities — Plural form of cavity.
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- cessavit — (UK, legal, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chivaree — shivaree.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- civilian — In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
- clavacin — patulin.
- clavecin — a harpsichord
- clavicle — Your clavicles are your collar bones.
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- coactive — acting together.
- conative — denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the effort of the agent in performing the activity described by the verb
- convival — (obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
- corrival — rival
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- da vinci — ˌLeo‧ˈnardo (ˌliəˈnɑrdoʊ ) ; lēˌənärˈdō) ; Italian ˌ lɛɔˈnɑʀdɔ) ; Italian leˌ^ōnärˈd^ō) 1452-1519; It. painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, & scientist
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.