8-letter words containing n, a, e, v
- greaving — Present participle of greave.
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- 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.
- have-not — Usually, have-nots. an individual or group that is without wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have).
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- heavy on — using large quantities of
- hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
- ignatiev — Count Nikolai Pavlovich. 1832–1908, Russian diplomat and politician. As ambassador to Turkey (1864–77), he negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- induviae — withered leaves which decay on the tree instead of falling off; also, parts of petals (corolla) or sepals (calyx) with the same behaviour
- innative — native, or existing in a person or animal from birth
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- invocate — invoke.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- javanese — of or relating to the island of Java, its people, or their language.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- la verne — a town in S California.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- leavened — Simple past tense and past participle of leaven.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- 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.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- loveland — a city in N Colorado.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuvre — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- manoever — Misspelling of manoeuvre or 'maneuver'.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.