7-letter words containing r, v, a
- overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overlax — too lax
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlea — a town in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- overman — a foreman, supervisor, or overseer.
- overpay — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overran — simple past tense of overrun.
- oversad — sadder than necessary
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversea — over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
- overtax — to tax too heavily.
- ovipara — oviparous animals considered collectively
- ovulary — the part of a plant's anatomy where ovules develop
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- papaver — a genus of poppies including over 120 species
- parvati — the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- pervade — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pranava — the word “Om.”.
- pravity — depravity, moral degeneracy, perversion
- preaver — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- precava — See under vena cava.
- prepave — to plan a journey (esp spiritual) in advance
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- privacy — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privado — a close friend
- private — privacy
- provand — food; provisions
- provant — supplied with provisions
- quavers — (of a person's voice) Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
- quavery — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- r-value — a measure of the resistance of an insulating or building material to heat flow, expressed as R-11, R-20, and so on; the higher the number, the greater the resistance to heat flow.
- ravaged — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravager — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravages — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- rave-up — a party, especially a wild one.
- raveled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- raveler — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravelin — a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- ravenna — a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- ravined — marked or furrowed with ravines.
- ravings — If you describe what someone says or writes as their ravings, you mean that it makes no sense because they are mad or very ill.
- ravioli — small cases of pasta, often square, stuffed with a filling, usually of meat or cheese, and often served with a tomato sauce.
- removal — the act of removing.
- reshave — to shave again
- revalue — to revise or reestimate the value of: efforts to revalue the dollar.
- revisal — the act of revising; revision.
- revival — restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.