8-letter words containing v, e
- cheville — the peg or pin at the end of the string in a musical instrument that can be turned in order to tune the string
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chivaree — shivaree.
- chivvied — Simple past tense and past participle of chivvy.
- chivvies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- civilise — To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- civilize — To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- 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.
- cleavage — A woman's cleavage is the space between her breasts, especially the top part which you see if she is wearing a dress with a low neck.
- cleavers — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits
- cleaveth — Archaic third-person singular form of cleave.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- cleveite — a crystalline variety of the mineral uranitite
- cleverer — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- cleverly — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clevises — plural of clevis.
- cliveden — a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set); now a hotel
- clovelly — a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)
- clovered — covered with clover
- co-drive — to take alternate turns driving (a vehicle) with another person
- coactive — acting together.
- coderive — to derive jointly
- codriver — The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
- coercive — Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do.
- coevolve — to evolve together
- cohesive — Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole.
- coinvent — to invent jointly
- combover — Hair that is combed over a bald spot in an attempt to cover it.
- comeover — a person who has come from Britain to settle in the Isle of Man; used by people native to the island, often pejoratively about someone with a complaining or arrogant attitude
- 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
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- conceave — Obsolete form of conceive.
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- concieve — Misspelling of conceive.
- conclave — A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave.
- conferva — any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water
- congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
- connived — Simple past tense and past participle of connive.
- conniver — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive.
- conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- convened — Simple past tense and past participle of convene.