8-letter words containing av
- chavurah — havurah.
- clavacin — patulin.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- cosgrave — Liam (ˈliːəm). born 1920, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1973–77)
- cravable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- damavand — highest peak of the Elburz Mountains, N Iran: 18,934 ft (5,771 m)
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- david ii — 1324–71, king of Scotland (1329–71): he was forced into exile in France (1334–41) by Edward de Baliol; captured following the battle of Neville's Cross (1346), and imprisoned by the English (1346–57)
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- demavend — Damavand
- depraved — Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil.
- depraver — One who depraves or corrupts.
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- disavail — To disadvantage or harm.
- disavows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- en avant — forward; onward; ahead
- enclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enclave.
- enclaves — Plural form of enclave.
- endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- engraved — Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
- engraver — A person who engraves.
- engraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrave.
- enravish — to enchant
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- enslaver — One that enslaves.
- enslaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enslave.
- excavate — Make (a hole or channel) by digging.
- exclaves — Plural form of exclave.