8-letter words containing a, s, v, o
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- scaevola — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA) (or Caius, ) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Mucius [myoo-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈmyu ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA) fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- serajevo — Sarajevo.
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- slovakia — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- solvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- solvates — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- valdosta — a city in S Georgia.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorous — having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
- vanadous — containing divalent or trivalent vanadium.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporous — having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- vasiform — having the form of a duct or tube.
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- vavasory — the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- virtuosa — a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- visional — of or relating to visions.
- vocalese — a style of jazz singing
- vocalics — the non-verbal aspects of voice creation
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- vocalism — Phonetics. a vowel, diphthong, triphthong, or vowel quality, as in a syllable. the system of vowels of a language.
- vocalist — a singer.
- volscian — of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- volstead — Andrew Joseph, 1860–1946, U.S. legislator.
- voltaism — the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- votarist — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- wavetops — Plural form of wavetop.