8-letter words containing a, s, v
- starving — very hungry
- 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.
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- sullivan — Annie (Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy) 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.
- surveyal — the action of surveying
- survival — the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- svalbard — Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
- sylvanus — Silvanus.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- tastevin — small shallow cup for wine tasting
- temesvar — Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- the vast — immense or boundless space
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- tsarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unshaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- unshaven — a past participle of shave.
- v-shaped — having the shape of the letter V : a V-shaped flying formation.
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- vagarish — vaguely or somewhat vagarious; relating to a whim
- vainesse — vainness
- vainness — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vaisakhi — an annual Sikh festival commemorating the founding (1699) of the Order of the Khalsa by Gobind Singh
- 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.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vanadous — containing divalent or trivalent vanadium.
- vanessid — a butterfly belonging to any of several brightly coloured species, including admirals, tortoiseshells, and the Camberwell beauty, which with the fritillaries comprise the Nymphalidae
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.