5-letter words containing a, v, i
- shiva — “the Destroyer,” the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
- silva — the forest trees of a particular area.
- sivan — the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- sivas — Shiva.
- vafio — an archaeological site in S Greece, in Peloponnesus.
- vaire — of Russian squirrel fur
- vairy — decorated with a vair or vairs
- vakil — a native lawyer.
- valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- vanir — a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vapid — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- varia — a variant reading.
- varix — Also called varicosity. Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.
- vatic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- viand — an article of food.
- vicar — Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- victa — a type of rotary lawnmower first manufactured in 1952
- vidal — (Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.
- vidar — a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- vidya — transcendental knowledge leading toward Brahman.
- vigia — a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- vilma — a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- vimpa — a silk veil falling over the shoulders and extending down the arms and over the hands, worn by acolytes who carry the miter and crosier at a Pontifical Mass.
- vinal — a type of manmade fibre partly composed of vinyl alcohol units
- vinca — periwinkle2 .
- viola — a female given name.
- viral — of, relating to, or caused by a virus.
- virga — streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- visas — an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- visna — Veterinary Pathology. a disease of sheep, caused by a quickly mutating lentivirus, and affecting the central nervous system.
- vista — a national program in the U.S., sponsored by ACTION, for sending volunteers into poor areas to teach various job skills.
- vitae — curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vital — of or relating to life: vital processes.
- vitas — a female given name, form of Davida.
- vitra — (in prescriptions) glass.
- vitta — Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- vivat — an expression of acclamation
- vivda — a method of drying meat
- vmail — a mail system used by U.S. armed forces during World War II.
- voila — used to reveal, show off
- vraic — a seaweed found in the Channel Islands
- waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- wviac — West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference