6-letter words containing a, v, i
- maulvi — (in India) an expert in Islamic law: used especially as a term of respectful address among Muslims.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- mikvah — a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.
- naiver — Comparative form of naive.
- narvik — a seaport in N Norway.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- navaid — an electronic aid to navigation.
- navies — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- navig. — navigation
- ogival — Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.
- olivia — a female given name, form of Olive.
- ovisac — a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
- parvis — a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- paving — Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pavior — a person that paves; paver.
- pavise — a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- qazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- ratfiv — (language) An enhancement to the RATFOR programming language, developed by Bill Wood while at the Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia PA, now the Fox Chase Cancer Center) in 1980-1981. RATFIV was released on several DECUS (Digital Equipment Corporation User's Group) tapes for VAX/VMS. Among its enhancements were: optional Fortan 77 output, an enhanced Format statement and enhanced macros.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving — extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- rivage — a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- rivera — Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- saliva — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- salvia — any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
- sative — cultivated or sown as opposed to wild
- savaii — an island in Western Samoa: largest of the Samoa group. 703 sq. mi. (1821 sq. km).
- savine — a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- savior — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savoie — a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- shaiva — a Bhakti sect devoted to Shiva.
- shavie — a trick or prank.
- shivah — the mourning period, following the funeral and lasting traditionally for seven days, observed by Jews for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse.
- silvan — of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
- silvia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”.
- sivaji — 1627–80, Indian king (1674–80), who led an uprising of Hindus against Muslim rule and founded the Masatha kingdom
- slavic — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
- spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- stevia — a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- sylvia — a female given name.
- travis — William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- trivia — (in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- univac — (processor, company) A brand of computer. There is a historical placard in the United States Census Bureau that has the following, "The Bureau of the Census dedicated the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer, UNIVAC I, on June 14, 1951. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation". The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and built Univac. Over the years, rights to the Univac name changed hands several times. Circa 1987, Sperry Univac merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- unvain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- v-mail — a system for sending a prerecorded video as an email attachment or as an email with a link to the video.
- vagile — endowed with or having freedom of movement.
- vagina — Anatomy, Zoology. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct. a sheathlike part or organ.