6-letter words containing i, n, v
- qazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving — extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- renvoi — the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- riving — to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- rivlin — a shoe made of rawhide
- roving — roaming or wandering.
- savine — a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- silvan — of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
- sliven — a city in E central Bulgaria.
- snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- 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)
- stevin — Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- sylvin — a common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium.
- unhive — to force out of a hive
- 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.
- unlive — to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.): to unlive his crimes by making retribution.
- unvain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- unveil — to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.
- unwive — to deprive or remove of a wife
- v sign — a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- v-sign — a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- vagina — Anatomy, Zoology. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct. a sheathlike part or organ.
- vahine — wahine.
- vainer — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vainly — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- valine — an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- vanier — Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanity — excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
- veinal — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- veined — Veined skin has a lot of veins showing through it.
- veiner — a wood-carving tool
- veneti — Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- venial — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- venice — Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- venine — any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- venire — a group of people who are summoned to serve on a jury
- venite — the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- ventil — a valve on a musical instrument
- verdin — a small, yellow-headed, titmouse-like bird, Auriparus flaviceps, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, which builds a compact, spherical nest of thorny twigs.
- verein — a union, association, or society.
- vermin — noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
- vernix — a white substance covering the skin of a fetus
- vexing — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- viands — an article of food.
- vicing — to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
- vicuna — a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
- vienna — a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.