8-letter words containing s, a, v, i, e
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- obviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- oversail — a projection
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- plausive — applauding.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- rivaless — a female rival
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- sanative — having the power to heal; curative.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savviest — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sayville — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- sea view — view over the ocean
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- 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
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- tastevin — small shallow cup for wine tasting
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- vainesse — vainness
- vainness — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- 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.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- 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.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- vaselike — like or resembling a vase