9-letter words containing s, a, v, i
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- rara avis — a rare person or thing; rarity.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- revisable — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- rivalless — without rivals
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rivalship — rivalry
- rna virus — any virus containing RNA; retrovirus.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sail-over — a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sansovino — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), (Andrea Contucci) 1460–1529, Italian sculptor and architect.
- sarasvati — the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savviness — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- sea devil — manta (def 4).
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- siccative — causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
- sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
- slaveling — a person in a condition of servility or slavery.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- slavicism — Slavism.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- slavishly — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- summative — additive.
- swan dive — into water