5-letter words containing s, a, v
- smatv — (originally) small master antenna television; now more commonly, satellite master antenna television: a system for relaying broadcast television signals, embodying a master receiving antenna with distribution by cable to a small group of dwellings, such as a block of flats
- soave — a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- stave — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- suave — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- swave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- sylva — the forest trees of a particular area.
- vaasa — a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- vadso — a seaport in NE Norway.
- vagus — vagus nerve.
- vakas — an outer garment worn by priests in the Armenian church
- vales — a valley.
- valse — waltz.
- varas — a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- varus — abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- vasal — of or relating to a body vessel
- vaso- — indicating a blood vessel
- vassa — Gustavus (Olaudah Equiano) c1745–1801? African slave, sold in the West Indies, and, after gaining freedom, abolitionist and writer in England.
- vasty — vast; immense.
- vatus — a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
- vegas — a city in SE Nevada.
- veras — a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- vespa — Very Efficient Speculative Parallel Architecture
- vesta — the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- 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.
- vitas — a female given name, form of Davida.
- waves — a member of the Waves.