8-letter words containing s, e, r, v, i
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- misdrive — to drive or guide badly
- 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
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- oversail — a projection
- oversick — too sick
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstir — to stir too much
- overswim — to swim across
- overwise — excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsit — to visit beforehand
- previsor — to foresee.
- 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.
- receives — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- reinvest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- reovirus — any large virus of the family Reoviridae, having double-stranded RNA and a polyhedral capsid, including those causing infantile gastroenteritis.
- rerevise — a new or second revise or revised version
- resilver — to silver again, to coat or plate again with silver
- restrive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- reveries — a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
- reverist — someone who tends to daydream or is inclined to reveries
- reversis — a type of card game which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- revilers — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revision — the act or work of revising.
- revisory — pertaining to or for the purpose of revision.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- 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.
- servicer — someone who services
- services — a service tree, especially Sorbus domestica.
- servient — subordinate; subservient; subject to another
- servitor — a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- silvered — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- silverly — with a silvery appearance or sound.
- sirvente — a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.