8-letter words containing v, a, i, s
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- devadasi — A hereditary female dancer and courtesan in a Hindu temple.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- deviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate.
- disavail — To disadvantage or harm.
- disavows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- disvalue — disesteem; disparagement.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- enravish — to enchant
- envisage — Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
- estivate — (of an animal, particularly an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- evasions — Plural form of evasion.
- fauvists — Plural form of fauvist.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- favosite — any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.
- festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- fravashi — the soul of a dead ancestor.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gravidas — Plural form of gravida.
- gravitas — seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
- h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
- heaviest — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- 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.
- lavishly — 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.
- malvasia — a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- minivans — Plural form of minivan.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.