8-letter words containing v, a, r, s
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sarajevo — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- save for — Save for means the same as save.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savorous — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- serajevo — Sarajevo.
- servable — to act as a servant.
- servqual — the provision of high-quality products by an organization backed by a high level of service for consumers
- severals — being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
- 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.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- smartdrv — Smartdrive
- starving — very hungry
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- surveyal — the action of surveying
- survival — the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- svalbard — Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- temesvar — Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- tsarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- vagarish — vaguely or somewhat vagarious; relating to a whim
- 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.
- valorous — having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporous — having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
- varanasi — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish