8-letter words containing v, e, s
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- canvases — a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- casevacs — Plural form of casevac.
- cavefish — any of various small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genera Amblyopsis, Chologaster, etc, living in subterranean and other waters in S North America
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavities — Plural form of cavity.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- cervelas — a French garlic sausage
- cervezas — beer.
- cervices — cervix
- cessavit — (UK, legal, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- cevennes — a mountain range in S central France, on the SE edge of the Massif Central. Highest peak: 1754 m (5755 ft)
- cheshvan — (in the Jewish calendar) the eighth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the second month of the civil year, usually falling within October and November
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chivvies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- civilise — To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- cleavers — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits
- clevises — plural of clevis.
- cohesive — Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole.
- connives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive.
- conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
- convenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convene.
- convents — Plural form of convent.
- converse — If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
- converso — a medieval Spanish Jew who converted to Catholicism, usually in order to avoid persecution from either the Spanish Inquisition or the Portugese Inquisition
- converts — Plural form of convert.
- convives — an eating or drinking companion; fellow diner or drinker.
- convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- cosgrave — Liam (ˈliːəm). born 1920, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1973–77)
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- crescive — increasing; growing
- crevasse — A crevasse is a large, deep crack in thick ice or rock.
- crevices — Plural form of crevice.
- crevises — Plural form of crevis.
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- cursives — Plural form of cursive.
- cuvettes — Plural form of cuvette.
- de vries — Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution
- deceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive.
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- delivers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver.
- delusive — tending to delude; misleading
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.