6-letter words containing v, s, i
- knives — plural of knife.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavis — F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- levi's — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.
- levies — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- levins — Plural form of levin.
- livens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liven.
- livers — Plural form of liver.
- livest — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- lovish — Like, resembling, or characteristic of love; amorous; loving.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- mirvis — Ephraim (ˈiːfreɪɪm). born 1956, British rabbi, born in South Africa; Commonwealth chief rabbi from 2013
- movies — motion picture.
- musive — relating to or forming a mosaic
- navies — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- nevins — Allan, 1890–1971, U.S. historian.
- nevski — Alexander, Alexander Nevski.
- nieves — Plural form of nieve.
- nivose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- ogives — Architecture. a diagonal vaulting rib. a pointed arch.
- olives — a female given name.
- ovibos — an Arctic ox
- ovisac — a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
- parvis — a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- pavise — a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- pelvis — the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- pius v — Saint (Michele Ghislieri) 1504–72, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1566–72.
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- revise — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- rivers — a person who rives.
- rivets — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- saliva — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- salvia — any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
- sative — cultivated or sown as opposed to wild
- savaii — an island in Western Samoa: largest of the Samoa group. 703 sq. mi. (1821 sq. km).
- savine — a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
- savior — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savoie — a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- scivvy — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- sevier — John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- shaiva — a Bhakti sect devoted to Shiva.
- shavie — a trick or prank.
- shivah — the mourning period, following the funeral and lasting traditionally for seven days, observed by Jews for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shivoo — a boisterous party or celebration.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- sieved — an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.