6-letter words containing v, s, i
- silvan — of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
- silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- silvex — a herbicide that eradicates weeds and woody plants
- silvia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”.
- sivaji — 1627–80, Indian king (1674–80), who led an uprising of Hindus against Muslim rule and founded the Masatha kingdom
- skiver — a person or thing that skives.
- skivie — mentally disarranged
- skivvy — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- slavic — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
- slieve — a mountain.
- sliven — a city in E central Bulgaria.
- sliver — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- solive — a nonessential joist
- soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- spivvy — spiffy.
- stevia — a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- stevin — Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stiver — Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- strive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- suivez — a musical direction meaning 'follow'
- swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- swivet — a state of nervous excitement, haste, or anxiety; flutter: I was in such a swivet that I could hardly speak.
- sylvia — a female given name.
- sylvin — a common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium.
- travis — William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- v sign — a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- v-sign — a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- vaisya — a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas. Compare Brahman1 (def 1).
- valais — a canton in SW Switzerland. 2021 sq. mi. (5235 sq. km). Capital: Sion.
- valise — a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- valois — Dame Ninette [ni-net] /nɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), (Edris Stannus) 1898–2001, British ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director: founder of the Royal Ballet (originally the Sadler's Wells Ballet).
- vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- varies — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- vasari — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- vashti — the queen of Ahasuerus who was banished for refusing to appear before the king's guests. Esther 1:9–22.
- vasthi — Vashti.
- verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- verism — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- verist — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- vermis — the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- vesica — Anatomy. a bladder.
- vespid — any of numerous, mostly colonial, nest-building wasps of the family Vespidae, as the yellow jackets, hornets, and mason wasps.
- viands — an article of food.
- vibist — a person who plays a vibraphone in a jazz band or group
- vigias — a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- vilest — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- villus — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the minute, wormlike processes on certain membranes, especially on the mucous membrane of the small intestine, where they serve in absorbing nutriment.
- vinces — a male given name, form of Vincent.