7-letter words containing v, s, i
- simonov — Konstantin M [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), 1915–79, Russian journalist and playwright.
- sivaism — the cult of Siva
- skydive — to engage in skydiving.
- slaving — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- slavish — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- slavism — something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs or Slavic.
- slavist — a specialist in the study of Slavic languages, cultures, etc.
- slesvig — Danish name of Schleswig.
- snively — characterized by or given to sniveling.
- soviets — (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.
- stative — (of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses: I liked them. I want some. I will never believe it.
- staving — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stovies — potatoes stewed with onions
- strived — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- striven — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- striver — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- strives — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- stuiver — stiver (def 1).
- suasive — the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- suavity — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- suevian — a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.
- sunview — A windowing system from Sun Microsystems, superseded by NeWS.
- surveil — to place under surveillance.
- surview — a survey (with the eyes or mind)
- survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- sverige — Swedish name of Sweden.
- sylvite — 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.
- synovia — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- sysvile — Missed'em-five
- tensive — stretching or straining.
- thieves — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- thrives — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- torsive — twisted
- travois — a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- treviso — a city in NE Italy.
- treviss — a partition in a stable for keeping animals apart
- trivias — (in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- tussive — of or relating to a cough.
- unvisor — to remove a visor from
- ustinov — Sir Peter (Alexander). 1921–2004, British stage and film actor, director, dramatist, and raconteur
- uveitis — inflammation of the uvea.
- v.22bis — (protocol, standard) V.22 twice. An ITU-T modem protocol which allowed a data rate of 2400 bits per second, twice that of V.22.
- v.32bis — (communications, standard) V.32 twice. An extension of the ITU-T V.32 modem protocol allowing 14400 bits per second with fall back to 12000bps, 9600bps, 7200bps and 4800 bps. The modem should select the appropriate speed according to the current line conditions. See also V.32ter.
- v.42bis — (communications, standard) An extension of the ITU-T V.42 standard modem protocol to included compression using a Lempel-Ziv related technique, which detects frequently occurring character strings and replaces them with tokens. This is similar to the Unix compress utility. Typical compression for text is 50% or better; with nearly 20% gain from synchronous conversion this gives reduces transmission time by almost 60%.
- vacuist — a person who believes in the existence of vacuums between molecules and atoms of matter or between bodies of the universe
- vagitus — a new-born baby's first cry
- vainest — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vampish — the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
- vanitas — a type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands from about 1620 to 1650, conveying a religious message and characterized by objects symbolic of mortality and the meaninglessness of worldly pleasures.
- varices — plural of varix.