8-letter words containing v, s, i
- gravitas — seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grievers — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
- heaviest — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
- hiveless — Without a hive.
- illusive — illusory.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incivism — neglect of a citizen's duties; poor citizenship
- inessive — noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.
- infusive — capable of infusing; inspiring.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- inveighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigh.
- inversed — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- inverses — Plural form of inverse.
- invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- investor — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- inviscid — (of a fluid) having no viscosity.
- invitees — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- invitors — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- invoices — Plural form of invoice.
- invokers — Plural form of invoker.
- involves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of involve.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- jehovist — Yahwist.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- lispview — CLOS based windowing system on OpenWindows.
- listserv — any similar software program.
- liveness — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- liveries — Plural form of livery.
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- louis iv — ("the Bavarian") 1287?–1347, king of Germany (1314–47); emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1328–47.