8-letter words containing v, s, i
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- seducive — seductive
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- servicer — someone who services
- services — a service tree, especially Sorbus domestica.
- servient — subordinate; subservient; subject to another
- servitor — a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- shelving — material for shelves.
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- silvanus — the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
- silvassa — a union territory of India, located between Gujarat and Maharashtra, N of Mumbai. 190 sq. mi. (491 sq. km). Capital: Silvassa.
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- silvered — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- silverly — with a silvery appearance or sound.
- silvical — relating to silvics
- sirvente — a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- sit over — to be seated in an advantageous position on the left of (the player)
- sixtus v — (Felice Peretti) 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1585–90.
- skivvies — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- skydiver — freefalling parachutist
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
- slovakia — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- sniveled — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- sniveler — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- sovietic — relating to the Soviet Union
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- spivvery — the characteristic behaviour of a spiv
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- starving — very hungry
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stevinus — Stevin, Simon.
- stievely — in a firm way
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- strivers — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.