8-letter words containing v, s, i
- striving — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- subvirus — an organism, esp a viral protein, smaller than a virus but with some of the characteristics of a virus
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- sullivan — Annie (Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy) 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.
- survival — the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- survived — to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him. He survived the operation.
- survivor — a person or thing that survives.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- swiveled — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- sylviine — (of a bird) belonging to the subfamily Sylviinae
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- tastevin — small shallow cup for wine tasting
- televise — broadcast on TV
- thievish — given to thieving.
- thrivers — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- universe — the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
- uvulitis — inflammation of the uvula.
- v series — (communications, standard) A set of standards published by the CCITT for "Data Communication over the Telephone Network". The following standards describe the important modulation techniques: V.17, V.21, V.22, V.22 bis, V.23, V.27 ter, V.29, V.32, V.32 bis. Other V standards include V.24, V.25 bis, V.42, V.42 bis.
- v.25 bis — (communications, standard) A cryptic command language for modems.
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- vagarish — vaguely or somewhat vagarious; relating to a whim
- vainesse — vainness
- vainness — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vaisakhi — an annual Sikh festival commemorating the founding (1699) of the Order of the Khalsa by Gobind Singh
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vanessid — a butterfly belonging to any of several brightly coloured species, including admirals, tortoiseshells, and the Camberwell beauty, which with the fritillaries comprise the Nymphalidae
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- varanasi — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vaselike — like or resembling a vase
- vaseline — Vaseline is a soft clear jelly made from petroleum, which is used to protect the skin and for other purposes.
- vasiform — having the form of a duct or tube.
- vassalic — of, relating to, or resembling a vassal or vassalage.
- vax mips — (benchmark) (Or VAX Unit of Performance, VUP) The processing power normally attributed to a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11/780. Future VAX systems were rated according to this scale (e.g. VAX 8350's being 2.7 VUPs per CPU). A MicroVAX II is normally associated with 0.9 VUPs and at a later time the MicroVUP was coined to rate VAX workstations. The use of the VUP by Digital Equipment Corporation has been replaced with more standard benchmarks (SPECint and SPECfp) in the DEC Alpha processor systems.
- vbscript — Visual BASIC Script
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- vegetist — a vegetable cultivator or enthusiast
- venosity — the state or quality of being venous.