6-letter words containing iv
- ratfiv — (language) An enhancement to the RATFOR programming language, developed by Bill Wood while at the Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia PA, now the Fox Chase Cancer Center) in 1980-1981. RATFIV was released on several DECUS (Digital Equipment Corporation User's Group) tapes for VAX/VMS. Among its enhancements were: optional Fortan 77 output, an enhanced Format statement and enhanced macros.
- regive — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- relive — to experience again, as an emotion.
- revive — to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- rivage — a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- rivera — Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- rivers — a person who rives.
- rivery — riverlike or having rivers
- rivets — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riving — to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- rivlin — a shoe made of rawhide
- saliva — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- sative — cultivated or sown as opposed to wild
- scivvy — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- shaiva — a Bhakti sect devoted to Shiva.
- shivah — the mourning period, following the funeral and lasting traditionally for seven days, observed by Jews for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shivoo — a boisterous party or celebration.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- 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.
- 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
- spivvy — spiffy.
- 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.
- thrive — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- tivoli — a town in central Italy, E of Rome: ruins of Roman villas. Ancient Tibur.
- trivet — a special knife for cutting pile loops, as of velvet or carpets.
- trivia — (in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- unhive — to force out of a hive
- univac — (processor, company) A brand of computer. There is a historical placard in the United States Census Bureau that has the following, "The Bureau of the Census dedicated the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer, UNIVAC I, on June 14, 1951. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation". The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and built Univac. Over the years, rights to the Univac name changed hands several times. Circa 1987, Sperry Univac merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- unlive — to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.): to unlive his crimes by making retribution.
- unwive — to deprive or remove of a wife
- updive — to leap or spring upwards
- vivace — music: lively
- vively — in a quick or lively manner
- vivian — Also, Vivien. Arthurian Romance. an enchantress, the mistress of Merlin: known as the Lady of the Lake.
- vivify — to give life to; animate; quicken.
- vivres — provisions
- vivyan — a male or female given name.
- votive — offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow: a votive offering.