6-letter words containing v
- bovril — a concentrated beef extract, used for flavouring, as a stock, etc
- bovver — rowdiness, esp caused by gangs of teenage youths
- brasov — an industrial city in central Romania: formerly a centre for expatriate Germans; ceded by Hungary to Romania in 1920. Pop: 249 000 (2005 est)
- braved — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- braver — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- braves — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brevet — a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold temporarily a higher military rank without the appropriate pay and allowances
- brevi- — short
- brevis — a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- bukavu — a port in E Democratic Republic of Congo, on Lake Kivu: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 294 000 (2005 est)
- calved — Simple past tense and past participle of calve.
- calver — to prepare (a fish) while it is still fresh
- calves — calf1
- calvin — John, original name Jean Cauvin, Caulvin, or Chauvin. 1509–64, French theologian: a leader of the Protestant Reformation in France and Switzerland, establishing the first presbyterian government in Geneva. His theological system is described in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)
- calvus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.
- canova — Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo). 1757–1822, Italian neoclassical sculptor
- canvas — Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
- capivi — Alternative form of copaiba.
- carved — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- carvel — caravel
- carven — carve
- carver — A carver is a person who carves wood or stone, as a job or as a hobby.
- carves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carve.
- cavafy — Constantine. Greek name Kavafis.1863–1933, Greek poet of Alexandria in Egypt
- cavass — a Turkish armed police officer
- cavate — hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock: cavate cliff dwellings.
- caveat — A caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.
- cavein — a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- cavell — Edith Louisa. 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I for helping Allied prisoners to escape
- cavern — A cavern is a large deep cave.
- cavers — Plural form of caver.
- caviar — Caviar is the salted eggs of a fish called a sturgeon.
- cavies — Plural form of cavy.
- cavill — Frederick, 1839–1927, Australian swimmer and coach, born in England: developed the Australian crawl.
- cavils — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- caving — the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
- cavite — a port in the N Philippines, in S Luzon on Manila Bay: a former US naval base. Pop: 109 000 (2005 est)
- cavity — A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body.
- cavort — When people cavort, they leap about in a noisy and excited way.
- cavour — Conte Camillo Benso di (kaˈmillo ˈbɛnzo di).1810–61, Italian statesman and premier of Piedmont-Sardinia (1852–59; 1860–61): a leader of the movement for the unification of Italy
- cervid — any ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae, including the deer, characterized by the presence of antlers
- cervin — Mont (mɔ̃̃) ; mōn) the Matterhorn
- cervix — The cervix is the entrance to the womb.
- charva — (Geordie, pejorative) Unruly youth; disobedient child or teenager.
- chavel — (obsolete) The jaw, especially, the jaw of a beast.
- chavez — Hugo (ˈuɡo). 1954–2013, Venezuelan socialist politician; president of Venezuela (1999–2013)
- chavin — of, relating to, or characteristic of a Peruvian culture flourishing from the 1st to the 6th century a.d.
- chavvy — relating to or like a chav
- cheval — (obsolete) A horse; hence, a support or frame.
- chevee — cuvette (def 1).