6-letter words containing a, v, i
- davies — Sir John. 1569–1626, English poet, author of Orchestra or a Poem of Dancing (1596) and the philosophical poem Nosce Teipsum (1599)
- davits — Plural form of davit.
- divali — Diwali.
- divans — Plural form of divan.
- duvida — Ri·o da [Portuguese ree-oo duh] /Portuguese ˈri ʊ də/ (Show IPA) former name of Rio Roosevelt.
- dvaita — any of the pluralistic schools of philosophy.
- eluvia — Plural form of eluvium.
- elvira — a feminine name
- erivan — Yerevan
- Évvoia — Euboea
- exuvia — cast-off exoskeleton of animal
- favism — acute hemolytic anemia caused by ingestion or inhalation of fava bean pollen.
- flavia — a female given name.
- flavin — a complex heterocyclic ketone that is common to the nonprotein part of several important yellow enzymes, the flavoproteins.
- garvie — a sprat
- gavial — a large crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, of India and Pakistan, having elongated, garlike jaws: an endangered species.
- glaive — a sword or broadsword.
- godiva — ("Lady Godiva") died 1057, wife of Leofric. According to legend, she rode naked through the streets of Coventry, England, to win relief for the people from a burdensome tax.
- gravid — pregnant1 (def 1).
- halevi — Judah, Judah ha-Levi.
- haveli — A mansion.
- havier — A castrated deer.
- having — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- havior — (obsolete) behaviour; demeanor.
- impave — (archaic, poetic) To pave.
- incave — to hide or enclose in a cave or as if in a cave
- incavo — the incised or hollowed out part of an intaglio carving
- invade — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- ivanov — Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich [fsye-vuh-luh t vyi-chyi-slah-vuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət vyɪ tʃyɪˈslɑ və vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1963, Russian playwright.
- ivtran — Parallel Fortran for the Illiac IV. 1966.
- javari — a river in E South America, flowing NE from Peru to the upper Amazon, forming part of the boundary between Peru and Brazil. 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- javits — Jacob K(oppel) [koh-pel] /koʊˈpɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1957–81.
- jivaro — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, formerly renowned for their custom of preserving the hair and shrunken skin from the severed heads of enemies.
- jovial — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jovian — (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) a.d. 331?–364, Roman emperor 363–364.
- kaveri — a river in S India, flowing SE from the Western Ghats in Karnatka state through Tamil Nadu state to the Bay of Bengal: sacred to the Hindus. 475 miles (765 km) long.
- kaviar — Archaic form of caviar.
- kazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- keavie — an archaic Scottish dialect word for a species of crab
- kievan — of or relating to Kiev.
- lative — (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
- latvia — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Capital: Riga.
- laving — to wash; bathe.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavis — F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- libava — Russian name of Liepāja.
- litvak — a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.
- maariv — the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.
- malvin — (biochemistry) An anthocyanin, a diglucoside of malvidin, found in very many foods.
- marvin — a male given name.