6-letter words containing r, s, v
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- rivers — a person who rives.
- 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.
- rostov — a seaport in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Don River, near the Sea of Azov.
- rsvp'd — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- rsvped — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- salver — a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- salvor — a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- savery — Thomas. ?1650–1715, English engineer, who built (1698) the first practical steam engine, used to pump water from mines
- savior — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savors — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savory — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scurve — a curve shaped like an S .
- scurvy — Pathology. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
- seaver — (George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- serval — a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- served — to act as a servant.
- server — a person who serves.
- serves — to act as a servant.
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- severn — a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- severy — (in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
- sevier — John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- sevres — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- shaver — a person or thing that shaves.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shover — to move along by force from behind; push.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- shrove — a simple past tense of shrive.
- silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- skiver — a person or thing that skives.
- slaver — saliva coming from the mouth.
- sliver — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- soever — at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words): Choose what thing soever you please.
- solver — to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain: to solve the mystery of the missing books.
- starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- stiver — Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- stover — coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- strive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- strove — simple past tense of strive.
- struve — Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
- suaver — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- travis — William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- treves — a city in W Germany, on the Moselle River: extensive Roman ruins; cathedral.
- turves — plural of turf.
- varese — Edgard [ed-gar] /ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.