6-letter words containing s, e, v
- stevia — a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- stevin — Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- 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.
- suivez — a musical direction meaning 'follow'
- survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- svelte — slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- sweven — a vision; dream.
- 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.
- treves — a city in W Germany, on the Moselle River: extensive Roman ruins; cathedral.
- turves — plural of turf.
- uveous — the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- vadose — found or located above the water table: vadose water; vadose zone.
- valens — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- valise — a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- values — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- vannes — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- varese — Edgard [ed-gar] /ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.
- varies — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- vaster — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- vaxset — A set of software development tools from DEC, including a language-sensitive editor, compilers etc.
- vela's — Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- velsen — a seaport in W Netherlands.
- venges — to avenge.
- venose — having many or prominent veins.
- venous — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
- venues — Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- verism — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- verist — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- vermis — the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- versal — universal or whole.
- versed — of, relating to, or written in verse: a verse play.
- verser — a versifier; rhymer
- verses — (not in technical use) a stanza.
- verset — Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- versus — against (used especially to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest): Smith versus Jones; Army versus Navy.
- vertus — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- vesica — Anatomy. a bladder.
- vesper — (initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- vespid — any of numerous, mostly colonial, nest-building wasps of the family Vespidae, as the yellow jackets, hornets, and mason wasps.
- vessel — a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- vestal — of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
- vested — held completely, permanently, and inalienably: vested rights.