9-letter words containing a, c, i, v, e
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- misadvice — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- nonactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- noviciate — The period during which you are a novice.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- placative — placatory.
- preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- revictual — to victual or provide with food again
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- siccative — causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- vacaville — a city in central California.
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- vacuumize — to create a vacuum in.
- valencies — valence.
- varicella — chickenpox.
- variscite — a secondary mineral, hydrated phosphate of aluminum, Al(PO 4)⋅2H 2 O, occurring mainly as massive, bluish-green nodules: sometimes used as a gem.
- vectorial — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- vehicular — of, relating to, or for vehicles: a vehicular tunnel.
- vellicate — to pluck; twitch.
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- veridical — truthful; veracious.
- vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- vicegeral — of or relating to a vicegerent or a vicegerent's position.
- vicennial — of or for 20 years.
- viceregal — of or relating to a viceroy.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- viva voce — by word of mouth; orally.