9-letter words containing a, d, v, e
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- canvassed — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cavitate.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- d'avenant — Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- dataglove — a glove connected to a computer and equipped with sensors allowing the actual movements of a person's hand to manipulate virtual objects
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
- depraving — Present participle of deprave.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
- devadasis — Plural form of devadasi.
- devaluate — (transitive) To reduce in value.
- devaluing — to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
- devanning — Present participle of devan.
- devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- devasting — Present participle of devast.
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- deviating — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- deviative — tending to deviate or cause to deviate
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will