7-letter words containing a, d, v
- deceave — Obsolete form of deceive.
- deja vu — Déjà vu is the feeling that you have already experienced the things that are happening to you now.
- deleave — to separate copies of (printed material)
- delvaux — Paul. 1897–1994, Belgian surrealist painter: his works portray dreamlike figures in mysterious settings
- deprave — Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
- devalue — To devalue something means to cause it to be thought less impressive or less deserving of respect.
- deviant — Deviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable.
- deviate — To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
- devisal — the act of inventing, contriving, or devising; contrivance
- diluvia — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- dissave — to withdraw or spend savings, especially to meet increased living expenses.
- dogvane — a small vane that shows the direction of the wind, mounted in a position visible to a helmsman.
- donovan — William Joseph ("Wild Bill") 1883–1959, U.S. lawyer and military officer: organizer and director of the OSS 1942–45.
- dravida — any of the Dravidian languages
- dravite — a brown variety of magnesium tourmaline.
- drivage — a horizontal or inclined heading or roadway in the process of construction.
- dvandva — a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.
- dvd-ram — Digital Versatile Disk Random Access Memory
- dwarves — a plural of dwarf.
- evaders — Plural form of evader.
- evading — Present participle of evade.
- fadeyev — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich [al-ig-zan-der al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1901–56, Russian novelist.
- favored — regarded or treated with preference or partiality: Her beauty made her the favored child.
- gaveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
- gravida — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- greaved — a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
- harvard — John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.
- havered — Simple past tense and past participle of haver.
- impaved — Simple past tense and past participle of impave.
- impavid — (archaic) fearless, undaunted.
- invaded — Simple past tense and past participle of invade.
- invader — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- invades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invade.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- khediva — the wife of a khedive
- lavaged — Simple past tense and past participle of lavage.
- medevac — a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.
- medivac — to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.
- midvale — a town in N Utah.
- moldova — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- nevadan — a state in the W United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). Capital: Carson City. Abbreviation: NV (for use with zip code), Nev.
- novated — Simple past tense and past participle of novate.
- oversad — sadder than necessary
- ovidian — (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 b.c.–a.d. 17? Roman poet.
- ovoidal — something that is egg-shaped
- pervade — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- privado — a close friend
- provand — food; provisions
- ravaged — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.