9-letter words containing a, g, v
- edge wave — a wave aligned at right angles to the shoreline.
- elevating — Present participle of elevate.
- engravers — Plural form of engraver.
- engravery — the art of an engraver
- engraving — A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
- enslaving — Present participle of enslave.
- envisaged — Simple past tense and past participle of envisage.
- envisages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of envisage.
- ergatives — Plural form of ergative.
- esclavage — A type of chain or bead necklace.
- evagation — the act of wandering or roving
- evaginate — (with reference to a tubular or pouch-shaped organ or structure) turn or be turned inside out.
- evangelic — Evangelical.
- everglade — A marshy tract of land that is mostly under water and covered with tall grass.
- evocating — Present participle of evocate.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- gain over — persuade
- gallivant — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- gällivare — a town in N Sweden, within the Arctic Circle: iron mines. Pop: 19 191 (2004 est)
- galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanism — Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
- galvanist — a person who studies or practises galvanism
- galvanize — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galveston — a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
- galvinize — Misspelling of galvanize.
- gas stove — a stove that uses natural gas as a fuel source
- gavelkind — (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service.
- gavelling — Present participle of gavel.
- gavialoid — of or resembling gavials
- gemmative — relating to gemmation
- genitival — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
- gilravage — riotous festivity
- give away — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give back — return: sth to sb
- give head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- give-back — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- giveaways — Plural form of giveaway.
- givebacks — Plural form of giveback.
- go halves — plural of half.
- go native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- gonsalves — Paul, 1920–74, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- gorchakov — Prince Aleksander Mikhailovich [al-ig-zan-der mi-hahy-luh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər mɪˈhaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1883, Russian diplomat and statesman.
- governall — government
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- granville — Earl of, Carteret, John.
- grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.