9-letter words containing a, n, t, i, v
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overstain — to stain too much
- overtrain — to train excessively
- ovulation — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- ritonavir — a type of anti-viral drug used to treat HIV infection and AIDS
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- tara vine — a leafy, woody vine, Actinidia arguta, of Japan and eastern Asia, having white flowers and yellowish, sweet, edible fruit.
- tentative — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- traveling — activity: journeying
- trivalent — Chemistry. having a valence of three.
- univalent — Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vacillant — wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.
- vacuation — an act of emptying
- vaginitis — inflammation of the vagina.
- vagotonia — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- vagotonic — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- valentine — Saint, died a.d. c270, Christian martyr at Rome.
- valentino — Rudolph (Rodolpho d'Antonguolla) 1895–1926, U.S. motion-picture actor, born in Italy.
- valiantly — boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
- vallation — a rampart or entrenchment.
- valuating — to set a value on; appraise.
- valuation — the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- vanaspati — a hydrogenated vegetable fat commonly used in India as a substitute for butter
- variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- vaticinal — of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
- veniality — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- ventilate — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- veratrine — a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- verminate — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- vide ante — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see before
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.