9-letter words containing a, s, v, o
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- sovenance — memory
- sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stavropol — a territory of the Russian Federation in Europe, N of the Caucasus. 29,600 sq. mi. (76,960 sq. km).
- stay over — spend the night
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- tarkovsky — Andrei (ˈɑndrej). 1932–86, Soviet film director, whose films include Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1971), Nostalgia (1983), and The Sacrifice (1986)
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- togavirus — a virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and which usually affects birds and mammals rather than humans
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- tsavorite — a green variety of grossularite, found in Kenya in 1975 and used as a gem.
- ulyanovsk — a city in the W Russian Federation, on the Volga River: birthplace of Lenin.
- unsavoury — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- vagarious — characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious: a vagarious foreign policy.
- vaginosis — a vaginal infection caused by a bacterial imbalance
- vaporings — instances of boasting
- varicosis — the formation of a varix or varices.
- variolous — of or relating to smallpox.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- varsovian — a native or inhabitant of Warsaw.
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vasomotor — regulating the diameter of blood vessels, as certain nerves.
- vasospasm — sudden constriction of an artery, leading to a decrease in its diameter and in the amount of blood it can deliver.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- vasovagal — relating to blood vessels and the vagus nerve
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vis major — force majeure.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- visitator — an official visitor
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vivacious — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vocal sac — either of the loose folds of skin on each side of the mouth in many male frogs that can be inflated and act as resonators
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocalness — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- voisinage — a district or neighbourhood
- volacious — able or fit to fly.
- volcanics — types of rock