9-letter words containing a, t, v, i, s
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- gustative — gustatory.
- illatives — Plural form of illative.
- innovates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of innovate.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- lavations — Plural form of lavation.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- massivity — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- motivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate.
- naiveties — Plural form of naivety.
- nativists — Plural form of nativist.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navigate.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- optatives — Plural form of optative.
- overstain — to stain too much
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passivist — the quality of being passive.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- sarasvati — the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- siccative — causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- 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
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- summative — additive.
- 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.
- timesaver — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- 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.