9-letter words containing a, t, v
- transvaal — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- transvest — to wear clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex
- traveling — activity: journeying
- travelled — having traveled, especially to distant places; experienced in travel.
- traveller — a person or thing that travels.
- traversal — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- trevelyan — George Macaulay, 1876–1962, English historian.
- trivalent — Chemistry. having a valence of three.
- trivially — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- tsavorite — a green variety of grossularite, found in Kenya in 1975 and used as a gem.
- tsvetaeva — Marina Ivanovna [mey-ree-nuh i-vah-nuh-vuh;; Russian mer-yee-nuh ee-vah-nuh-vuh] /meɪˈri nə ɪˈvɑ nə və;; Russian mərˈyi nə iˈvɑ nə və/ (Show IPA), 1892–1941, Russian poet.
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- unaverted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- univalent — Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
- uvarovite — Mineralogy. a variety of garnet colored emerald-green by the presence of chromium.
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vacillant — wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.
- vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- vacuation — an act of emptying
- vacuolate — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- 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.
- validated — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- validator — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- vallation — a rampart or entrenchment.
- valuating — to set a value on; appraise.
- valuation — the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- van fleet — James Alward [al-werd] /ˈæl wərd/ (Show IPA), 1892–1992, U.S. army general.
- vanaspati — a hydrogenated vegetable fat commonly used in India as a substitute for butter
- vaporetto — a motorboat used as a passenger bus along a canal in Venice, Italy.
- variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- variative — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- variegate — to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- varieties — the state of being varied or diversified: to give variety to a diet.
- variolate — resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
- variolite — a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock.
- variscite — a secondary mineral, hydrated phosphate of aluminum, Al(PO 4)⋅2H 2 O, occurring mainly as massive, bluish-green nodules: sometimes used as a gem.
- varityper — a justifying typewriter used to produce copy in various type styles
- varletess — a female varlet
- 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.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- vastitude — vastness; immensity: the vastitude of his love for all humankind.
- vaticinal — of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
- vaxectomy — (jargon) /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.