9-letter words containing a, t, v
- violative — involving violation.
- virgulate — rod-shaped; virgate.
- virtually — for the most part; almost wholly; just about: He is virtually unknown.
- visagiste — a person who designs and applies face make-up; make-up artist
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- visitable — capable of, suitable for, or worthy of being visited: a visitable island; a visitable museum.
- visitator — an official visitor
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- visualist — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- visuality — visibility
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitallium — a corrosion-resistant alloy of cobalt, chromium, and molybdenum, used for dentures, in bone surgery and prosthetics, in castings, etc.
- vitalness — the quality of being vital
- vitamin a — a yellow oil, C 20 H 28 O, similar to vitamin A, obtained from fish liver.
- vitamin b — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.
- vitamin c — ascorbic acid.
- vitamin d — calciferol.
- vitamin e — a pale-yellow viscous fluid, abundant in vegetable oils, whole-grain cereals, butter, and eggs, and important as an antioxidant in the deactivation of free radicals and in maintenance of the body's cell membranes: deficiency is rare.
- vitamin g — riboflavin.
- vitamin h — biotin.
- vitamin k — menadione.
- vitamin m — folic acid.
- vitamin p — bioflavonoid.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vitellary — the location within an egg where the yolk is formed
- vitiation — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- vitruvian — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- vivamente — in a lively manner
- vivianite — a secondary mineral, hydrous ferrous phosphate, Fe 3 (PO 4) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring in the form of pale blue crystals or powder.
- vizierate — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vrystater — a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp one who is White
- vulcanite — a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.
- vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulnerate — to harm or wound
- wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
- wave tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- wave trap — a resonant-circuit filter between the antenna and the receiver for the suppression of unwanted frequencies. Compare resonance (def 5).
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wavellite — a hydrous aluminum fluorophosphate occurring as white to yellowish-green or brown aggregates of radiating fibers.
- wavemeter — a device for measuring the wavelength or frequency of a radio wave.
- wet shave — a shave in which lather and a razor are used, as opposed to an electric shaver
- writative — inclined to write a lot