9-letter words containing a, v, e, n
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- novennial — Recurring every nine years.
- noviciate — The period during which you are a novice.
- novitiate — the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- opinative — Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overclean — too clean
- overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
- overeaten — Past participle of overeat.
- overfrank — too frank
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overladen — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overlearn — to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overtrain — to train excessively
- panel van — a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- plan view — plan (def 4).
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- quavering — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- ravelling — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravelment — entanglement; confusion.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravenlike — resembling a raven
- readvance — to advance again or further
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- revalenta — a mixture of flour made from lentils and barley
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- revealing — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- revertant — a gene, organism, or strain that has undergone a back mutation.
- riverbank — the slopes bordering a river.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- rovaniemi — a city in N Finland, near the Arctic Circle.