9-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- main verb — a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.
- maldivian — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- martin iv — (Simon de BrieorSimon de Brion) c1210–85, French ecclesiastic: pope 1281–85.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- midheaven — the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.
- moldavian — of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- movieland — a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.
- naiveness — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- naiveties — Plural form of naivety.
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- nativists — Plural form of nativist.
- navaratri — an annual Hindu festival celebrated over nine days in September–October. Observed throughout India, it commemorates the slaying of demons by Rama and the goddess Durga; in some places it is dedicated to all female deities
- navel ill — joint ill.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigated — Simple past tense and past participle of navigate.
- navigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navigate.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- negatived — Simple past tense and past participle of negative.
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- nervation — venation.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- non-valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- nonactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- nonnative — of or relating to a language that is not the first language acquired by a person: It is harder to communicate in your nonnative language.
- nonviable — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- normative — of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc.
- 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.
- novillada — (bullfighting) A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
- novitiate — the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- obviating — Present participle of obviate.
- obviation — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- opinative — Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovalizing — Present participle of ovalize.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.