9-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- vaticinal — of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
- vauquelin — Louis Nicolas [lwee nee-kaw-lah] /lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1763–1829, French chemist: discoverer of chromium and beryllium.
- veblenian — of, relating to, or suggesting the theories of Thorstein Veblen.
- veniality — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- venireman — a person summoned under a venire facias.
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- ventilate — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- veratrine — a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- verbarian — an inventor of words
- vergilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- verminate — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- vernalize — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- vespasian — (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) a.d. 9–79, Roman emperor 70–79.
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicennial — of or for 20 years.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- vide ante — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see before
- videoland — the world of television and televised images
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- viewrinal — a urinal with a small screen at eye level which displays advertisements
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- villanage — villainy
- villanova — Also, Villanova. of or relating to the early Iron Age culture of northern Italy, characterized by lake dwellings.
- vin blanc — white wine.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vindemial — relating to a grape harvest
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vine leaf — leaf of a climbing plant
- vintaging — the act of gathering grapes
- violation — the act of violating.
- virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- virginals — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- virginian — of or relating to the state of Virginia.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- 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.