9-letter words containing a, v, i
- attritive — Causing attrition.
- attuitive — characterized by attuition
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- au revoir — goodbye
- available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
- availably — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- aventaile — avantail
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avian flu — Avian flu is a serious illness that can be transmitted to people from chickens, ducks, and other birds.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avifaunal — Of or pertaining to avifauna.
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- avocating — Present participle of avocate.
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- avolition — Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
- bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- bivalvate — having or consisting of two valves or similar parts
- bivariate — (of a distribution) involving two random variables, not necessarily independent of one another