9-letter words containing a, v, i
- affidavit — An affidavit is a written statement which you swear is true and which may be used as evidence in a court of law.
- agentival — of the performer of an action
- aggrieved — If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated.
- aggrieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve.
- agitative — tending to stir or agitate
- air cover — the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack
- air valve — a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe
- air varie — a melody with variations.
- aliveness — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- alleviant — a medical treatment that reduces pain but does not cure the underlying problem
- alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- almoravid — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- almsgiver — a person who gives alms
- anal vein — one of several veins in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- animative — Tending to animate; causing animation.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- anticivic — opposed to citizenship
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected
- antivenin — an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom
- antivenom — a serum which acts against the effects of venom
- antiviral — inhibiting the growth of viruses
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- aperitive — aperient.
- aperitivo — aperitif (sense 2), esp. any of those produced in Italy
- apivorous — eating bees
- approving — An approving reaction or remark shows support for something, or satisfaction with it.
- arboviral — caused by an arbovirus
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- archiving — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archivist — An archivist is a person whose job is to collect, sort, and care for historical documents and records.
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archrival — a chief rival
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrivance — the action or state of arriving
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- asheville — city in W N.C.: pop. 69,000
- asimovian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of Isaac Asimov
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assistive — providing a means of reducing a physical impairment
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- at livery — being kept in a livery stable
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- attentive — If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.