9-letter words containing a, v, n
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- longaeval — Alt form longeval.
- 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.
- maneouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- maneuvers — Plural form of maneuver.
- maneuvres — Plural form of maneuvre.
- mangroves — Plural form of mangrove.
- manoeuver — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- 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.
- megaevent — A very large-scale event.
- 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.
- motor van — a motor truck, especially one enclosed to protect the cargo.
- 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.
- nagyvarad — Hungarian name of Oradea.
- 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.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- 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
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- navy bean — a small, white bean, dried for prolonged storage and prepared for eating by soaking and cooking.
- navy blue — a dark blue.
- navy gray — a dark gray, as of a warship.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- navy seal — US Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) forces
- navy yard — a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.
- negatived — Simple past tense and past participle of negative.
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- nervation — venation.
- nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
- neverland — never-never land.
- new haven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- 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.