9-letter words containing a, v, n
- 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.
- nonvacant — not vacant
- nonverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- 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.
- nouveaute — newness; novelty.
- 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.
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- 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.
- okovanggo — river in SW Africa, flowing from central Angola southeast into a marshy basin (Okovanggo Basin) in N Botswana: c. 1,000 mi (1,609 km)
- opinative — Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovalizing — Present participle of ovalize.
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overclean — too clean
- overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
- overeaten — Past participle of overeat.
- overfrank — too frank
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overladen — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overlearn — to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overtrain — to train excessively
- ovulation — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- pan gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
- panel van — a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear
- par avion — by plane (used especially as a designation on matter to be sent by airmail).
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pavlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals.
- pavonazzo — a type of veined (usually red) Italian marble
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.