9-letter words containing d, r, i, v, a
- indinavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
- jaz drive — (hardware, storage) Iomega Corporation's drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is dependent on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this speed. The Jaz drive was the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- paravidya — transcendental knowledge.
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- prevailed — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- progravid — progestational (def 1).
- quadrivia — Plural form of quadrivium.
- radiative — giving off radiation.
- radio van — a van containing equipment for transmitting and receiving radio signals
- ram drive — RAM disk
- riverdale — a city in NE Illinois.
- riverhead — the source or spring of a river.
- riverward — Also, riverwards. toward a river.
- traditive — traditional.
- unarrived — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- unrivaled — having no rival or competitor; having no equal; incomparable; supreme: His work is unrivaled for the beauty of its prose.
- validator — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- varioloid — resembling smallpox.
- varisized — of several or various sizes: varisized patterns on a fabric.
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- velarized — pronounced with velar coarticulation.
- veridical — truthful; veracious.
- video art — an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.
- videogram — an audiovisual recording, as on a videotape or DVD
- viricidal — of or relating to viricides; destroying viruses
- virucidal — an agent for destroying viruses.
- vivandier — a male sutler