9-letter words containing e, a, v
- 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
- body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brake van — the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van
- brake-van — the caboose of a railway train.
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- breakeven — the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal
- breakover — jump (def 51).
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvities — baldness
- camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- canvassed — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canvasser — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canvasses — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- captative — (linguistics) Describing a verb (in some languages) that has a specific ending or other marker to indicate a hunting or catching function.
- captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- captively — In a captive manner.
- caravaner — One who travels in a caravan (convoy or procession).
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- caregiver — A caregiver is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carryover — If something is a carryover from an earlier time, it began during an earlier time but still exists or happens now.
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavaletti — bars supported on low stands used in dressage and horse jumping
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatelli — a shell-like pasta with ridged surfaces.
- cave bear — an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.