9-letter words containing i, n, v, a, r
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- gravitino — the hypothetical fermionic partner of the graviton, predicted by the supergravity extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
- gravitons — Plural form of graviton.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- grievants — Plural form of grievant.
- grivation — grid variation.
- hadrian v — died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
- han river — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- harrovian — of or relating to Harrow.
- haversian — designating or of the canals through which blood vessels and connective tissue pass in bone
- haversine — one half the versed sine of a given angle or arc.
- in favour — If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indinavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
- innervate — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innovator — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- intervale — a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invariant — unvarying; invariable; constant.
- inveraray — a town in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute: Inveraray Castle is the seat of the Dukes of Argyll. Pop: about 700 (2001)
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- invocator — invoke.
- karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- 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.
- 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.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- 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
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- nervation — venation.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- normative — of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overstain — to stain too much
- overtrain — to train excessively
- 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