9-letter words containing n, a, r, v
- 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.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- 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.
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- nagyvarad — Hungarian name of Oradea.
- 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
- 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.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- navy gray — a dark gray, as of a warship.
- navy yard — a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.
- 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.