9-letter words containing r, a, v
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- dravidian — a family of languages, wholly distinct from Indo-European, spoken mostly in southern India and Sri Lanka and including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and, in Pakistan, Brahui.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- driveable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveaway — the delivery of a car to a buyer or to a specified destination by means of a hired driver.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
- edward iv — 1442–83, king of England 1461–70, 1471–1483: 1st king of the house of York.
- edward vi — 1537–53, king of England 1547–53 (son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour).
- efavirenz — a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.
- elevators — Plural form of elevator.
- elevatory — Tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
- embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
- endeavors — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endeavour — Standard spelling of endeavor.
- enervated — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- enervates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enervate.
- engravers — Plural form of engraver.
- engravery — the art of an engraver
- engraving — A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
- enslavers — Plural form of enslaver.
- ergatives — Plural form of ergative.
- evaluator — Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
- evaporate — Turn from liquid into vapor.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- eventrate — to open the belly of
- everclear — (chiefly, US, dated, humorous) Any home-brewed grain alcohol, especially one with a dangerously high (chemically unstable) concentration of pure alcohol.
- everglade — A marshy tract of land that is mostly under water and covered with tall grass.
- eviternal — (obsolete) eternal; everlasting.
- evocatory — evocative
- excavator — A person who removes earth carefully and systematically from an archaeological site in order to find buried remains.
- extravert — Alternative spelling of extrovert.
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- fall over — person: trip or slip
- favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- favorably — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- favorance — a liking or preference: My family always had a favorance for farming.
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favourous — Rare spelling of favorous.
- filoviral — Relating to filoviruses.
- fitzrovia — the district north of Oxford Street, London, around Fitzroy Square and its pubs, noted in the 1930s and 40s as a haunt of poets
- five-star — having five stars to indicate rank or quality: a five-star general; a five-star brandy.
- five-year — happening over a period of five years
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- flavorful — full of flavor; tasty.