9-letter words containing r, v
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- archiving — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archivist — An archivist is a person whose job is to collect, sort, and care for historical documents and records.
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archrival — a chief rival
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrivance — the action or state of arriving
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- artevelde — Jacob van1290?-1345; Fl. statesman
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- at livery — being kept in a livery stable
- attritive — Causing attrition.
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- au revoir — goodbye
- avascular — (of certain tissues, such as cartilage) lacking blood vessels
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- bavardage — idle chattering
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- belvedere — a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view
- belvidere — a city in N Illinois.
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)