9-letter words containing s, a, v
- verbalism — a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.
- verbalist — a person skilled in the use of words.
- verbiages — overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
- versatile — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- vespasian — (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) a.d. 9–79, Roman emperor 70–79.
- vestigial — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- vigesimal — of, relating to, or based on twenty.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- virginals — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- vis major — force majeure.
- vis-a-vis — face to face: They sat vis-à-vis at the table.
- visagiste — a person who designs and applies face make-up; make-up artist
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- visitable — capable of, suitable for, or worthy of being visited: a visitable island; a visitable museum.
- visitator — an official visitor
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- visualise — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- visualist — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- visuality — visibility
- visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitalness — the quality of being vital
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vivacious — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vocal sac — either of the loose folds of skin on each side of the mouth in many male frogs that can be inflated and act as resonators
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocalness — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- voisinage — a district or neighbourhood
- volacious — able or fit to fly.
- volcanics — types of rock
- volcanism — the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- volcanoes — a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
- volksraad — the legislative assembly of the Boer republics in South Africa during the latter half of the 19th century
- voracious — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- vouchsafe — to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
- vrystater — a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp one who is White
- vulcanise — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulcanism — volcanism.
- vulgarism — vulgar behavior or character; vulgarity.
- wakeovers — Plural form of wakeover.
- walkovers — Plural form of walkover.
- wash over — water: cover
- wave base — the depth in a body of water at which the action of surface waves stops stirring the sediments