9-letter words containing v, a, d
- almoravid — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- artevelde — Jacob van1290?-1345; Fl. statesman
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- bavardage — idle chattering
- 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)
- body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- bouvardia — a genus of flowering herbs and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical parts of Central America
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- canvassed — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cavitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cavitate.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- corcovado — a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- d'avenant — Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- dataglove — a glove connected to a computer and equipped with sensors allowing the actual movements of a person's hand to manipulate virtual objects
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- davy lamp — an early safety lamp for miners, in which the flame was enclosed by wire gauze as a protection against firedamp
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply