9-letter words containing v, a, n, t
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- servantry — servants collectively, esp the servants of a particular establishment as a body
- sexvalent — hexavalent or having a valency of six
- slave ant — an ant taken as a larva or pupa by ants of another species and becoming a working member of the captor colony.
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stavanger — a seaport in SW Norway.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- stevenage — a town in N Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- tara vine — a leafy, woody vine, Actinidia arguta, of Japan and eastern Asia, having white flowers and yellowish, sweet, edible fruit.
- tax haven — a foreign country or corporation used to avoid or reduce income taxes, especially by investors from another country.
- tentative — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- tervalent — trivalent.
- thanjavur — a city in E Tamil Nadu, in SE India.
- the raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- transvaal — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- transvest — to wear clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex
- traveling — activity: journeying
- trevelyan — George Macaulay, 1876–1962, English historian.
- trivalent — Chemistry. having a valence of three.
- unaverted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- univalent — Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vacillant — wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.
- vacuation — an act of emptying
- vaginitis — inflammation of the vagina.
- vagotonia — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- vagotonic — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- valentine — Saint, died a.d. c270, Christian martyr at Rome.
- valentino — Rudolph (Rodolpho d'Antonguolla) 1895–1926, U.S. motion-picture actor, born in Italy.
- valiantly — boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
- vallation — a rampart or entrenchment.
- valuating — to set a value on; appraise.
- valuation — the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- van fleet — James Alward [al-werd] /ˈæl wərd/ (Show IPA), 1892–1992, U.S. army general.
- vanaspati — a hydrogenated vegetable fat commonly used in India as a substitute for butter
- variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- vaticinal — of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
- venerated — held in deep respect; revered
- venerator — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- veniality — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- ventilate — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- ventrally — of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.