9-letter words containing v, a, n
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- sovenance — memory
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- 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.
- suaveness — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- sundsvall — a seaport in E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sunnyvale — a city in central California, south of San Francisco.
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- swan dive — into water
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- 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.
- ulyanovsk — a city in the W Russian Federation, on the Volga River: birthplace of Lenin.
- unabusive — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- unadvised — without advice or counsel; uninformed: a defendant unadvised of her legal rights.
- unarrived — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- unavailed — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- unavenged — to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult.
- unaverage — not average or ordinary
- unaverted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- unavoided — not avoided or evaded
- unevasive — tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion: an evasive answer.
- unfavored — regarded or treated with preference or partiality: Her beauty made her the favored child.
- ungravely — in a light-hearted manner
- univalent — Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
- univalves — having one valve.
- universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unlivable — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- unlovable — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- unmovable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- unmovably — immovably