9-letter words containing v, a, n
- 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.
- virginian — of or relating to the state of Virginia.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- vitalness — the quality of being vital
- vitamin a — a yellow oil, C 20 H 28 O, similar to vitamin A, obtained from fish liver.
- vitamin b — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.
- vitamin c — ascorbic acid.
- vitamin d — calciferol.
- vitamin e — a pale-yellow viscous fluid, abundant in vegetable oils, whole-grain cereals, butter, and eggs, and important as an antioxidant in the deactivation of free radicals and in maintenance of the body's cell membranes: deficiency is rare.
- vitamin g — riboflavin.
- vitamin h — biotin.
- vitamin k — menadione.
- vitamin m — folic acid.
- vitamin p — bioflavonoid.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- vitiation — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- vitruvian — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- vivamente — in a lively manner
- vivandier — a male sutler
- vivianite — a secondary mineral, hydrous ferrous phosphate, Fe 3 (PO 4) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring in the form of pale blue crystals or powder.
- vocalness — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- voisinage — a district or neighbourhood
- vojvodina — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- volcanics — types of rock
- volcanism — the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- volcanoes — a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
- voluminal — relating to volume
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- von braun — Braun, Wernher von.
- vraicking — the act of gathering vraic
- vulcanian — of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.
- vulcanise — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulcanism — volcanism.
- vulcanite — a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.
- vulcanize — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulgarian — a vulgar person, especially one whose vulgarity is the more conspicuous because of wealth, prominence, or pretensions to good breeding.
- vulnerary — used to promote the healing of wounds, as herbs or other remedies.
- vulnerate — to harm or wound
- waivering — Misspelling of wavering.
- wave band — band2 (def 9).
- wave down — If someone waves down a vehicle, they wave their hand as a signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
- wave tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- wavebands — Plural form of waveband.
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wind vane — weather vane.
- woodhaven — a city in SE Michigan.
- zanamivir — a drug used to treat influenza
- zervanism — a Zoroastrian heresy that developed during the late Achaemenian period according to which both Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were offspring of Zurvan.