9-letter words containing v, a, s
- asheville — city in W N.C.: pop. 69,000
- asimovian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of Isaac Asimov
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assistive — providing a means of reducing a physical impairment
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- avascular — (of certain tissues, such as cartilage) lacking blood vessels
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- blavatsky — Elena Petrovna (jɪˈljɛnə pɪˈtrɔvnə), called Madame Blavatsky. 1831–91, Russian theosophist; author of Isis Unveiled (1877)
- boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- canvasing — Present participle of canvas.
- canvassed — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canvasser — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canvasses — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavessons — Plural form of cavesson.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- cessative — (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing cessation.