9-letter words containing v, a, u
- quotative — (linguistics) Form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
- recurvate — bent back or backward; recurved.
- revaluate — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revictual — to victual or provide with food again
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rna virus — any virus containing RNA; retrovirus.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- ruvo kale — broccoli rabe.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- saver sub — A saver sub is a short piece of connecting pipe with threads on both ends, which is part of a drill string.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- suaveness — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- subvassal — a vassal of a vassal
- subverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- summative — additive.
- sundsvall — a seaport in E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sunnyvale — a city in central California, south of San Francisco.
- super vga — Super Video Graphics Array
- 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.
- superwave — an exceptionally large wave
- thanjavur — a city in E Tamil Nadu, in SE India.
- togavirus — a virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and which usually affects birds and mammals rather than humans
- 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
- unravaged — not ravaged or despoiled