9-letter words containing v, a
- avengeful — vengeful, full of vengeance
- aventaile — avantail
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avian flu — Avian flu is a serious illness that can be transmitted to people from chickens, ducks, and other birds.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avifaunal — Of or pertaining to avifauna.
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- avocating — Present participle of avocate.
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- avolition — Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
- avon lake — a town in N Ohio.
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- balaclava — A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face.
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balaklava — a small port in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- bavardage — idle chattering
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- beg leave — to ask permission
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.