9-letter words containing v, e, d
- duvet day — a day of leave from work that an employee is allowed to take at short notice
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edge wave — a wave aligned at right angles to the shoreline.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- edward iv — 1442–83, king of England 1461–70, 1471–1483: 1st king of the house of York.
- edward vi — 1537–53, king of England 1547–53 (son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour).
- eindhoven — a city in the SE Netherlands, in North Brabant province: radio and electrical industry. Pop: 206 000 (2003 est)
- end value — the value of a building, house, etc once it has been completed and comes on the market
- endeavors — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endeavour — Standard spelling of endeavor.
- endorsive — pertaining to endorsement
- enervated — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- enlivened — Simple past tense and past participle of enliven.
- enveloped — Simple past tense and past participle of envelop.
- envenomed — Simple past tense and past participle of envenom.
- environed — Simple past tense and past participle of environ.
- envisaged — Simple past tense and past participle of envisage.
- estivated — Simple past tense and past participle of estivate.
- evacuated — Having had population removed, by evacuation.
- evaluated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaluate.
- evanesced — Simple past tense and past participle of evanesce.
- even odds — a bet in which the potential winnings are the same amount as the original stake.
- eventides — Plural form of eventide.
- everglade — A marshy tract of land that is mostly under water and covered with tall grass.
- everybody — Every person.
- evidenced — Simple past tense and past participle of evidence.
- evidences — Plural form of evidence.
- evidently — Plainly or obviously; in a way that is clearly seen or understood.
- evildoers — Plural form of evildoer.
- evildoing — An evil or wicked act or behaviour, especially such a crime.
- excavated — Simple past tense and past participle of excavate.
- exudative — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation.
- fervidity — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- feverweed — any plant belonging to the genus Eryngium, of the parsley family, especially E. foetidum, of the West Indies, or E. campestre, of Europe.
- fieldvole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis
- five-door — a car with five doors
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flevoland — a province of the central Netherlands, created in 1986 on land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer (formerly the Zuiderzee); entirely below sea level. Capital: Lelystad. Pop: 352 000 (2003 est). Area: 1420 sq km (548 sq miles)
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- gavelkind — (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service.
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- give head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- give odds — to offer a bet with favourable odds
- god-given — given by, or coming directly from, God: the God-given laws.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- gravelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- gravesend — a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.
- graveside — the area beside a grave.
- graveward — moving towards the grave or death