9-letter words containing v, e, r, a
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- 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.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- bavardage — idle chattering
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- 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.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- bivariate — (of a distribution) involving two random variables, not necessarily independent of one another
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brake van — the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van
- brake-van — the caboose of a railway train.
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- breakeven — the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal
- breakover — jump (def 51).
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- canvasser — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- caravaner — One who travels in a caravan (convoy or procession).
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- caregiver — A caregiver is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carryover — If something is a carryover from an earlier time, it began during an earlier time but still exists or happens now.
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.