9-letter words containing v, e, t
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- curvetted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.
- cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- d'avenant — Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.
- dataglove — a glove connected to a computer and equipped with sensors allowing the actual movements of a person's hand to manipulate virtual objects
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- deductive — Deductive reasoning involves drawing conclusions logically from other things that are already known.
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
- depictive — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depletive — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- detective — A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
- detersive — having cleansing power
- detrivore — (biology) Any organism that feeds on detritus.
- devaluate — (transitive) To reduce in value.
- devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- devasting — Present participle of devast.
- deviating — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- deviative — tending to deviate or cause to deviate
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devilment — devilish or mischievous conduct
- devitrify — to change from a vitreous state to a crystalline state
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- devotedly — zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection: a devoted friend.
- devotions — Someone's devotions are the prayers that they say.
- devoureth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'devour'.
- devoutest — Superlative form of devout.
- digestive — serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
- directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- disinvent — to undo the invention of; to reverse the existence of.
- disinvest — to engage in disinvestment.
- disinvite — to withdraw an invitation to.
- divagated — Simple past tense and past participle of divagate.
- divellent — (obsolete) drawing asunder.
- divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- diversity — the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: diversity of opinion.
- diverting — serving to divert; entertaining; amusing.