9-letter words containing v, r, a, i
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- depraving — Present participle of deprave.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- divinator — a diviner
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- dravidian — a family of languages, wholly distinct from Indo-European, spoken mostly in southern India and Sri Lanka and including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and, in Pakistan, Brahui.
- driveable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveaway — the delivery of a car to a buyer or to a specified destination by means of a hired driver.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
- 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).
- efavirenz — a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.
- embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
- engraving — A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
- ergatives — Plural form of ergative.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- eviternal — (obsolete) eternal; everlasting.
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- filoviral — Relating to filoviruses.
- fitzrovia — the district north of Oxford Street, London, around Fitzroy Square and its pubs, noted in the 1930s and 40s as a haunt of poets
- five-star — having five stars to indicate rank or quality: a five-star general; a five-star brandy.
- five-year — happening over a period of five years
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.