9-letter words containing y, a, v, r
- oviparity — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- ovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- pan gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
- paravidya — transcendental knowledge.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- reykjavik — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- servantry — servants collectively, esp the servants of a particular establishment as a body
- severally — separately; singly.
- severalty — the state of being separate.
- stay over — spend the night
- syktyvkar — an autonomous republic in the NW Russian Federation in Europe. 145,221 sq. mi. (376,122 sq. km). Capital: Syktyvkar.
- tarkovsky — Andrei (ˈɑndrej). 1932–86, Soviet film director, whose films include Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1971), Nostalgia (1983), and The Sacrifice (1986)
- trevelyan — George Macaulay, 1876–1962, English historian.
- trivially — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- ungravely — in a light-hearted manner
- unsavoury — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unvarying — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- vainglory — excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
- vajrayana — a school of Tantric Buddhism of India and Tibet
- valkyrian — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- varityper — a justifying typewriter used to produce copy in various type styles
- varyingly — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- venerably — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- ventrally — of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- verbality — wordiness; verbal diffuseness: a speech full of tedious verbality.
- veritably — being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- vexillary — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of veteran soldiers who served under a special banner.
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibratory — capable of or producing vibration.
- villagery — villages.
- virtually — for the most part; almost wholly; just about: He is virtually unknown.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- vitellary — the location within an egg where the yolk is formed
- vocal fry — a voice quality characterized by a low pitch and raspy sound and produced by a slow fluttering of the vocal cords: There's too much vocal fry in her speaking voice.
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voyager 1 — a US spacecraft that visited Jupiter (1979) and Saturn (1980); it left the solar system and entered interstellar space in 2012
- voyager 2 — a US spacecraft that visited Jupiter (1979) and Saturn (1981) and made the first flyby of Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989)
- vrystater — a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp one who is White
- vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulnerary — used to promote the healing of wounds, as herbs or other remedies.
- yaroslavl — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.