9-letter words containing va
- canvasser — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- canvasses — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- caravaner — One who travels in a caravan (convoy or procession).
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carvacrol — the aromatic phenol C10H14O, found in plants of the mint family and used as a fungicide, as an antiseptic, and as a scent in perfumes
- casanovas — Plural form of casanova.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavaletti — bars supported on low stands used in dressage and horse jumping
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavallini — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). ?1250–?1330, Italian fresco painter and mosaicist. His works include the mosaics of the Life of the Virgin in Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rome
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatelli — a shell-like pasta with ridged surfaces.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- cevapcici — a small rolled patty of ground meat, usually beef, seasoned with paprika and garlic, popular in Eastern Europe
- charivari — a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
- chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
- cheesevat — (in cheese making) a vat in which curds are formed and cut
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- chuvashia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the basin of the Volga River in central Russia. 7066 sq. mi. (18,300 sq. km). Capital: Cheboksary.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- cleavable — capable of being cleft or split.
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- cleavages — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- corcovado — a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- covalence — the number of pairs of electrons that an atom can share with its neighboring atoms
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crevasses — Plural form of crevasse.
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).