9-letter words containing a, v, i, n, c
- evocation — The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- invacuate — To confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invocated — invoke.
- invocator — invoke.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- nonactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- noviciate — The period during which you are a novice.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- vaccinium — a member of a shrub genus including blueberries and cranberries
- vacillant — wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.
- vacuation — an act of emptying
- vacuuming — a space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagotonic — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- valencies — valence.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- vaticinal — of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicennial — of or for 20 years.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vin blanc — white wine.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vitamin c — ascorbic acid.
- volcanics — types of rock
- volcanism — the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- vraicking — the act of gathering vraic
- vulcanian — of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.
- vulcanise — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulcanism — volcanism.
- vulcanite — a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.
- vulcanize — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.