9-letter words containing ve
- anal vein — one of several veins in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
- anchoveta — a small anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, of the American Pacific, used as bait by tuna fishermen
- animative — Tending to animate; causing animation.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected
- antivenin — an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom
- antivenom — a serum which acts against the effects of venom
- aperitive — aperient.
- approvers — a person who approves.
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- artevelde — Jacob van1290?-1345; Fl. statesman
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assistive — providing a means of reducing a physical impairment
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- at livery — being kept in a livery stable
- attentive — If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
- attritive — Causing attrition.
- attuitive — characterized by attuition
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- avengeful — vengeful, full of vengeance
- aventaile — avantail
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- beethoven — Ludwig van (ˈluːtvɪç fan). 1770–1827, German composer, who greatly extended the form and scope of symphonic and chamber music, bridging the classical and romantic traditions. His works include nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, five piano concertos, a violin concerto, two masses, the opera Fidelio (1805), and choral music
- beg leave — to ask permission
- behoveful — useful; of benefit
- belvedere — a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view
- benevento — a city in S Italy, in N Campania: at various times under Samnite, Roman, Lombard, Saracen, Norman, and papal rule. Pop: 61 791 (2001)
- beta wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal-frontal regions of the brain, having frequencies from 13 to 30 hertz: a sign of mental activity and alertness
- bevelling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.