9-letter words containing V
Embark on an exploration of 9-letter words that contain the letter V. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate V within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| everybody | 21 | Every person. | - |
| ourselves | 12 | An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case. | - |
| detective | 15 | a police officer who investigates crimes | - |
| obviously | 17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | the answer is obviously wrong |
| expensive | 21 | high in price or charging high prices | expensive clothes |
| interview | 15 | conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | - |
| available | 14 | convenient for use or disposal | the house is available after July 1 |
| advantage | 14 | benefit resulting from some event or action | it turned out to my advantage |
| sensitive | 12 | hurting | - |
| convinced | 17 | persuaded of; very sure | were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join |
| favourite | 15 | preferred above all others and treated with partiality | - |
| developed | 16 | (used of societies) having high industrial development | developed countries |
| adventure | 13 | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | - |
| traveling | 13 | the act of going from one place to another | - |
| invisible | 14 | not prominent or readily noticeable | the invisible man |
| executive | 21 | someone who manages a government agency or department | - |
| effective | 20 | exerting force or influence | the law is effective immediately |
| recovered | 15 | freed from illness or injury | appears to be entirely recovered |
| discovery | 18 | the act of discovering something | - |
| believing | 15 | the cognitive process that leads to convictions | seeing is believing |
| overnight | 16 | lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | an overnight trip |
| evolution | 12 | (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | - |
| volunteer | 12 | a person who performs voluntary work | - |
| behaviour | 17 | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | - |
| salvation | 12 | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | - |
| objective | 23 | serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | objective case |
| receiving | 15 | - | - |
| valentine | 12 | a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day | - |
| marvelous | 14 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| exclusive | 21 | not divided or shared with others | they have exclusive use of the machine |
| privilege | 15 | bestow a privilege upon | - |
| invention | 12 | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation | - |
| vegetable | 15 | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | - |
| offensive | 18 | causing or able to cause nausea | - |
| universal | 12 | (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | - |
| primitive | 16 | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization | - |
| explosive | 21 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | an explosive issue |
| virginity | 16 | the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
| vengeance | 15 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge |
| violation | 12 | the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | - |
| virtually | 15 | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | virtually all the parties signed the contract |
| seventeen | 12 | being one more than sixteen | - |
| graveyard | 17 | a tract of land used for burials | - |
| civilized | 24 | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world |
| travelled | 13 | familiar with many parts of the world | - |
| defensive | 16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') | - |
| surviving | 16 | still in existence | the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil |
| activated | 15 | (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | - |
| overboard | 15 | - | - |
| converted | 15 | - | - |
| microwave | 19 | cook or heat in a microwave oven | You can microwave the leftovers |
| involving | 16 | - | - |
| providing | 16 | - | - |
| preserved | 15 | kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
| privately | 17 | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned | it was discussed privately between the two men |
| inventory | 15 | a detailed list of all the items in stock | - |
| excessive | 21 | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | - |
| observing | 15 | quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | - |
| revealing | 13 | disclosing unintentionally something concealed | - |
| conceived | 17 | - | - |
| evidently | 16 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | she was in bed and evidently in great pain |
| whichever | 23 | - | - |
| leftovers | 15 | food remaining from a previous meal | he had leftovers for dinner last night |
| motivated | 15 | provided with a motive or given incentive for action | a highly motivated child can learn almost anything |
| videotape | 15 | record on videotape | - |
| intensive | 12 | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | - |
| overheard | 16 | - | - |
| extensive | 19 | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England |
| sovereign | 13 | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | - |
| improving | 17 | getting higher or more vigorous | an improving economy |
| operative | 14 | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | - |
| obsessive | 14 | characterized by or constituting an obsession | obsessive gambling |
| voluntary | 15 | (military) a person who freely enlists for service | - |
| perverted | 15 | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | a perverted translation of the poem |
| deceiving | 16 | - | - |
| improvise | 16 | perform without preparation | - |
| intervene | 12 | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II? |
| evacuated | 15 | - | - |
| boulevard | 15 | a wide street or thoroughfare | - |
| uncovered | 15 | not covered with clothing | - |
| shivering | 16 | a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | - |
| diversion | 13 | an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack | - |
| overrated | 13 | - | - |
| diversity | 16 | noticeable heterogeneity | a diversity of possibilities |
| revolting | 13 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | revolting food |
| impulsive | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | - |
| reservoir | 12 | lake used to store water for community use | - |
| nervously | 15 | in an anxiously nervous manner | we watched the stock market nervously |
| violently | 15 | in a violent manner | they attacked violently |
| secretive | 14 | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | - |
| talkative | 16 | friendly and open and willing to talk | - |
| advertise | 13 | call attention to | Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS |
| advancing | 16 | moving forward | - |
| voicemail | 16 | a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed | - |
| violating | 13 | - | - |
| avalanche | 17 | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | - |
| overslept | 14 | - | - |
| perceived | 17 | detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues | a perceived threat |
| chevalier | 17 | a gallant or courtly gentleman | - |
| supervise | 14 | watch and direct | - |
| navigator | 13 | the ship's officer in charge of navigation | - |
| narrative | 12 | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | his narrative was interesting |
| provoking | 19 | causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | a provoking delay at the airport |
| forgiving | 17 | providing absolution | - |
| attentive | 12 | taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | - |
| vibrating | 15 | - | - |
| livestock | 18 | any animals kept for use or profit | - |
| lucrative | 14 | producing a sizeable profit | - |
| repulsive | 14 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a repulsive mask |
| defective | 18 | having a defect | I returned the appliance because it was defective |
| nevermind | 15 | - | - |
| overthrow | 18 | the act of disturbing the mind or body | she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living |
| traveller | 12 | a person who changes location | - |
| captivity | 19 | the state of being imprisoned | he was held in captivity until he died |
| seductive | 15 | tending to entice into a desired action or state | - |
| vibration | 14 | a shaky motion | - |
| ravishing | 16 | stunningly beautiful | a ravishing blonde |
| incentive | 14 | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | - |
| riverside | 13 | the bank of a river | - |
| investing | 13 | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | - |
| visionary | 15 | not practical or realizable; speculative | visionary schemes for getting rich |
| sleepover | 14 | an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
| relevance | 14 | the relation of something to the matter at hand | - |
| dissolved | 14 | (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form | add the dissolved gelatin |
| visualize | 21 | make visible | With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized |
| vandalism | 15 | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | - |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| severance | 14 | the act of severing | - |
| cultivate | 14 | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | - |
| favorable | 17 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | a favorable time to ask for a raise |
| achieving | 18 | - | - |
| addictive | 16 | causing or characterized by addiction | addictive drugs |
| vigilante | 13 | member of a vigilance committee | - |
| variation | 12 | an activity that varies from a norm or standard | any variation in his routine was immediately reported |
| adversary | 16 | someone who offers opposition | - |
| viewpoint | 17 | a place from which something can be viewed | - |
| renovated | 13 | - | - |
| adversity | 16 | a state of misfortune or affliction | debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity |
| developer | 15 | photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film | - |
| frivolous | 15 | not serious in content or attitude or behavior | a frivolous novel |
| intuitive | 12 | obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | - |
| devouring | 14 | (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | fierce devouring affection |
| overdoing | 14 | - | - |
| oversight | 16 | a mistake resulting from inattention | - |
| vanishing | 16 | a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
| davenport | 15 | a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island | - |
| observant | 14 | quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | - |
| overruled | 13 | - | - |
| divorcing | 16 | - | - |
| uninvited | 13 | (of a person) not having been invited | uninvited guests |
| supernova | 14 | a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process | - |
| provision | 14 | supply with provisions | - |
| overjoyed | 23 | extremely joyful | - |
| selective | 14 | characterized by very careful or fastidious selection | the school was very selective in its admissions |
| digestive | 14 | any substance that promotes digestion | - |
| misbehave | 19 | behave badly | The children misbehaved all morning |
| scavenger | 15 | someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | - |
| deceptive | 17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | deceptive calm |
| governing | 14 | the act of governing; exercising authority | regulations for the governing of state prisons |
| longevity | 16 | duration of service | her longevity as a star |
| directive | 15 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | - |
| affidavit | 19 | written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath | - |
| overdosed | 14 | - | - |
| reverence | 14 | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | - |
| retrieved | 13 | - | - |
| deserving | 14 | (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | the deserving poor |
| wolverine | 15 | a native or resident of Michigan | - |
| violinist | 12 | a musician who plays the violin | - |
| seventies | 12 | the time of life between 70 and 80 | - |
| cognitive | 15 | of or being or relating to or involving cognition | cognitive psychology |
| inventive | 15 | (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action | had an inventive turn of mind |
| persevere | 14 | be persistent, refuse to stop | - |
| elevation | 12 | angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
| evaporate | 14 | become less intense and fade away gradually | her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
| civilised | 15 | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | - |
| servicing | 15 | the act of mating by male animals | the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
| overpower | 17 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | - |
| lifesaver | 15 | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | - |
| revolving | 16 | - | - |
| alleviate | 12 | make easier | - |
| governess | 13 | a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home) | - |
| versatile | 12 | having great diversity or variety | his vast and versatile erudition |
| daredevil | 14 | presumptuously daring | a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff |
| oversized | 22 | larger than normal for its kind | - |
| overreact | 14 | show an exaggerated response to something | Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy |
| receptive | 16 | ready or willing to receive favorably | receptive to the proposals |
| relieving | 13 | - | - |
| loveliest | 12 | - | - |
| riverbank | 18 | the bank of a river | - |
| depravity | 18 | a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | - |
| vaporized | 24 | converted into a gas or vapor | - |
| retriever | 12 | a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game | - |
| intrusive | 12 | of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock | - |
| manoeuvre | 14 | an action aimed at evading an opponent | - |
| eavesdrop | 15 | listen without the speaker's knowledge | the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations |
| grievance | 15 | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | - |
| endeavour | 13 | attempt by employing effort | - |
| vermilion | 14 | of a vivid red to reddish-orange color | - |
| crossover | 14 | a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | - |
| cavendish | 18 | British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) | - |
| assertive | 12 | aggressively self-assured | an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue |
| overwhelm | 20 | charge someone with too many tasks | - |
| leviathan | 15 | monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament | - |
| diversify | 19 | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | - |
| evaluated | 13 | - | - |
| vigilance | 15 | vigilant attentiveness | - |
| veritable | 14 | often used as intensifiers | he's a veritable swine |
| proactive | 16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | proactive inhibition |
| inclusive | 14 | including much or everything; and especially including stated limits | an inclusive art form |
| engraving | 14 | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | - |
| overgrown | 16 | abounding in usually unwanted vegetation | - |
| servitude | 13 | state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment | penal servitude |
| resolving | 13 | analysis into clear-cut components | - |
| advisable | 15 | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise | such action is neither necessary nor advisable |
| adjective | 22 | of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | an adjective clause |
| venerable | 14 | profoundly honored | - |
| grapevine | 15 | gossip spread by spoken communication | - |
| massively | 17 | to a massive degree or in a massive manner | tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms |
| excavated | 22 | - | - |
| shriveled | 16 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | the old woman's shriveled skin |
| preserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| contrived | 15 | artificially formal | contrived coyness |
| bolshevik | 21 | of or relating to Bolshevism | - |
| overdrive | 16 | make use of too often or too extensively | - |
| retrieval | 12 | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | - |
| shoveling | 16 | - | - |
| vasectomy | 19 | surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible | - |
| carnivore | 14 | any animal that feeds on flesh | Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore |
| undivided | 15 | not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective | undivided affection |
| deviation | 13 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | the deviation from the mean |
| tentative | 12 | unsettled in mind or opinion | drew a few tentative conclusions |
| quivering | 22 | a shaky motion | - |
| aggravate | 14 | exasperate or irritate | - |
| voracious | 14 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | voracious sharks |
| vulgarity | 16 | the quality of lacking taste and refinement | - |
| unnerving | 13 | inspiring fear | something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall |
| conniving | 15 | acting with a specific goal | - |
| groveling | 14 | totally submissive | - |
| evergreen | 13 | a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | - |
| whosoever | 18 | - | - |
| reconvene | 14 | meet again | The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall |
| unveiling | 13 | the act of beginning something new | - |
| verifying | 19 | serving to support or corroborate | - |
| pervasive | 17 | spreading or spread throughout | the pervasive odor of garlic |
| diverting | 14 | providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | a diverting story |
| devastate | 13 | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | - |
| harvester | 15 | someone who helps to gather the harvest | - |
| ovulation | 12 | the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) | - |
| skydiving | 21 | performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute | - |
| viciously | 17 | in a vicious manner | he was viciously attacked |
| reclusive | 14 | withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | lived an unsocial reclusive life |
| sniveling | 13 | whining in a tearful manner | - |
| prevalent | 14 | most frequent or common | - |
| belvedere | 15 | densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | - |
| advocated | 16 | - | - |
| valuation | 12 | an appraisal of the value of something | he set a high valuation on friendship |
| combative | 18 | striving to overcome in argument | - |
| caregiver | 15 | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | - |
| avoidance | 15 | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | - |
| surveying | 16 | the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | he studied surveying at college |
| curvature | 14 | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | - |
| overdraft | 16 | a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
| depriving | 16 | - | - |
| enveloped | 15 | - | - |
| aggrieved | 15 | - | - |
| motivator | 14 | a positive motivational influence | - |
| nevermore | 14 | at no time hereafter | Quoth the raven, nevermore! |
| vivacious | 17 | vigorous and animated | a charming and vivacious hostess |
| unraveled | 13 | - | - |
| immovable | 18 | not able or intended to be moved | the immovable hills |
| conserved | 15 | protected from harm or loss | - |
| corrosive | 14 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
| favorably | 20 | showing approval | he reviewed the play favorably |
| overblown | 17 | puffed up with vanity | overblown oratory |
| oversleep | 14 | sleep longer than intended | - |
| valiantly | 15 | with valor; in a valiant manner | he fought valiantly until the end |
| vehicular | 17 | of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles | vehicular traffic |
| converter | 14 | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another | - |
| antivirus | 12 | - | - |
| mediaeval | 15 | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | - |
| expansive | 21 | of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | an expansive lifestyle |
| evocative | 17 | serving to bring to mind | - |
| shortwave | 18 | - | - |
| validated | 14 | declared or made legally valid | a validated claim |
| ventilate | 12 | expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | - |
| pulverize | 23 | destroy completely | - |
| introvert | 12 | fold inwards | - |
| inversion | 12 | the act of turning inside out | - |
| conducive | 17 | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | working conditions are not conducive to productivity |
| vindicate | 15 | show to be right by providing justification or proof | vindicate a claim |
| varnished | 16 | having a coating of stain or varnish | - |
| formative | 17 | forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | a formative influence |
| frivolity | 18 | something of little value or significance | - |
| vaccinate | 16 | perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | We vaccinate against scarlet fever |
| preserver | 14 | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning | - |
| approving | 17 | the formal act of approving | - |
| vulcanian | 14 | - | - |
| victorine | 14 | - | - |
| plaintive | 14 | expressing sorrow | - |
| provident | 15 | careful in regard to your own interests | wild squirrels are provident |
| insolvent | 12 | someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | - |
| fervently | 18 | with passionate fervor | both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people |
| passively | 17 | in a passive manner | he listened passively |
| salvaging | 14 | - | - |
| viability | 17 | capable of being done in a practical and useful way | - |
| heaviness | 15 | used of a line or mark | - |
| downriver | 16 | away from the source or with the current | - |
| festivity | 18 | any joyous diversion | - |
| ayurvedic | 18 | - | - |
| revulsion | 12 | intense aversion | - |
| vestibule | 14 | a large entrance or reception room or area | - |
| velveteen | 15 | a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet | - |
| reservist | 12 | a member of a military reserve | - |
| conveying | 18 | act of transferring property title from one person to another | - |
| deliverer | 13 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| excavator | 21 | a machine for excavating | - |
| flavoring | 16 | something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | - |
| enslaving | 13 | - | - |
| envisaged | 14 | - | - |
| brainwave | 17 | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | - |
| cabdriver | 17 | someone who drives a taxi for a living | - |
| captivate | 16 | attract; cause to be enamored | - |
| visualise | 12 | make visible | - |
| venturing | 13 | - | - |
| convincer | 16 | - | - |
| gravitate | 13 | be attracted to | Boys gravitate towards girls at that age |
| averaging | 14 | - | - |
| navigated | 14 | - | - |
| overstate | 12 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | - |
| vertebral | 14 | of or relating to or constituting vertebrae | - |
| vandalize | 22 | destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | vandalize the park |
| innovator | 12 | someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | - |
| balaclava | 16 | a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face | - |
| adversely | 16 | in an adverse manner | she was adversely affected by the new regulations |
| oversexed | 20 | having excessive sexual desire or appeal | - |
| voiceless | 14 | being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | - |
| levitated | 13 | - | - |
| converged | 16 | - | - |
| muscovite | 16 | a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium | - |
| overheads | 16 | - | - |
| viscosity | 17 | resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | - |
| stovepipe | 16 | a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur | - |
| vampirism | 18 | belief in the existence of vampires | - |
| conserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| elevating | 13 | - | - |
| flavorful | 18 | full of flavor | - |
| cavernous | 14 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | - |
| avoidable | 15 | capable of being avoided or warded off | - |
| overwatch | 20 | - | - |
| vividness | 16 | interest and variety and intensity | the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness |
| sniveller | 12 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| unrivaled | 13 | eminent beyond or above comparison | unrivaled mastery of her art |
| ventricle | 14 | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries | - |
| vaporizer | 23 | a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | - |
| probative | 16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect |
| privatize | 23 | change from governmental to private control or ownership | The oil industry was privatized |
| provolone | 14 | - | - |
| quavering | 22 | (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | the old lady's quavering voice |
| removable | 16 | able to be obliterated completely | - |
| retentive | 12 | good at remembering | a retentive mind |
| haversack | 21 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| divergent | 14 | tending to move apart in different directions | - |
| expletive | 21 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | expletives were deleted |
| flashover | 18 | an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator) | - |
| cavalcade | 17 | a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
| overshoot | 15 | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt | - |
| voyeurism | 17 | a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior | - |
| reversion | 12 | returning to a former state | - |
| vibratory | 17 | moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down | - |
| vestigial | 13 | not fully developed in mature animals | - |
| velodrome | 15 | a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing | - |
| swiveling | 16 | - | - |
| primavera | 16 | - | - |
| prevision | 14 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | - |
| privateer | 14 | an officer or crew member of a privateer | - |
| privatise | 14 | change from governmental to private control or ownership | - |
| impassive | 16 | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited | her impassive remoteness |
| convening | 15 | the act of convening | - |
| conversed | 15 | - | - |
| devotedly | 17 | with devotion | He served his master devotedly |
| divisible | 15 | capable of being or liable to be divided or separated | even numbers are divisible by two |
| novitiate | 12 | someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows | - |
| overexert | 19 | exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | don't overexert yourself when exercising! |
| overeager | 13 | excessively eager | overeager in his pursuit of the girl |
| overtired | 13 | - | - |
| volcanism | 16 | the phenomena associated with volcanic activity | - |
| savouring | 13 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | - |
| tsarevich | 17 | - | - |
| verbalize | 23 | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | - |
| victimize | 25 | make a victim of | I was victimized by this con-man |
| preventer | 14 | - | - |
| reflexive | 22 | a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | - |
| reserving | 13 | - | - |
| invisibly | 17 | without being seen | these organisms enter the body invisibly |
| herbivore | 17 | any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants | horses are herbivores |
| divulging | 15 | - | - |
| disproved | 16 | - | - |
| equivocal | 23 | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | an equivocal statement |
| hardcover | 18 | having a hard back or cover | - |
| braveness | 14 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
| atavistic | 14 | characteristic of an atavist | - |
| affective | 20 | characterized by emotion | - |
| nonverbal | 14 | being other than verbal communication | art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression |
| novocaine | 14 | procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain) | - |
| overwrite | 15 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data | overwrite that file |
| vouchsafe | 20 | grant in a condescending manner | - |
| slivovitz | 24 | a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans | - |
| reverting | 13 | tending to return to an earlier state | - |
| traversed | 13 | - | - |
| unlovable | 14 | incapable of inspiring love or affection | she was in some mysterious way...unlovable |
| verdigris | 14 | a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment | - |
| purgative | 15 | strongly laxative | - |
| redevelop | 15 | formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | - |
| reductive | 15 | characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment | their views of life were reductive and depreciatory |
| reprieved | 15 | - | - |
| revelling | 13 | - | - |
| inversely | 15 | in an inverse or contrary manner | inversely related |
| deductive | 16 | involving inferences from general principles | - |
| divertive | 16 | - | - |
| educative | 15 | resulting in education | an educative experience |
| evaluator | 12 | an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | - |
| evidenced | 16 | supported by evidence | their evidenced friendliness to the US |
| extrovert | 19 | (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | - |
| graveness | 13 | a manner that is serious and solemn | - |
| antiviral | 12 | any drug that destroys viruses | - |
| archivist | 17 | a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives | - |
| moviegoer | 15 | someone who goes to see movies | - |
| passivity | 17 | the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | - |
| vitriolic | 14 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
| shovelled | 16 | - | - |
| privation | 14 | a state of extreme poverty | - |
| pervading | 16 | - | - |
| convivial | 17 | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company | a convivial atmosphere at the reunion |
| deviating | 14 | - | - |
| diverging | 15 | tending to move apart in different directions | - |
| evocation | 14 | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | - |
| furtively | 18 | in a furtive manner | the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night |
| enlivened | 13 | made lively or spirited | a meal enlivened by the music |
| cadaveric | 17 | of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | - |
| averagely | 16 | - | - |
| advisedly | 17 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| activator | 14 | (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription | - |
| vulgarian | 13 | a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) | - |
| unlivable | 14 | unfit or unsuitable to live in or with | unlivable substandard housing |
| valueless | 12 | of no value | - |
| vagueness | 13 | indistinctness of shape or character | the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner |
| relevancy | 17 | the relation of something to the matter at hand | - |
| renovator | 12 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | - |
| revenging | 14 | - | - |
| liveliest | 12 | - | - |
| cookstove | 18 | a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
| driveling | 14 | - | - |
| enviously | 15 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | - |
| bedeviled | 16 | - | - |
| causative | 14 | producing an effect | poverty as a causative factor in crime |
| absolving | 15 | - | - |
| navigable | 15 | able to be sailed on or through safely | navigable waters |
| nutritive | 12 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| obtrusive | 14 | sticking out; protruding | - |
| normative | 14 | pertaining to giving directives or rules | - |
| overusing | 13 | - | - |
| vulgarize | 22 | act in a vulgar manner | The drunkard tends to vulgarize |
| virtuosic | 14 | - | - |
| slavishly | 18 | in a slavish manner | his followers slavishly believed in his new diet |
| unavenged | 14 | for which vengeance has not been taken | an unavenged murder |
| unmovable | 16 | not able or intended to be moved | - |
| unevolved | 16 | - | - |
| vermiform | 19 | resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical | - |
| vicarious | 14 | experienced at secondhand | read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement |
| reproving | 15 | expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | - |
| reversely | 15 | - | - |
| howsoever | 18 | - | - |
| inductive | 15 | inducing or influencing; leading on | inductive to the sin of Eve |
| invoicing | 15 | - | - |
| inviolate | 12 | must be kept sacred | - |
| inverness | 12 | - | - |
| levelling | 13 | - | - |
| marvelled | 15 | - | - |
| disavowal | 16 | denial of any connection with or knowledge of | - |
| galvanize | 22 | stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | - |
| avuncular | 14 | resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence | - |
| nerveless | 12 | marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament |
| novelette | 12 | a short novel | - |
| overflown | 18 | - | - |
| outliving | 13 | - | - |
| overstock | 18 | stock excessively | - |
| oviparous | 14 | egg-laying | - |
| overlying | 16 | placed on or over something else | an overlying image |
| overmatch | 19 | - | - |
| overreach | 17 | beat through cleverness and wit | - |
| videlicet | 15 | as follows | - |
| virulence | 14 | extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) | the virulence of the plague |
| sevenfold | 16 | having seven units or components | - |
| slipcover | 16 | a removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture | - |
| spillover | 14 | (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure | - |
| stevedore | 13 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | - |
| subdivide | 16 | divide into smaller and smaller pieces | This apartment cannot be subdivided any further! |
| revocable | 16 | capable of being revoked or annulled | a revocable order |
| unsavoury | 15 | not pleasing in odor or taste | - |
| vacillate | 14 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | - |
