9-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nervation — venation.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- normative — of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc.
- operative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overstain — to stain too much
- overtrain — to train excessively
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- partitive — serving to divide into parts.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pit grave — a shallow grave hollowed out of a bed of rock or the floor of a tholos.
- portative — capable of being carried; portable.
- preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- prevailed — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prevailer — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primavera — a central American tree, Cybistax donnell-smithii, of the bignonia family, having showy, tubular yellow flowers.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privateer — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privative — causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
- privatize — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- quavering — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- radiative — giving off radiation.