9-letter words containing c, a, r, v, i
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
- embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- invocator — invoke.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- lay vicar — a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- 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.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- 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.
- privocrat — (esp in neo-conservative thought) a person who is not in favour of relinquishing individual freedoms in order to give the state more powers to combat terrorism
- 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.
- revictual — to victual or provide with food again
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- vaporific — producing vapor; tending to form vapor.
- varicella — chickenpox.
- varicosis — the formation of a varix or varices.
- varifocal — having a focus that can vary
- variscite — a secondary mineral, hydrated phosphate of aluminum, Al(PO 4)⋅2H 2 O, occurring mainly as massive, bluish-green nodules: sometimes used as a gem.
- vectorial — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- vehicular — of, relating to, or for vehicles: a vehicular tunnel.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- veridical — truthful; veracious.
- vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- vicegeral — of or relating to a vicegerent or a vicegerent's position.
- viceregal — of or relating to a viceroy.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- viricidal — of or relating to viricides; destroying viruses
- virilocal — Anthropology. living with or located near the husband's father's group; patrilocal.
- virucidal — an agent for destroying viruses.
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- voracious — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.