9-letter words containing c, a, r, v
- cave bear — an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- charivari — a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
- charles v — known as Charles the Wise. 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
- charvette — (Geordie, pejorative) A female charva.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- claviform — clavate
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- corcovado — a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- coverable — Able to be covered.
- coverages — Plural form of coverage.
- coveralls — Coveralls are a single piece of clothing that combines pants and a jacket. You wear coveralls over your clothes in order to protect them while you are working.
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- craveable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- creamwove — (of wove paper) cream-coloured and even-surfaced
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crevasses — Plural form of crevasse.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- cry havoc — to give the signal for pillage and destruction
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- 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.
- everclear — (chiefly, US, dated, humorous) Any home-brewed grain alcohol, especially one with a dangerously high (chemically unstable) concentration of pure alcohol.
- evocatory — evocative
- excavator — A person who removes earth carefully and systematically from an archaeological site in order to find buried remains.
- favorance — a liking or preference: My family always had a favorance for farming.
- 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.
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.