9-letter words containing c, i, v, e
- convicted — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- convinced — If you are convinced that something is true, you feel sure that it is true.
- convincer — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- convinces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convince.
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- covellite — an indigo-blue copper sulphide ore, often referred to as blue copper or indigo copper
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cursively — In a cursive manner.
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- deceivers — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deceiving — Present participle of deceive.
- decemviri — Plural form of decemvir.
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- deductive — Deductive reasoning involves drawing conclusions logically from other things that are already known.
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- depictive — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- detective — A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- discovers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discover.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- divalence — the state of being divalent
- dividence — (obsolete, rare) Division.
- e-service — the use of electronic technology by an organization to provide services to its customers
- echeveria — any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- ecrevisse — crayfish.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- effective — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- electives — Plural form of elective.