9-letter words containing c, i, v
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civiliser — Alternative form of civilizer.
- civilises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilise.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- civilizer — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize.
- civilness — of, relating to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.
- civitates — the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- clavicula — the clavicle
- claviform — clavate
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognitive — Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
- cognovits — Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
- colectivo — a small public bus.
- collative — involving collation
- collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvial — loose earth material that has accumulated at the base of a hill, through the action of gravity, as piles of talus, avalanche debris, and sheets of detritus moved by soil creep or frost action.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- colluvium — a mixture of rock fragments from the bases of cliffs
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- commotive — violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance: What's all the commotion in the hallway?
- commoving — Present participle of commove.
- commutive — (linguistics) That which serves to commute.
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- conceived — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- conceiver — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- conceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceive.
- conducive — If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen.
- connexive — connective
- connivent — (of parts of plants and animals) touching without being fused, as some petals, insect wings, etc
- connivers — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- conniving — If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.