9-letter words containing c, i, v
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convening — the act of gathering a meeting
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- conveying — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- 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.
- convivial — Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- convoying — Present participle of convoy.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- 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
- 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
- covington — a city in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- 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.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- curviform — having a curved shape
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- 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.