9-letter words containing e, v, a, s, i
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- james vii — title as king of Scotland of James II of England and Ireland
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jeevesian — of, relating to, or like the butler Jeeves, who was, in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse, a master of tact, euphemism, and ingenuity
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- levallois — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- medievals — Plural form of medieval.
- misadvice — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misadvise — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misavised — badly advised
- misbehave — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- motivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate.
- naiveness — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- naiveties — Plural form of naivety.
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navigate.
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- optatives — Plural form of optative.
- overstain — to stain too much
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- 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.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- revisable — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.