9-letter words containing e, v, c
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- 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
- covenants — Plural form of covenant.
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- cover boy — an attractive young man whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.
- 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)
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- coverless — Without a cover or covers.
- coverlets — Plural form of coverlet.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- coverture — the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband
- covetable — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- cow vetch — a climbing plant, Vicia cracca, of the legume family, of Eurasia and North America, having elongated clusters of violet-purple flowers.
- 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.
- 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
- crossover — A crossover of one style and another, especially in music or fashion, is a combination of the two different styles.
- crow over — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- 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
- 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
- curvesome — (dated) curvy.
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- curvetted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- 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.
- deck over — to complete the construction of the upper deck between the bulwarks of (a vessel)
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- deductive — Deductive reasoning involves drawing conclusions logically from other things that are already known.