9-letter words containing e, v, c
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lovelocks — Plural form of lovelock.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- misadvice — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- muscovite — a native or inhabitant of Moscow.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- neckverse — a verse read to prove clergy membership, esp Psalm 51
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- non-vedic — of or relating to the Veda or Vedas.
- nonactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- nonconvex — Not convex.
- nonvector — a quantity without size and direction
- noviciate — The period during which you are a novice.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- obclavate — inversely clavate.
- objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- obrenovic — Aleksandar [Serbo-Croatian. ah-le-ksahn-dahr] /Serbo-Croatian. ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dɑr/ (Show IPA), Alexander I (def 3).
- occlusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- offencive — Obsolete form of offensive.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- once-over — a quick look, examination, or appraisal.
- out-voice — the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- over-care — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- over-cool — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- overacted — Simple past tense and past participle of overact.
- overactor — Someone who overacts.
- overacute — excessively acute
- overcarry — To carry too far, or beyond the proper point.
- overcasts — Plural form of overcast.
- overcatch — to overtake
- overcheap — too cheap
- overcheck — a textile pattern having one checked design superimposed on another so that both are visible.
- overchill — to make too cold
- overcivil — too civil
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overclean — too clean
- overclear — too clear
- overclock — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.