9-letter words containing e, v, o, c
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- glen cove — a city on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- ingveonic — of or relating to Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon, taken collectively.
- invection — (obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invocated — invoke.
- involucel — a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- knockover — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- 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.
- 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.
- muscovite — a native or inhabitant of Moscow.
- 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.