9-letter words containing e, v, r, a
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cave bear — an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- charles v — known as Charles the Wise. 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
- charvette — (Geordie, pejorative) A female charva.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
- depraving — Present participle of deprave.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- driveable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveaway — the delivery of a car to a buyer or to a specified destination by means of a hired driver.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.