9-letter words containing f, i, v
- fivepenny — noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long. Symbol: 5d.
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- fixatives — Plural form of fixative.
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flip over — turn upside down
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- fly river — a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, about 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- forgetive — inventive; creative.
- forgiving — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- foveiform — shaped like a small pit or depression
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frugivore — any chiefly fruit-eating organism, as certain bats.
- fugitives — Plural form of fugitive.
- funloving — Alternative spelling of fun-loving.
- furnivall — Frederick James, 1825–1910, English philologist and editor.
- furtively — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- hang five — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- high five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
- high-five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
- in favour — If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
- infective — infectious.
- infestive — Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- inflative — causing inflation; tending to inflate (something) or produce swelling
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- life vest — life jacket.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- liverleaf — hepatica.
- love life — amorous or sexual relations.
- offencive — Obsolete form of offensive.
- offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- overbrief — too brief
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- perfervid — very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned: perfervid patriotism.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prokofiev — Sergei Sergeevich [syir-gyey syir-gye-yi-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1953, Russian composer.