9-letter words containing i, r, e, v
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- bivariate — (of a distribution) involving two random variables, not necessarily independent of one another
- boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- boil-over — an unexpected result.
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brevities — shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- caregiver — A caregiver is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- civiliser — Alternative form of civilizer.
- civilizer — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- conceiver — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- connivers — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- convincer — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- crimewave — a period of increased criminal activity
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cursively — In a cursive manner.
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- curveting — Present participle of curvet.
- curviness — The state or condition of being curvy.
- 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.
- de moivre — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1667–1754, French mathematician in England.
- deceivers — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- 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.