9-letter words containing l, i, v, e
- civilises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilise.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- 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.
- civilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize.
- civilness — of, relating to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- colectivo — a small public bus.
- collative — involving collation
- collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- costively — In a costive manner.
- covellite — an indigo-blue copper sulphide ore, often referred to as blue copper or indigo copper
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.
- cursively — In a cursive manner.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- degloving — Present participle of deglove.
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- delivered — to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
- deliverer — to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
- deliverly — quickly; nimbly; deftly
- depletive — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- devaluing — to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- devil dog — a dangerously aggressive dog
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- devilfish — any manta
- devilment — devilish or mischievous conduct
- devilship — the office, character, or person of the devil
- devilwood — a variety of small broadleaf evergreen tree, Osmanthus americanus, native to the southeast US
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
- devolving — Present participle of devolve.
- diaghilev — Sergei (Pavlovich) (sɪrˈɡjej ˈpavləvitʃ). 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario. He founded (1909) and directed (1909–29) the Ballets Russes in Paris, introducing Russian ballet to the West
- dishevels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishevel.
- dissolved — That has been disintegrated in a solvent.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.