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9-letter words containing n, e, r, v, c

  • 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.
  • incursive — making incursions.
  • incurvate — curved, especially inward.
  • inservice — taking place while one is employed: an in-service training program.
  • involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
  • 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.
  • larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
  • navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
  • neckverse — a verse read to prove clergy membership, esp Psalm 51
  • nonvector — a quantity without size and direction
  • obrenovic — Aleksandar [Serbo-Croatian. ah-le-ksahn-dahr] /Serbo-Croatian. ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dɑr/ (Show IPA), Alexander I (def 3).
  • once-over — a quick look, examination, or appraisal.
  • overclean — too clean
  • overcount — To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another.
  • provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
  • readvance — to advance again or further
  • receiving — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • reconvene — to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
  • reconvert — to convert again.
  • reconvict — to convict (someone) again
  • relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
  • relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
  • reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
  • revoicing — to voice again or in return; echo.
  • rounceval — a variety of large pea
  • scavenger — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
  • scrivener — scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
  • servicing — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
  • severance — the act of severing or the state of being severed.
  • uncovered — having no cover or covering.
  • vancouver — George, 1758–98, English explorer.
  • vectoring — the act of vectoring or guiding aircraft using vectors
  • ventricle — Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
  • vice ring — a group of people involved in immoral illegal activities, especially pornography, prostitution, or drugs
  • vicereine — the wife of a viceroy.
  • victorine — a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.
  • vint cerf — (person)   (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
  • virescent — turning green.
  • virulence — quality of being virulent.
  • virulency — quality of being virulent.
  • volucrine — relating to birds
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