9-letter words containing o, l, i, v
- pavlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals.
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- poll evil — an acute swelling on the top of the head of a horse originating in an inflamed bursa that underlies the great neck ligament there.
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- reinvolve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- reviolate — to violate again
- revolting — disgusting; repulsive: a revolting sight.
- revolving — that revolves: a revolving table top.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rockville — a city in central Maryland.
- roseville — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sail-over — a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slivovitz — a dry, usually colorless, slightly bitter plum brandy from E Europe.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- televisor — an apparatus for transmitting or receiving television.
- trouville — a seaport in NW France, on the English Channel: resort.
- vainglory — excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
- valentino — Rudolph (Rodolpho d'Antonguolla) 1895–1926, U.S. motion-picture actor, born in Italy.
- validator — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- vallation — a rampart or entrenchment.
- valuation — the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- varifocal — having a focus that can vary
- variolate — resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
- variolite — a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock.
- varioloid — resembling smallpox.
- variolous — of or relating to smallpox.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- vectorial — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.