9-letter words containing o, v, e, r, s
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- elevators — Plural form of elevator.
- endeavors — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endorsive — pertaining to endorsement
- erosivity — the ability to cause erosion
- evildoers — Plural form of evildoer.
- extorsive — acting or tending to extort
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- fervorous — With fervour; fervent.
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- governers — Plural form of governer.
- governess — a woman who is employed to take charge of a child's upbringing, education, etc.
- governors — Plural form of governor.
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- grooviest — Superlative form of groovy.
- grosvenor — Gilbert Hovey, 1875–1966, U.S. geographer, writer, and editor.
- groveless — having no groves
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- hash over — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- loverless — having no lover
- makeovers — Plural form of makeover.
- mangroves — Plural form of mangrove.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- mist over — eyes: become teary
- mouseover — (computing) The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nose over — to turn over on its nose
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observees — Plural form of observee.
- observers — Plural form of observer.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.