9-letter words containing o, v, e, r
- heel over — When something heels over, it leans over very far as if it is about to fall over.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- herbivore — a herbivorous animal.
- herbivory — The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improvize — Alternative spelling of improvise.
- 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.
- in revolt — in the process or state of rebelling
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- interwove — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- introvert — a shy person.
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
- jetavator — an extension of the exhaust nozzle of a rocket, for controlling the direction of the exhaust gases.
- keel over — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- 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.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- left over — remaining
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- lermontov — Mikhail Yurievich [myi-khuh-yeel yoo-ryi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil ˈyu ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–41, Russian poet and novelist.
- liver-rot — a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- livermore — a city in W California.
- liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- look-over — a brief or superficial examination or reading.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- 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.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lover boy — a man who is successful with women