9-letter words containing o, v, i, c
- connivery — the act of conniving
- conniving — If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convening — the act of gathering a meeting
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- conveying — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convicted — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- convinced — If you are convinced that something is true, you feel sure that it is true.
- convincer — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- convinces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convince.
- convivial — Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- convoying — Present participle of convoy.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- covariate — a statistical variable that changes in a predictable way and can be used to predict the outcome of a study
- covellite — an indigo-blue copper sulphide ore, often referred to as blue copper or indigo copper
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- covington — a city in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- curviform — having a curved shape
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- discovers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discover.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- divorcing — Present participle of divorce.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- equivocal — Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
- escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
- evictions — Plural form of eviction.
- evocating — Present participle of evocate.
- evocation — The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- evocative — Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- 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.
- ingveonic — of or relating to Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon, taken collectively.
- invection — (obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.