9-letter words containing r, e, v
- fly river — a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, about 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- fog fever — an acute respiratory disease of cattle, with a high mortality, that can occur after grazing fog
- forgetive — inventive; creative.
- fork over — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- foveiform — shaped like a small pit or depression
- free love — the doctrine or practice of having sexual relations or living together without legal marriage or continuing obligation.
- free vote — law: not based on political party
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frugivore — any chiefly fruit-eating organism, as certain bats.
- furtively — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- gain over — persuade
- gällivare — a town in N Sweden, within the Arctic Circle: iron mines. Pop: 19 191 (2004 est)
- george iv — 1762–1830, king of England 1820–30 (son of George III).
- george vi — 1895–1952, king of England 1936–1952 (second son of George V; brother of Edward VIII).
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- gilravage — riotous festivity
- give over — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- goverment — Misspelling of government.
- governall — government
- governers — Plural form of governer.
- governess — a woman who is employed to take charge of a child's upbringing, education, etc.
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governors — Plural form of governor.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- granville — Earl of, Carteret, John.
- grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- gravamens — Plural form of gravamen.
- graveless — having no grave or graves
- gravelike — resembling a grave
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- gravelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- graveness — serious or solemn; sober: a grave person; grave thoughts.
- gravesend — a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.
- gravesham — a borough in NW Kent, in SE England.
- graveside — the area beside a grave.
- gravesite — the site of a grave or graves; a place of burial.
- graveward — moving towards the grave or death
- graveyard — a burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery.
- gravitate — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravities — Plural form of gravity.
- gregory v — (Bruno of Carinthia) died a.d. 999, German ecclesiastic: pope 996–999.
- grenville — George, 1712–70, British statesman: prime minister 1763–65.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.