9-letter words containing s, a, i, v
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- levallois — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- massivity — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- medievals — Plural form of medieval.
- misadvice — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misadvise — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misavised — badly advised
- misbehave — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- motivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate.
- naiveness — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- naiveties — Plural form of naivety.
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- nativists — Plural form of nativist.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navigate.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- optatives — Plural form of optative.
- overstain — to stain too much
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- paasikivi — Juho Kusti [yoo -haw koo s-ti] /ˈyʊ hɔ ˈkʊs tɪ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1956, Finnish statesman: president 1946–56.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivism — the quality of being passive.
- passivist — the quality of being passive.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.