9-letter words containing s, e, v, r, i
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- investure — (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
- 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.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- livewires — Plural form of livewire.
- 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.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- 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
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nerviness — The characteristic of being nervy.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obversion — an act or instance of obverting.
- omniverse — A number of supposedly co-existing universes.
- omnivores — Plural form of omnivore.
- outdrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdrive.
- outstrive — to strive harder than
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- overbills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbill.
- overissue — an excessive issue of stocks or bonds, as in excess of the needs of the business or in excess of charter authorization.
- overpoise — the action of weighing down on something
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overshirt — a pullover sport shirt, worn outside the waistband of a skirt or pair of slacks.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- 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.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- precisive — characterized by accuracy or exactness: a precisive method of expressing oneself.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.