9-letter words containing s, l, e, v, i
- explosive — Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart, as when a bomb explodes.
- expulsive — Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- festivals — Plural form of festival.
- festively — pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- helvetius — Claude Adrien [klawd ey-dree-uh n;; French klohd a-dree-ahn] /klɔd ˈeɪ dri ən;; French kloʊd a driˈɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1715–71, French philosopher.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- illatives — Plural form of illative.
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusive — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- ingluvies — a dilation or pouch in the oesophagus of certain animals that receives food prior to the main stomach, esp a bird's craw, or the first stomach of a cow or other ruminating animal
- insolvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- insultive — (rare,non-standard) Insulting.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.
- inveigles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigle.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- involutes — Plural form of involute.
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- juveniles — Plural form of juvenile.
- kiselevsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia.
- 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.
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- life vest — life jacket.
- 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
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- liveliest — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- livewires — Plural form of livewire.
- lividness — The state or condition of being livid (dark or pallid).
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- 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.
- lovebites — Plural form of lovebite.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- medievals — Plural form of medieval.
- milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- 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.
- novelists — Plural form of novelist.