9-letter words containing s, r, i, v
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- immersive — noting or relating to digital technology or images that actively engage one's senses and may create an altered mental state: immersive media; immersive 3D environments.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improviso — (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- incursive — making incursions.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- insertive — Of or relating to insertion in sexual acts.
- inservice — taking place while one is employed: an in-service training program.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inverness — Also called Invernessshire [in-ver-nes-sheer, -sher] /ˌɪn vərˈnɛs ʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in NW Scotland.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- inversing — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
- inversive — noting, pertaining to, or characterized by inversion.
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- inverters — Plural form of inverter.
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- investure — (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
- karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
- 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.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- 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.
- mimivirus — a very large virus containing DNA
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- mist over — eyes: become teary
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- 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.
- norovirus — any of various single-stranded RNA viruses of the genus Norovirus, of the family Caliciviridae: the most common cause of epidemic viral gastroenteritis in humans.
- 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.
- oncovirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- outdrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdrive.
- outstrive — to strive harder than