9-letter words containing s, r, i, v
- 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.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- 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.
- 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.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
- rara avis — a rare person or thing; rarity.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- recessive — tending to go, move, or slant back; receding.
- reclusive — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- recursive — recursion
- redivivus — living again; revived.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- remissive — characterized by remission or decrease.
- repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- reservice — the act of reserving food that has been served previously
- reservist — a person who belongs to a reserve military force of a country.