9-letter words containing v, e, n, i, r
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- gain over — persuade
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- granivore — Any animal that eats seeds as the main part of its diet.
- granville — Earl of, Carteret, John.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- grenville — George, 1712–70, British statesman: prime minister 1763–65.
- grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- grievants — Plural form of grievant.
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- han river — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- haversian — designating or of the canals through which blood vessels and connective tissue pass in bone
- haversine — one half the versed sine of a given angle or arc.
- henry vii — ("Henry of Luxembourg") 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- in revolt — in the process or state of rebelling
- in venter — conceived but not yet born
- incursive — making incursions.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- innervate — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innerving — Present participle of innerve.
- insertive — Of or relating to insertion in sexual acts.
- inservice — taking place while one is employed: an in-service training program.
- intervale — a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- intervein — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- intervene — to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
- intervent — (obsolete) To thwart; to obstruct.
- intervert — (obsolete, transitive) To turn to another course or use.
- interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- interwove — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- introvert — a shy person.
- intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- inveigher — One who inveighs.
- inveigler — One who inveigles.
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- inveraray — a town in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute: Inveraray Castle is the seat of the Dukes of Argyll. Pop: about 700 (2001)
- 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.