9-letter words containing v, e, r, i
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- 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.
- lek-river — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- let drive — to hit or aim
- leverrier — Urbain Jean Joseph [yr-ban zhahn zhaw-zef] /ürˈbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1811–77, French astronomer.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- live rail — an electric rail track
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- live wire — an energetic, keenly alert person.
- liver-rot — a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- liverleaf — hepatica.
- livermore — a city in W California.
- liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- liverymen — Plural form of liveryman.
- livewires — Plural form of livewire.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- 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.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- m o drive — magneto-optical disk
- main verb — a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- 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.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- mist over — eyes: become teary
- moviegoer — A person who goes to the movies, especially regularly.
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nervation — venation.
- nerviness — The characteristic of being nervy.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- nevermind — attention; heed; notice (usually used in negative constructions): Pay him no nevermind.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- nondriver — a person who does not drive a car
- nonviewer — a person who does not watch (television)
- nonvirile — not virile
- nonvirtue — moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- normative — of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc.
- novelizer — a person who novelizes
- novillero — a young bullfighter who has not yet been named a matador.