9-letter words containing v, e, r, u
- 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).
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- guenevere — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white, fair.”.
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- gyrovague — a vagrant monk who wandered from one monastery to another.
- hauterive — a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- incursive — making incursions.
- incurvate — curved, especially inward.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- investure — (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- maneouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- maneuvers — Plural form of maneuver.
- maneuvres — Plural form of maneuvre.
- manoeuver — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of maneuver.
- manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mouseover — (computing) The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.
- mull over — to study or ruminate; ponder.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nonvirtue — moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- nun river — a major channel of the Niger River, in W Africa.
- nutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- ourselves — Used as the object of a verb or preposition when this is the same as the subject of the clause and the subject is the speaker and one or more other people considered together.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outdrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdrive.
- outstrive — to strive harder than
- outtravel — (transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overacute — excessively acute
- overbound — Simple past tense and past participle of overbind.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- overcount — To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another.
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overflush — too flush
- overfocus — to focus too much
- overfussy — too fussy
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overissue — an excessive issue of stocks or bonds, as in excess of the needs of the business or in excess of charter authorization.