9-letter words containing v, i, n, s
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obversion — an act or instance of obverting.
- offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- 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.
- ostensive — clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- reversion — the act of turning something the reverse way.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rna virus — any virus containing RNA; retrovirus.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sansovino — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), (Andrea Contucci) 1460–1529, Italian sculptor and architect.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- savviness — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- scrivener — scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
- sensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- servicing — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- seventies — a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- sign over — a token; indication.
- silvering — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
- sirventes — a Provençal form of verse or troubadour song, usually satirical
- skin-dive — to engage in skin diving.
- skydiving — the sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate or high altitude and free-falling and using one's body to control direction or movements before opening one's parachute.
- slaveling — a person in a condition of servility or slavery.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- sniveling — to weep or cry with sniffling.