9-letter words containing v, i, r
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- belvidere — a city in N Illinois.
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- beveridge — William Henry, 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain
- bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- bivariate — (of a distribution) involving two random variables, not necessarily independent of one another
- boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- boil-over — an unexpected result.
- bouvardia — a genus of flowering herbs and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical parts of Central America
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brevities — shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cadaveric — a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.
- calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
- calvarian — calvarial
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- caregiver — A caregiver is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carnivora — carnivorous animals collectively
- carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
- carnivory — the eating of animal flesh
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- centumvir — one of a body of judges responsible for presiding over civil court cases
- charivari — a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- civiliser — Alternative form of civilizer.