9-letter words containing v, i, r
- 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.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- 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.
- lyra viol — a lutelike musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: the forerunner of the mandolin
- 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.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- martin iv — (Simon de BrieorSimon de Brion) c1210–85, French ecclesiastic: pope 1281–85.
- 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.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- 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.
- mimivirus — a very large virus containing DNA
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- mist over — eyes: become teary
- motivator — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- moviegoer — A person who goes to the movies, especially regularly.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- navaratri — an annual Hindu festival celebrated over nine days in September–October. Observed throughout India, it commemorates the slaying of demons by Rama and the goddess Durga; in some places it is dedicated to all female deities
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- 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