9-letter words containing v, s, i
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- ovotestis — the hermaphroditic reproductive organ of some gastropods, containing both an ovary and a testis.
- paasikivi — Juho Kusti [yoo -haw koo s-ti] /ˈyʊ hɔ ˈkʊs tɪ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1956, Finnish statesman: president 1946–56.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivism — the quality of being passive.
- passivist — the quality of being passive.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pius viii — (Francesco Saverio Castiglioni) 1761–1830, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1829–30.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- positives — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- precisive — characterized by accuracy or exactness: a precisive method of expressing oneself.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulvillus — a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
- rara avis — a rare person or thing; rarity.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- recessive — tending to go, move, or slant back; receding.