9-letter words containing v, s, i
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- ben nevis — a mountain in W Scotland, in the Grampian mountains: highest peak in Great Britain. Height: 1345 m (4413 ft)
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- brevities — shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- canvasing — Present participle of canvas.
- caressive — resembling a caress or tending to caress
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carveries — Plural form of carvery.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cessative — (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing cessation.
- chuvashia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the basin of the Volga River in central Russia. 7066 sq. mi. (18,300 sq. km). Capital: Cheboksary.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civiliser — Alternative form of civilizer.
- civilises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilise.
- civilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize.
- civilness — of, relating to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.
- civitates — the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- cognovits — Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
- collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- conceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceive.
- connivers — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convinces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convince.
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- culverins — Plural form of culverin.