9-letter words containing iv
- civilizer — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- 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.
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- cognitive — Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
- colectivo — a small public bus.
- collative — involving collation
- collisive — (obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- commotive — violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance: What's all the commotion in the hallway?
- commutive — (linguistics) That which serves to commute.
- conceived — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- conceiver — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- conceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceive.
- conducive — If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen.
- connexive — connective
- connivent — (of parts of plants and animals) touching without being fused, as some petals, insect wings, etc
- connivers — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- conniving — If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convivial — Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corrasive — Obsolete form of corrosive.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- costively — In a costive manner.
- creatives — Plural form of creative.
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- cursively — In a cursive manner.
- curvative — (of leaves) having curved edges
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- de moivre — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1667–1754, French mathematician in England.
- deceivers — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deceiving — Present participle of deceive.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- deductive — Deductive reasoning involves drawing conclusions logically from other things that are already known.
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.