9-letter words containing v, e
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chevrette — the skin of a young goat
- chevronel — a narrow chevron, one-half the usual breadth or less.
- chew over — If you chew something over, you keep thinking about it.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- civet cat — any of several nocturnal, catlike carnivores (family Viverridae) of Africa, India, Malaysia, and S China, with spotted, yellowish fur: valued for its civet (sense 1)
- civetlike — resembling a civet
- 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.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- 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.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- cleavable — capable of being cleft or split.
- cleavaged — Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
- cleavages — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- clement v — original name Bertrand de Got. ?1264–1314, pope (1305–14): removed the papal seat from Rome to Avignon in France (1309)
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- cleverest — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- clove oil — a volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- codevelop — to develop jointly
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- coevolved — Simple past tense and past participle of coevolve.
- cognitive — Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
- coke oven — an oven in which coal is converted into coke
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- 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.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- com. ver. — Common Version (of the Bible)
- comb-over — a hairstyle in which long strands of hair from the side of the head are swept over the scalp to cover a bald patch
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- combovers — Plural form of combover.
- come over — If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly.
- 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.
- conclaves — A private meeting.
- conducive — If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen.
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.