6-letter words containing a, l, v
- gatvol — annoyed; fed up
- gavels — Plural form of gavel.
- gavial — a large crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, of India and Pakistan, having elongated, garlike jaws: an endangered species.
- gevalt — help
- glaive — a sword or broadsword.
- gravel — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- gravol — an antihistamine used in the prevention of nausea, esp in travel sickness; dimenhydrinate
- halevi — Judah, Judah ha-Levi.
- halevy — Fromental [fraw-mahn-tal] /frɔ mɑ̃ˈtal/ (Show IPA), (Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy) 1790–1862, French composer, especially of operas.
- halvah — a sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.
- halved — Simple past tense and past participle of halve.
- halver — A fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide.
- halves — plural of half.
- haveli — A mansion.
- huelva — a seaport in SW Spain, near the Gulf of Cádiz.
- jovial — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- kaleva — a hero and progenitor of heroes in Finnish and Estonian folk epics.
- kevlar — Alternative capitalization of Kevlar.
- kvaløy — two islands in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway: North Kvaløy, 329 sq km (127 sq miles), and South Kvaløy, 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- l wave — an earthquake wave that travels around the earth's surface and is usually the third conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- laevo- — on or towards the left
- larvae — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- larvas — Plural form of larva.
- lative — (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
- latvia — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Capital: Riga.
- lavabo — Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12. the passage recited. the small towel or the basin used.
- lavage — a washing.
- lavash — a large, leavened flatbread from Armenia.
- laveer — to sail windward
- lavern — Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- lavers — Plural form of laver.
- laving — to wash; bathe.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- le vau — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1612–70, French architect.
- leaved — having leaves; leafed.
- leaven — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- leaver — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leaves — permission to do something: to beg leave to go elsewhere.
- leavis — F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- lekvar — a soft, jamlike spread made of sweetened prunes or apricots.
- levade — a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
- levant — to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
- levkas — an island in the Ionian group, off the W coast of Greece. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
- libava — Russian name of Liepāja.
- litvak — a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.
- loaves — plural of loaf1 .
- louvar — a red-finned, deep-sea, tropical fish, Luvarus imperialis, having the vent at the base of the pectoral fin.
- lovage — a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.
- lvalue — (programming) A reference to a location, an expression which can appear as the destination of an assignment operator indicating where a value should be stored. For example, a variable or an array element are lvalues but the constant 42 and the expression i+1 are not. A constant string may or may not be an lvalue (it usually is in C).