5-letter words containing a, v
- favel — a fallow-coloured horse
- faves — Plural form of fave.
- favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- favus — Pathology. a skin disease, especially of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii.
- flava — a distinctive individual style
- fovea — a small pit or depression in a bone or other structure.
- gavel — feudal rent or tribute.
- gavin — a male given name.
- gavle — a seaport in E Sweden.
- gavot — an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
- glave — glaive.
- grave — the grave accent.
- gravy — the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- guava — any of numerous tropical and subtropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Psidium, of the myrtle family, especially P. guajava, bearing large, yellow, round to pear-shaped fruit, and P. littorale, bearing smaller, yellowish to deep-red, oval fruit.
- halva — A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in India, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
- halve — to divide into two equal parts.
- harve — a male given name, form of Harvey.
- havan — A ritual burning of offerings such as grains and ghee, which is held to mark births, marriages, and other special occasions.
- havel — Václav [vahts-lahf] /ˈvɑts lɑf/ (Show IPA), 1936–2011, Czech writer and political leader: president of Czechoslovakia 1989–92; president of the Czech Republic 1993–2003.
- haven — a harbor or port.
- haver — to equivocate; vacillate.
- haves — The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have nots.
- havoc — great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
- havre — a seaport in N France, at the mouth of the Seine.
- heave — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- hevea — Pará rubber.
- hovea — any of various plants of the Australian genus Hovea, having clusters of small purple flowers
- invar — An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion.
- iviza — Ibiza.
- jahve — a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
- jarvy — Alternative form of jarvey.
- javac — (computing) Java compiler.
- javan — of or relating to Java or its inhabitants
- javel — (obsolete) A vagabond.
- kaval — an end-blown flute played in SE Europe
- kavos — a coastal village on Corfu: tourist resort. Pop: 830 (2001)
- kavya — a type of classical Sanskrit devotional poetry.
- khiva — a former Asian khanate along the Amu Darya River, S of the Aral Sea: now divided between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
- kivas — Plural form of kiva.
- knave — an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
- kovac — Michal [mi-khahl] /ˈmɪ xɑl/ (Show IPA), born 1930, president of Slovakia 1993–98.
- kovar — an alloy that consists mostly of iron, nickel, and cobalt, and has the same heat expansion properties as heat-resistant glass: it is usually fused to glass to form a gas seal
- kvass — a Russian beer made from fermenting rye or barley and having a dark color and sour taste.
- labov — William, born 1927, U.S. linguist.
- larva — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- larve — Dated form of larva.
- laval — a department in W France. 2012 sq. mi. (5210 sq. km). Capital: Laval.
- lavas — Plural form of lava.
- laved — to wash; bathe.