9-letter words containing l, a, v, e
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvities — baldness
- canaveral — Capecape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft
- captively — In a captive manner.
- cavalcade — A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages.
- cavaletti — bars supported on low stands used in dressage and horse jumping
- cavalieri — Francesco Bonaventura [frahn-ches-kaw baw-nah-ven-too-rah] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ ˌbɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.
- cavaliers — Plural form of cavalier.
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatelli — a shell-like pasta with ridged surfaces.
- champleve — of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours
- charles v — known as Charles the Wise. 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- 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.
- 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)
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- collative — involving collation
- conclaves — A private meeting.
- covalence — the number of pairs of electrons that an atom can share with its neighboring atoms
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- coverable — Able to be covered.
- coveralls — Coveralls are a single piece of clothing that combines pants and a jacket. You wear coveralls over your clothes in order to protect them while you are working.
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- covetable — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- craveable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- dataglove — a glove connected to a computer and equipped with sensors allowing the actual movements of a person's hand to manipulate virtual objects
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- devaluate — (transitive) To reduce in value.
- devaluing — to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.