9-letter words containing l, a, v, e
- genitival — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
- gilravage — riotous festivity
- go halves — plural of half.
- gonsalves — Paul, 1920–74, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- governall — government
- granville — Earl of, Carteret, John.
- graveless — having no grave or graves
- gravelike — resembling a grave
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- gravelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- have legs — If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed.
- haverhill — a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
- heavy oil — a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar
- helvetian — of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- helvetica — (text) One of the most widely used sans-serif typefaces, developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, it was renamed Helvetica for the international market. Helvetica is very similar to the common Arial typeface. The name is Latin for Swiss.
- illatives — Plural form of illative.
- illuviate — to undergo illuviation.
- immovable — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- inflative — causing inflation; tending to inflate (something) or produce swelling
- intervale — a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invadable — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- invalided — Simple past tense and past participle of invalid.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.
- inviolate — free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invokable — (computing) That can be invoked; callable.
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jive talk — black American slang
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
- lake kivu — a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth: (maximum) 475 m (1558 ft)
- lakeville — a town in SE Minnesota.
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- las vegas — a city in SE Nevada.
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lava-like — resembling lava in behaviour or consistency
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavalleja — Juan Antonio [hwahn ahn-taw-nyaw] /ʰwɑn ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1853, Uruguayan revolutionary: leader in war of independence against Brazil 1825.