9-letter words containing l, a, v, i
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- captively — In a captive manner.
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- 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.
- cavallini — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). ?1250–?1330, Italian fresco painter and mosaicist. His works include the mosaics of the Life of the Virgin in Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rome
- cavalries — Plural form of cavalry.
- cavatelli — a shell-like pasta with ridged surfaces.
- cavilling — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- chevalier — a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- chivalric — Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights.
- civically — of or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems.
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
- civil war — A civil war is a war which is fought between different groups of people who live in the same country.
- civilians — Plural form of civilian.
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- clavicles — Plural form of clavicle.
- clavicorn — any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
- clavicula — the clavicle
- claviform — clavate
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- collative — involving collation
- colluvial — loose earth material that has accumulated at the base of a hill, through the action of gravity, as piles of talus, avalanche debris, and sheets of detritus moved by soil creep or frost action.
- convivial — Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corvallis — a city in W Oregon.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- cultivars — Plural form of cultivar.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- 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
- devaluing — to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
- diaghilev — Sergei (Pavlovich) (sɪrˈɡjej ˈpavləvitʃ). 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario. He founded (1909) and directed (1909–29) the Ballets Russes in Paris, introducing Russian ballet to the West
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.