7-letter words containing l, a, v
- salving — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- savable — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- savvily — in a savvy manner
- selvage — the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- several — being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
- silvana — a female given name, form of Silvia or Sylvia.
- slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
- slaving — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- slavish — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- slavism — something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs or Slavic.
- slavist — a specialist in the study of Slavic languages, cultures, etc.
- slavkov — Czech name of Austerlitz.
- solvate — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- suavely — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- suboval — not quite oval
- travail — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- trivial — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
- u-value — a measure of the flow of heat through an insulating or building material: the lower the U-value, the better the insulating ability.
- ulanova — Galina (Sergeyevna) [guh-lee-nuh sur-gey-uh v-nuh;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh syir-gye-yiv-nuh] /gəˈli nə sɜrˈgeɪ əv nə;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə syɪrˈgyɛ yɪv nə/ (Show IPA), 1910–98, Soviet ballerina.
- unalive — not aware of something
- unravel — to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- unvital — not vital or crucial; unessential; unnecessary
- unvocal — not outspoken; reserved; not eloquent in speech; inarticulate.
- upvalue — to raise the value of: to upvalue inventories.
- uvedale — Nicholas, Udall.
- vacuole — a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
- vagally — in a manner that relates to the vagus nerve
- vaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- vaguely — not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
- vailing — to veil.
- valadon — Suzanne [sy-zan] /süˈzan/ (Show IPA), 1865–1938, French painter (mother of Maurice Utrillo).
- valance — a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
- valence — a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- valency — valence.
- valeric — pertaining to or derived from valerian.
- valerie — a female given name.
- valeted — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- valgoid — of or relating to valgus
- valiant — boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
- validly — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- valinda — a town in SW California.
- vallate — bordered by a ridge, raised edge, or the like.
- vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
- valmiki — Hindu poet and reputed author of the Ramayana.
- valonia — acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.
- valuate — to set a value on; appraise.
- valuing — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- valvate — furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
- valving — any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc.