6-letter words containing v, e
- kvetch — to complain, especially chronically.
- l wave — an earthquake wave that travels around the earth's surface and is usually the third conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- laevo- — on or towards the left
- larvae — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- lative — (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
- lavage — a washing.
- laveer — to sail windward
- lavern — Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- lavers — Plural form of laver.
- le vau — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1612–70, French architect.
- leaved — having leaves; leafed.
- leaven — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- leaver — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leaves — permission to do something: to beg leave to go elsewhere.
- leavis — F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- lekvar — a soft, jamlike spread made of sweetened prunes or apricots.
- leo iv — Saint, died a.d. 855, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 847–855.
- leo vi — pope a.d. 928.
- leonov — Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- lésvos — Mytilene (def 1).
- leuven — a city in central Belgium.
- levade — a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
- levant — to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
- leveed — an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- levees — Plural form of levee.
- levels — Plural form of level.
- levers — Lift or move with a lever.
- levi's — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.
- levied — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- levier — a person who levies.
- levies — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- levine — Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- levins — Plural form of levin.
- levite — a member of the tribe of Levi.
- levity — lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
- levkas — an island in the Ionian group, off the W coast of Greece. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
- lievre — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing SW to the Ottawa River. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- livedo — a reddish discoloured patch on the skin
- lively — eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
- livens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liven.
- livers — Plural form of liver.
- livery — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- livest — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- liveth — Archaic third-person singular form of live.
- livier — a native or resident of Newfoundland or Labrador.
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- loaves — plural of loaf1 .
- louver — any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- louvre — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lovage — a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.