6-letter words containing av
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- 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.
- libava — Russian name of Liepāja.
- loaves — plural of loaf1 .
- mavens — An expert or connoisseur.
- mavins — an expert or connoisseur.
- mavors — Mars.
- mohave — a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Yuman linguistic family, formerly located in the Colorado River valley of Arizona and California.
- mojave — a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Yuman linguistic family, formerly located in the Colorado River valley of Arizona and California.
- morava — German March. a river in central Europe, flowing S from NE Czech Republic, along part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Slovakia and Austria, into the Danube W of Bratislava. 240 miles (385 km) long.
- moshav — a cooperative community in Israel made up of small farm units.
- navaho — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navaid — an electronic aid to navigation.
- navajo — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- navies — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- navig. — navigation
- navsat — navigational satellite.
- octave — Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone. the interval encompassed by such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- octavo — a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8°.
- olav v — 1903–91, king of Norway 1957–91.
- ottava — (of notes in a score) at an octave higher than written (when placed above the staff) or lower than written (when placed below the staff). Abbreviation: 8va.
- p wave — a longitudinal wave that advances by alternate compression and expansion in a solid or fluid medium, like a sound wave
- p-wave — a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
- pavage — a tax towards paving streets, or the right to levy such a tax
- pavane — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- paveed — a pavement.
- pavese — Cesare (ˈtʃeːzare). 1908–50, Italian writer and translator. His works include collections of poems, such as Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi (1953), short stories, such as the collection Notte di festa (1953), and the novel La Luna e i falò (1950)
- paving — Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pavior — a person that paves; paver.
- pavise — a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- pavlov — Ivan Petrovich [ee-vahn pyi-traw-vyich] /iˈvɑn pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.
- pavone — a peacock
- peavey — a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
- pravda — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Communist Party in the U.S.S.R.
- quaver — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravana — (in the Ramayana) the king of Ceylon who abducts Sita, the wife of Ramachandra, and is later defeated by Ramachandra.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving — extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- reavow — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- repave — to pave again
- s wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- satnav — Satnav is a system that uses information from satellites to find the best way of getting to a place. It is often found in cars. Satnav is an abbreviation for 'satellite navigation'.
- savage — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.