5-letter words containing v
- jives — Plural form of jive.
- jivey — resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- jouve — Pierre Jean [pyer zhahn] /pyɛr ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1887–1976, French writer.
- joves — Jupiter (def 1).
- juvie — a juvenile, especially a juvenile delinquent.
- kaval — an end-blown flute played in SE Europe
- kavos — a coastal village on Corfu: tourist resort. Pop: 830 (2001)
- kavya — a type of classical Sanskrit devotional poetry.
- keeve — (brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
- kevel — a hammer for the rough dressing of stone, having one square face and one pyramidal face.
- kevil — A sturdy belaying pin for the heavier cables of a ship.
- kevin — a male given name, form of Kenneth.
- khiva — a former Asian khanate along the Amu Darya River, S of the Aral Sea: now divided between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
- kieve — Alternative form of keeve.
- kirov — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, N of Kazan.
- kiruv — Hebrew. the act or practice of bringing secularized Jews closer to Judaism, especially Orthodox Judaism, as through seminars, meetings, and religious rituals.
- kivas — Plural form of kiva.
- kiver — (archaic, dialect) to cover.
- kleve — German name of Cleves.
- knave — an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
- knive — Misspelling of connive.
- konev — Ivan Stepanovich [ee-vahn styi-pah-nuh-vyich] /iˈvɑn styɪˈpɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Russian general and politician.
- kovac — Michal [mi-khahl] /ˈmɪ xɑl/ (Show IPA), born 1930, president of Slovakia 1993–98.
- kovar — an alloy that consists mostly of iron, nickel, and cobalt, and has the same heat expansion properties as heat-resistant glass: it is usually fused to glass to form a gas seal
- kovno — Russian name of Kaunas.
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- kvass — a Russian beer made from fermenting rye or barley and having a dark color and sour taste.
- kvell — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- labov — William, born 1927, U.S. linguist.
- larva — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- larve — Dated form of larva.
- laval — a department in W France. 2012 sq. mi. (5210 sq. km). Capital: Laval.
- lavas — Plural form of lava.
- laved — to wash; bathe.
- laver — Rod(ney George) born 1938, Australian tennis player.
- laves — to wash; bathe.
- lavvy — (Scotland) lavatory; toilet.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leavy — leafy.
- leo v — flourished 10th century a.d, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 903.
- levee — (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- leven — Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- lever — tool for lifting
- levet — (obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
- levin — lightning.
- levis — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- levo- — toward or on the left-hand side
- lieve — lief.
- lived — having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination): a many-lived cat.