Words starting with lav
3 letter words starting with lav
- lav — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
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6 letter words starting with lav
- lavabo — Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12. the passage recited. the small towel or the basin used.
- lavage — a washing.
- lavash — a large, leavened flatbread from Armenia.
- laveer — to sail windward
- lavern — Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
7 letter words starting with lav
- lavaged — Simple past tense and past participle of lavage.
- lavages — Plural form of lavage.
- lavaret — a whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in the lakes of central Europe.
- lavater — Johann Kaspar [yoh-hahn kahs-pahr] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkɑs pɑr/ (Show IPA), 1741–1801, Swiss poet, theologian, and physiognomist.
- laveran — Charles Louis Alphonse [sharl lwee al-fawns] /ʃarl lwi alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1845–1922, French physician and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1907.
8 letter words starting with lav
- lavaboes — Plural form of lavabo.
- lavaform — in the form of lava
- lavalava — the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, especially in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt.
- lavalier — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavalike — Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity.
9 letter words starting with lav
- lava-lava — the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, especially in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt.
- lava-like — resembling lava in behaviour or consistency
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavalleja — Juan Antonio [hwahn ahn-taw-nyaw] /ʰwɑn ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1853, Uruguayan revolutionary: leader in war of independence against Brazil 1825.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
10 letter words starting with lav
- lavalliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavatorial — Relating to or resembling lavatories.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- laverbread — laver seaweed fried as a breakfast food; popular in Wales
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
13 letter words starting with lav
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
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