8-letter words containing a, l, e, v, i
- illative — of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- 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.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- leviable — that may be levied.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- liveable — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- manville — a borough in N central New Jersey.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- oversail — a projection
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- plausive — applauding.
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- reviewal — the act of reviewing.
- rivaless — a female rival
- rivalize — to become a rival
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- salivate — to produce saliva.