9-letter words containing a, l, e, v, i
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jive talk — black American slang
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- lake kivu — a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth: (maximum) 475 m (1558 ft)
- lakeville — a town in SE Minnesota.
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lava-like — resembling lava in behaviour or consistency
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- leadville — a town in central Colorado: historic mining boom town.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- levallois — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- levantine — of or relating to the Levant.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- leviathan — (often initial capital letter) Bible. a sea monster.
- levigable — capable of being levigated or ground into a fine powder
- levigated — Simple past tense and past participle of levigate.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- levitated — Simple past tense and past participle of levitate.
- levitical — of or relating to the Levites.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- live axle — an axle which rotates with the wheel; driving axle
- live data — 1. Data that is written to be interpreted and takes over program flow when triggered by some un-obvious operation, such as viewing it. One use of such hacks is to break security. For example, some smart terminals have commands that allow one to download strings to program keys; this can be used to write live data that, when listed to the terminal, infects it with a security-breaking virus that is triggered the next time a hapless user strikes that key. For another, there are some well-known bugs in vi that allow certain texts to send arbitrary commands back to the machine when they are simply viewed. 2. In C, data that includes pointers to functions (executable code). 3. An object, such as a trampoline, that is constructed on the fly by a program and intended to be executed as code. 4. Actual real-world data, as opposed to "test data". For example, "I think I have the record deletion module finished." "Have you tried it out on live data?" This usage usually carries the connotation that live data is more fragile and must not be corrupted, or bad things will happen. So a more appropriate response to the above claim might be: "Well, make sure it works perfectly before we throw live data at it." The implication here is that record deletion is something pretty significant, and a haywire record-deletion module running amok on live data would probably cause great harm.
- live load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- live rail — an electric rail track
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liverleaf — hepatica.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- lixiviate — to treat with a solvent; leach.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- meadville — a city in NW Pennsylvania.
- mediaeval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- medievals — Plural form of medieval.