8-letter words containing a, l, t, v
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- 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.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- love rat — Journalists sometimes use love rat to refer to a man who treats his partner in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationships with other people.
- loveseat — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.
- nanovolt — An SI unit of electrical potential.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nonvital — not vital
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outvalue — Be of greater value than.
- overlate — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- rivality — rivalry
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- solvates — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- talavera — a type of Mexican earthenware characterized by colorful, detailed patterns and a milky glaze.
- tax levy — the amount of money charged as taxation on particular assets or goods
- tel aviv — a city in W central Israel: one of the centers of Jewish immigration following World War II.
- the oval — a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- traveled — used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
- traveler — a person or thing that travels.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trevally — any of several popular Australian food fish of the genus Caranx, especially Caranx georgianus.
- trivalve — having three valves, as a shell.
- tuvaluan — a parliamentary state consisting of a group of islands in the central Pacific, S of the equator: a former British colony; gained independence 1978. 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km). Capital: Funafuti.
- tv table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- vacantly — having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- vagility — the ability of an organism to move about freely and migrate.
- valdosta — a city in S Georgia.
- valentia — a port in E Spain, capital of Valencia province, on the Mediterranean: the third largest city in Spain; capital of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia (1021–1238); university (1501). Pop: 780 653 (2003 est)