7-letter words containing a, l, v
- milanov — Zinka [zing-kuh;; Serbo-Croatian zing-kah] /ˈzɪŋ kə;; Serbo-Croatian ˈzɪŋ kɑ/ (Show IPA), (Zinka Kunc) 1906–1989, Yugoslavian soprano, in the U.S., born in Croatia.
- moldova — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- movable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- movably — So as to make movable.
- moviola — a viewing machine used in cutting and editing film
- naively — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- navally — In a naval manner; with relation to a navy.
- novalia — any land that has been newly reclaimed and cultivated
- novalis — (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- novella — a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
- octaval — (music) Of, pertaining to, or relating to an octave.
- olivary — shaped like an olive.
- ovality — the quality or state of being oval.
- ovalize — Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
- ovarial — ovarian
- overall — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
- overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overlax — too lax
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlea — a town in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- ovoidal — something that is egg-shaped
- ovulary — the part of a plant's anatomy where ovules develop
- ovulate — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- p value — (statistics) The probability that the opposite of some hypothesis is true, based on some set of results; a way of expressing the significance of a statistical observation. The lower the P value, the more significant the result. For example, if the hypothesis was "This vaccine prevents flu" then the opposite hypothesis (the "null hypothesis") would be "This vaccine has no effect on flu". If the occurence of flu was measured in a sample of people taking the vaccine then one might say that the hypothesis was confirmed with a p value of 5%. That would mean there was a 5% chance of obtaining the same results or better from a similar sample of the whole population even if the vaccine had no effect.
- pahlavi — the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- paul iv — (Gian Pietro Caraffa) 1476–1559, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555–59.
- paul vi — (Giovanni Batista Montini) 1897–1978, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1963–78.
- pavlova — Anna [ah-nuh] /ˈɑ nə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1931, Russian ballet dancer.
- pivotal — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- pluvial — of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.
- pluvian — a crocodile bird
- poltava — a city in E Ukraine, SW of Kharkov: Russian defeat of Swedes 1709.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- r-value — a measure of the resistance of an insulating or building material to heat flow, expressed as R-11, R-20, and so on; the higher the number, the greater the resistance to heat flow.
- raveled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- raveler — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravelin — a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- ravioli — small cases of pasta, often square, stuffed with a filling, usually of meat or cheese, and often served with a tomato sauce.
- removal — the act of removing.
- revalue — to revise or reestimate the value of: efforts to revalue the dollar.
- revisal — the act of revising; revision.
- revival — restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
- rivaled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
- rolvaag — Ole Edvart [oh-luh ed-vahrt] /ˈoʊ lə ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1931, U.S. novelist and educator, born in Norway.
- salavat — a city in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, S of Ufa.
- salival — salivary
- salvage — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- salvete — welcome!