9-letter words containing a, r, v, l
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- 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.
- lay vicar — a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- leveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.
- leverages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leverage.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- 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.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lyra viol — a lutelike musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: the forerunner of the mandolin
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marvelled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marveller — One who marvel.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- neverland — never-never land.
- nonverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- oulujarvi — a lake in central Finland, draining through the Oulu River to the Gulf of Bothnia.
- outtravel — (transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- over-able — too able
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overalled — wearing overalls
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overclean — too clean
- overclear — too clear