9-letter words containing a, v, i, l, s
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- 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.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- medievals — Plural form of medieval.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- revisable — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- rivalless — without rivals
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rivalship — rivalry
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sail-over — a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sea devil — manta (def 4).
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- slaveling — a person in a condition of servility or slavery.
- slavering — to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
- slavicism — Slavism.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- slavishly — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- swissvale — a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- univalves — having one valve.
- universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- valencies — valence.
- vampishly — in a vampish manner
- vandalise — to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night.