9-letter words containing a, v, i, l
- 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.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lixiviate — to treat with a solvent; leach.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- 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
- maldivian — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- 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.
- 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.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- moldavian — of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.
- moldavite — a green tektite found in Bohemia.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- movieland — a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.
- mykolayiv — Nikolayev.
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- 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.
- navel ill — joint ill.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navy list — (in Britain) an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the Royal Navy and reserve officers liable for recall
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- non-valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- nonviable — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- novennial — Recurring every nine years.
- novillada — (bullfighting) A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
- obliviate — To forget, to wipe from existence.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- oulujarvi — a lake in central Finland, draining through the Oulu River to the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- 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.
- ovalizing — Present participle of ovalize.