10-letter words containing e, l, v
- jadotville — former name of Likasi.
- jail fever — a former name for typhus, once a common disease in jails
- janesville — a city in S Wisconsin.
- javelineer — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- javelinier — A soldier who throws a javelin.
- jovialness — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jus civile — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- juvenalian — (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
- juvenility — juvenile state, character, or manner.
- juvenilize — to make juvenile or immature: to juvenilize the classics for quick reading.
- kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
- keep vigil — If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
- keep-alive — (communications) A short message sent periodically on a communication channel that would otherwise time out and close due to inactivity.
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- king devil — any of several European hawkweeds introduced into northeastern North America, where they are troublesome weeds.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kingsville — a city in S Texas.
- kirksville — a city in N Missouri.
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- labiovelar — pronounced with simultaneous bilabial and velar articulations, as w.
- lacerative — Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.
- lad's love — herb: wormwood
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lake pskov — the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)
- lake sevan — a lake in Armenia at an altitude of 1914 m (6279 ft). Area: 1417 sq km (547 sq miles)
- lake volta — an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)
- lamivudine — (medicine) A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
- land rover — a four-wheel drive vehicle
- landgraves — Plural form of landgrave.
- laptev sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean N of the Russian Federation in Asia, between Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- lavalliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- laverbread — laver seaweed fried as a breakfast food; popular in Wales
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavenless — Without any yeast or other raising agent.
- lemon vine — Barbados gooseberry (def 1).
- lenitively — In a lenitive manner.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- lev landau — Lev Davidovich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] /ˈlyɛf dʌˈvyɛ də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.
- level line — contour line.
- level with — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- leverhulme — Viscount (William Hesketh Lever) 1851–1925, English soap manufacturer, originator of an employee profit-sharing plan, and founder of a model industrial town.
- leverkusen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, on the Rhine.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.