10-letter words containing h, e, l, v
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- live birth — the birth of a living child
- livelihead — vigour or liveliness
- livelihood — a means of supporting one's existence, especially financially or vocationally; living: to earn a livelihood as a tenant farmer.
- livelyhood — Misspelling of livelihood.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- love child — a child born out of wedlock.
- love hotel — (esp in Japan) a hotel where rooms can be hired by the hour by amorous couples
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- photonovel — a novel published as a series of sequential photographs coupled with dialogue enclosed in balloons.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- shovelhead — bonnethead.
- shovelnose — any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleevehand — a sleeve's cuff or wristband
- tail-heavy — noting or pertaining to a craft or vehicle that is too heavy in the rear, from overloading or poor design.
- the devil! — used in such phrases as what the devil, where the devil, etc
- the levant — a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
- the living — those that are still alive
- the twelve — the Twelve Apostles
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- themselves — reflexive
- thriveless — not thriving, flourishing or prospering
- tough love — a mixture of toughness and warmth used in a relationship, especially with an adolescent.
- ultraheavy — extremely heavy
- vehemently — zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
- veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- very light — highly illuminated
- videophile — an enthusiast of television, video recording, video equipment, or the like.
- villa home — one of a set of suburban bungalows built compactly on the one allotment, esp on the former site of a single bungalow
- wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.