8-letter words containing l, a, v
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- bob veal — the flesh of an unborn or newborn calf, used for food.
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- calvaria — the top part of the skull of vertebrates
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cervelas — a French garlic sausage
- cervelat — a smoked sausage made from pork and beef
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- chevalet — the piece of wood in a musical instrument that the strings are stretched over and which passes on their movement or oscillation to the main part of the instrument
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- civilian — In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
- clavacin — patulin.
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- clavecin — a harpsichord
- clavicle — Your clavicles are your collar bones.
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleavage — A woman's cleavage is the space between her breasts, especially the top part which you see if she is wearing a dress with a low neck.
- cleavers — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits
- cleaveth — Archaic third-person singular form of cleave.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- conclave — A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave.
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- convival — (obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
- corrival — rival
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- coverall — a thing that covers something entirely
- cravable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- crevalle — a silver coloured fish, Caranx hippos of the Carangidae or jack family native to western Atlantic areas
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- devalued — having a reduced value or worth
- devaluer — One who, or that which, devalues.