8-letter words containing l, a, v
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- foveolae — a small fovea; a very small pit or depression.
- foveolar — a small fovea; a very small pit or depression.
- galavant — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- galivant — Alt form gallivant.
- gallivat — (nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
- galvanic — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- galvano- — indicating a galvanic current
- gavelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
- gavelman — a gavelkind tenant
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gigavolt — One thousand million ( 109 ) volts. Symbol: GV.
- gingival — of or relating to the gums.
- giveable — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- gloveman — fielder.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
- havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
- illative — of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”.
- illuvial — of or relating to illuviation or illuvium.
- induvial — (of a leaf, petal, or sepal) acting as induviae, decaying on the plant instead of falling off
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- jhabvala — Ruth Prawer, original name Ruth Prawer. 1927–2013, British writer living in India and the US, born in Germany to Polish parents: author of the Booker-prizewinning novel Heat and Dust (1975) and scripts for films by James Ivory
- jovially — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- kalevala — (italics) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- la verne — a town in S California.
- ladylove — a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lava bed — a large expanse of flat lava flows
- lavaboes — Plural form of lavabo.
- lavaform — in the form of lava
- lavalava — the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, especially in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt.