8-letter words containing l, a, v
- lavalier — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavalike — Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity.
- lavandin — a hybrid plant with blue or grey flowers, developed by crossing true lavender with spike lavender
- lavatera — (botany) Any of the genus Lavatera of malvaceous flowering plants.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- lavatory — a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- laxative — a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
- lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- le havre — a seaport in N France, at the mouth of the Seine.
- leaflove — An African bulbul that frequents dense thickets, with mainly drab brown plumage and a loud bubbling call.
- leave be — not disturb
- leave go — to stop holding
- leavened — Simple past tense and past participle of leaven.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- leverage — 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.
- leviable — that may be levied.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- limavady — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 33 571 (2003 est). Area: 586 sq km (226 sq miles)
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- liveable — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liveware — /li:v'weir/ 1. A less common synonym for wetware 2. (Cambridge) Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware in my salad."
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- love rat — Journalists sometimes use love rat to refer to a man who treats his partner in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationships with other people.
- loveable — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lovelace — Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
- loveland — a city in N Colorado.
- loveseat — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- maldives — 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.