5-letter words containing l, e, v
- levet — (obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
- levin — lightning.
- levis — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- levo- — toward or on the left-hand side
- lieve — lief.
- lived — having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination): a many-lived cat.
- liven — to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up): What can we do to liven up the party?
- liver — a person who lives in a manner specified: an extravagant liver.
- lives — plural of life.
- livre — a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- loave — Alternative form of lofe.
- loved — held in deep affection; cherished: loved companions; much-loved friends.
- lovee — One who is loved; a recipient of love.
- lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- loves — Plural form of love.
- lovey — sweetheart; dear: used as a term of endearment.
- lurve — (informal) Love, fondness.
- mvule — a tropical African tree, Chlorophora excelsa (or Milicia excelsa)
- navel — umbilicus (def 1).
- nevel — a stroke or blow with the fist
- nevil — a male given name, form of Neville.
- novel — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- olive — a female given name.
- ovule — Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- ravel — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- reval — former German name of Tallinn.
- revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- rivel — a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- selva — a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- slave — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- slive — to cut or slice
- solve — to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain: to solve the mystery of the missing books.
- tavel — a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- vales — a valley.
- valet — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- valse — waltz.
- value — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- valve — any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc.
- vealy — resembling veal.
- veily — like a veil
- velar — of or relating to a velum, especially the soft palate.
- veldt — the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa.
- velic — pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity: velic closure.
- velma — a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- velum — Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- venal — willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge.
- venlo — a city in SE Netherlands.
- vexil — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
- viler — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.