9-letter words containing l, i, v, e
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invadable — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- invalided — Simple past tense and past participle of invalid.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.
- inveigled — Simple past tense and past participle of inveigle.
- inveigler — One who inveigles.
- inveigles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigle.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- inviolate — free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invokable — (computing) That can be invoked; callable.
- involucel — a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- involuted — intricate; complex.
- involutes — Plural form of involute.
- isolative — noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- jive talk — black American slang
- joinville — Jean de [zhahn duh] /ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1224?–1317, French chronicler.
- juveniles — Plural form of juvenile.
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- kerrville — a town in SW Texas.
- kid glove — a glove made of kid leather.
- kiselevsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia.
- knoxville — a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.
- lake kivu — a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth: (maximum) 475 m (1558 ft)
- lakeville — a town in SE Minnesota.
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lava-like — resembling lava in behaviour or consistency
- lavaliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- leadville — a town in central Colorado: historic mining boom town.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- leibovitz — Annie. born 1949, US photographer, known for her portraits of celebrities
- leitmotiv — Alternative form of leitmotif.
- lek-river — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- let drive — to hit or aim
- levallois — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- levantine — of or relating to the Levant.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.