8-letter words containing l, i, v, n
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- joinvile — a seaport in S Brazil.
- juvenile — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- kvelling — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lavandin — a hybrid plant with blue or grey flowers, developed by crossing true lavender with spike lavender
- lavation — the process of washing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- leveeing — Present participle of levee.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- levering — Mechanics. 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. Compare machine (def 4b).
- lhevinne — Josef [joh-zuh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1944, Russian pianist.
- litvinov — Maksim Maksimovich [muh-ksyeem muh-ksyee-muh-vyich] /mʌˈksyim mʌˈksyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1951, Russian Communist leader and diplomat.
- live one — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- lived-in — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- liven up — make more lively
- liveness — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- livening — Present participle of liven.
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- livingly — in a lively, vivid manner
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- longview — a city in NE Texas.
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lovevine — a leafless parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta
- lovingly — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- malvinas — a female given name.
- manville — a borough in N central New Jersey.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- navicula — an incense holder or incense boat
- nieveful — a fistful, the quantity that may be contained in a closed fist
- noncivil — Not civil.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonvalid — not valid; invalid
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- nonvital — not vital
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- olivinic — of, relating to, or containing olivine
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.