9-letter words containing r, o, l, v
- flip over — turn upside down
- free love — the doctrine or practice of having sexual relations or living together without legal marriage or continuing obligation.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- governall — government
- groveless — having no groves
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- grovelled — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- groveller — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- heel over — When something heels over, it leans over very far as if it is about to fall over.
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- in revolt — in the process or state of rebelling
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- ivorybill — The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis).
- keel over — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- left over — remaining
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- lermontov — Mikhail Yurievich [myi-khuh-yeel yoo-ryi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil ˈyu ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–41, Russian poet and novelist.
- liver-rot — a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- livermore — a city in W California.
- liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- look-over — a brief or superficial examination or reading.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lover boy — a man who is successful with women
- loverless — having no lover
- lyra viol — a lutelike musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: the forerunner of the mandolin
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- mull over — to study or ruminate; ponder.