9-letter words containing s, l, o, v
- go halves — plural of half.
- goldovsky — Boris [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis/ (Show IPA), 1908–2001, U.S. conductor, pianist, and opera director, born in Russia.
- gonsalves — Paul, 1920–74, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- groveless — having no groves
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- insolvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- 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.
- kilovolts — Plural form of kilovolt.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
- lavations — Plural form of lavation.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- 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.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lomonosov — Mikhail Vasilevich [myi-khuh-yeel vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1711–65, Russian philosopher, poet, scientist, and grammarian.
- longevous — long-lived; living to a great age.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- louis vii — ("the Young") 1121?–80, king of France 1137–80 (son of Louis VI).
- louis xiv — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- louis xvi — 1754–93, king of France 1774–92 (grandson of Louis XV and husband of Marie Antoinette).
- love nest — A love nest is a house or flat where two people who are having a love affair live or meet.
- love seat — a small upholstered sofa for two people
- love song — song expressing romantic feelings
- 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.
- lovebites — Plural form of lovebite.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelocks — Plural form of lovelock.
- loverless — having no lover
- loveseats — Plural form of loveseat.
- lovespoon — Alternative spelling of love spoon.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- molotovsk — former name of Severodvinsk.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nonselves — Plural form of nonself.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- novelists — Plural form of novelist.
- novelizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of novelize.
- novelties — Plural form of novelty.