9-letter words containing v, a, l, o
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- 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.
- live load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- longaeval — Alt form longeval.
- love game — a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.
- love seat — a small upholstered sofa for two people
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- 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.
- loveseats — Plural form of loveseat.
- lyra viol — a lutelike musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: the forerunner of the mandolin
- make love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- moldavian — of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.
- moldavite — a green tektite found in Bohemia.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- movieland — a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.
- mykolayiv — Nikolayev.
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- non-valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- nonverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- nonviable — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- novennial — Recurring every nine years.
- novillada — (bullfighting) A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
- obclavate — inversely clavate.
- obliviate — To forget, to wipe from existence.
- obovately — in an obovate manner
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- oulujarvi — a lake in central Finland, draining through the Oulu River to the Gulf of Bothnia.
- outtravel — (transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled.
- outvalues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvalue.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- ovalizing — Present participle of ovalize.
- over-able — too able