9-letter words containing v, a, r, i, l
- graveling — small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- grevillea — An evergreen tree or shrub bearing conspicuous flowers that lack petals, most kinds of which are native to Australia.
- haverhill — a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- intervale — a low-lying tract of land along a river.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- 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.
- lay vicar — a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- live rail — an electric rail track
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liverleaf — hepatica.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- 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.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- 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.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- oulujarvi — a lake in central Finland, draining through the Oulu River to the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- prevailed — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prevailer — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- ravelling — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravenlike — resembling a raven
- real live — You use real live to say that someone or something is present or exists, when you want to indicate that you think this is exciting and unusual or unexpected.
- relatival — of or relating to a relative
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.