10-letter words containing v, a
- laptev sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean N of the Russian Federation in Asia, between Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands.
- larvacidal — Alternative spelling of larvicidal.
- larvicidal — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lavalliere — an ornamental pendant, usually jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
- lavatorial — Relating to or resembling lavatories.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- laverbread — laver seaweed fried as a breakfast food; popular in Wales
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavenless — Without any yeast or other raising agent.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lev landau — Lev Davidovich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] /ˈlyɛf dʌˈvyɛ də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, 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.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liberative — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- life-saver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lilliac iv — (computer) A supercomputer designed in the late 1960s at the University of Illinois which had 64 separate CPUs all supervised by a common control unit and all capable of operating simultaneously.
- limitative — limiting; restrictive.
- litigative — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- livability — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livebearer — any viviparous fish of the family Poeciliidae, often kept in home aquariums.
- livelihead — vigour or liveliness
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- loan value — the highest amount of money that can be borrowed against a life-insurance policy, based on the cash value of the policy.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- longaevous — long-lived
- look alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- love apple — a tropical, tender plant, Solanum aculeatissimum, of the nightshade family, having prickly leaves, clusters of large, star-shaped white flowers, and red, tomatolike fruit.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.