9-letter words containing v, l, s
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- flavanols — Plural form of flavanol.
- flavonols — Plural form of flavonol.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flyleaves — Plural form of flyleaf.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- galvanise — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanism — Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
- galvanist — a person who studies or practises galvanism
- galveston — a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
- 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.
- graveless — having no grave or graves
- groveless — having no groves
- have legs — If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed.
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- helvetius — Claude Adrien [klawd ey-dree-uh n;; French klohd a-dree-ahn] /klɔd ˈeɪ dri ən;; French kloʊd a driˈɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1715–71, French philosopher.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- illatives — Plural form of illative.
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusive — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- ingluvies — a dilation or pouch in the oesophagus of certain animals that receives food prior to the main stomach, esp a bird's craw, or the first stomach of a cow or other ruminating animal
- 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.
- insultive — (rare,non-standard) Insulting.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.
- inveigles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigle.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- invisibly — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- 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.
- javelinas — Plural form of javelina.
- juveniles — Plural form of juvenile.
- jyvaskyla — a city in S central Finland.
- kilovolts — Plural form of kilovolt.
- kiselevsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia.
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
- las vegas — a city in SE Nevada.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- lavations — Plural form of lavation.