6-letter words containing va
- kaleva — a hero and progenitor of heroes in Finnish and Estonian folk epics.
- kavass — an armed constable
- kgbvax — kremvax
- kievan — of or relating to Kiev.
- kuvasz — one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a short, slightly wavy, white coat, used for herding sheep and as watchdogs.
- kvaløy — two islands in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway: North Kvaløy, 329 sq km (127 sq miles), and South Kvaløy, 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- larvae — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- larvas — Plural form of larva.
- lavabo — Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12. the passage recited. the small towel or the basin used.
- lavage — a washing.
- lavash — a large, leavened flatbread from Armenia.
- le vau — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1612–70, French architect.
- lekvar — a soft, jamlike spread made of sweetened prunes or apricots.
- levade — a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
- levant — to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
- libava — Russian name of Liepāja.
- litvak — a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.
- louvar — a red-finned, deep-sea, tropical fish, Luvarus imperialis, having the vent at the base of the pectoral fin.
- lovage — a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.
- lvalue — (programming) A reference to a location, an expression which can appear as the destination of an assignment operator indicating where a value should be stored. For example, a variable or an array element are lvalues but the constant 42 and the expression i+1 are not. A constant string may or may not be an lvalue (it usually is in C).
- mikvah — a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.
- morava — German March. a river in central Europe, flowing S from NE Czech Republic, along part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Slovakia and Austria, into the Danube W of Bratislava. 240 miles (385 km) long.
- moskva — Russian name of Moscow.
- movant — (legal) The party who moves for the judge to rule in favor of a motion.
- navaho — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- navaid — an electronic aid to navigation.
- navajo — a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.
- nerval — neural.
- nevada — a state in the W United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). Capital: Carson City. Abbreviation: NV (for use with zip code), Nev.
- novara — a city in NE Piedmont, in NW Italy.
- novate — To replace something with something new.
- novato — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- ogival — Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.
- ottava — (of notes in a score) at an octave higher than written (when placed above the staff) or lower than written (when placed below the staff). Abbreviation: 8va.
- ovalle — a city in central Chile.
- ovally — In an oval shape.
- ovambo — a member of a mixed Khoikhoi and Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in N Namibia: noted for their skill in metal work
- ovated — Ovate.
- ovator — a person who takes part in ovation for someone
- padova — Italian name of Padua.
- parsva — a semilegendary Tirthankara of the 8th century b.c., said to have been born after a series of pious incarnations in each of which he was killed by an antagonist who had originally been his elder brother: the twenty-third Tirthankara.
- pavage — a tax towards paving streets, or the right to levy such a tax
- pavane — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- preval — René García [ruh-ney gahr-see-uh] /rəˈneɪ gɑrˈsi ə/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Haitian politician: prime minister 1991–95, president 1996–2001, 2006–11.
- ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravana — (in the Ramayana) the king of Ceylon who abducts Sita, the wife of Ramachandra, and is later defeated by Ramachandra.
- revamp — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rivage — a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.