| ALVAR | • alvar n. (Geology) A limestone pavement. • ALVAR n. (Swedish) an area of exposed limestone. |
| ARVAL | • arval n. (Scotland and Northern England, now rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served… • arval n. (Rare, chiefly historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant… • arval n. (Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale. |
| AVAIL | • avail v. (Transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. • avail v. (Transitive) To be of service to. • avail v. (Transitive) To promote; to assist. |
| AVALE | • avale v. (Transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall. • avale v. (Transitive, obsolete) To bring low; to abase. • avale v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount. |
| FLAVA | • flava n. (Slang) flavor. • FLAVA n. (slang) a special style, flavour or feeling. |
| HALVA | • halva n. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South… • HALVA n. (Yiddish) a sweetmeat containing sesame seeds, honey, nuts and saffron, also HALAVAH, HALVAH. |
| KAVAL | • kaval n. (Music) A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe. • KAVAL n. a kind of flute, played esp. in the Balkans. |
| LARVA | • larva n. An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects… • larva n. An animal in the aforementioned stage. • larva n. A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage. |
| LAVAL | • Laval prop.n. A placename… • Laval prop.n. A surname from French. originating from France. • LAVAL adj. of or pertaining to lava. |
| LAVAS | • lavas n. Plural of lava. • LAVA n. molten rock that issues from a volcano. |
| LAVRA | • lavra n. Alternative form of laura. • LAVRA n. (Greek) a group of huts or cells inhabited by reclusive monks in Egypt and the Middle East, also LAURA. |
| MALVA | • malva n. A plant of the genus Malva, a mallow. • Malva prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – mallows. • MALVA n. (Latin) any plant of the mallow family. |
| NAVAL | • naval adj. (Nautical) Of or relating to a navy. • naval adj. (Nautical) Of or relating to ships in general. • Naval prop.n. A surname. |
| VAGAL | • vagal adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the vagus nerve. • VAGAL adj. pertaining to the vagus nerve. |
| VASAL | • vasal adj. Relating to a vessel (of the body). • vasal n. (Rare) Alternative spelling of vassal. • vasal v. (Rare) Alternative spelling of vassal. |