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There are 18 eight-letter words containing LUV

ALLUVIAL• alluvial adj. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
• alluvial n. (Countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
• alluvial n. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
ALLUVION• alluvion n. (Law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
• ALLUVION n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVIUM.
ALLUVIUM• alluvium n. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.
• ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION.
COLLUVIA• colluvia n. Plural of colluvium.
• COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope.
DILUVIAL• diluvial adj. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
• diluvial adj. (Biblical) Pertaining to Noah’s Flood.
• DILUVIAL adj. pertaining to a flood, also DILUVIAN.
DILUVIAN• diluvian adj. Pertaining to a deluge, or flood.
• DILUVIAN adj. pertaining to a flood, also DILUVIAL.
DILUVION• diluvion n. Synonym of diluvium.
• DILUVION n. a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVIUM.
DILUVIUM• diluvium n. An inundation or flood; a deluge.
• diluvium n. (Geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
• DILUVIUM n. (Latin) a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc. caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVION.
EFFLUVIA• effluvia n. Plural of effluvium.
• EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours.
ELUVIATE• eluviate v. To cause eluviation.
• ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil.
ELUVIUMS• eluviums n. Plural of eluvium.
• ELUVIUM n. (Latin) an accumulation of rock debris.
ILLUVIAL• illuvial adj. Of, pertaining to, or formed by illuviation.
• ILLUVIAL adj. relating to illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer.
ILLUVIUM• illuvium n. (Geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater.
• ILLUVIUM n. material removed from the soil layer by rainwater and deposited in a lower layer.
IMPLUVIA• impluvia n. Plural of impluvium.
• IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses.
PLUVIALS• pluvials n. Plural of pluvial.
• PLUVIAL n. a floor-length open-fronted ecclesiastical garment.
PLUVIANS• pluvians n. Plural of pluvian.
• PLUVIAN n. a crocodile bird.
PLUVIOSE• pluviose adj. (Rare) Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy.
• Pluviôse prop.n. (Historical) The fifth month of the French Republican Calendar, from January 20, 21 or 22 to February 18, 19 or 20.
• PLUVIOSE adj. pertaining to rain, also PLUVIOUS.
PLUVIOUS• pluvious adj. Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
• PLUVIOUS adj. rainy, also PLUVIAL, PLUVIAN, PLUVIOSE.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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