These are the meanings of the letters LEARVV when you unscramble them.
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Laver (n.)
A vessel for washing; a large basin.
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Laver (n.)
A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
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Laver (n.)
One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
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Laver (n.)
That which washes or cleanses.
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Laver (n.)
One who laves; a washer.
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Laver (n.)
The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.
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Ravel (v. t.)
To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
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Ravel (v. t.)
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
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Ravel (v. t.)
To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
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Ravel (v. i.)
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
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Ravel (v. i.)
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
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Ravel (v. i.)
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
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Valve (n.)
A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
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Valve (n.)
A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
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Valve (n.)
One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
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Valve (n.)
One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
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Valve (n.)
One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
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Valve (n.)
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
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Valve (n.)
One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
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Velar (a.)
Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
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Velar (a.)
Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.