7-letter words containing a, d, v
- raveled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravined — marked or furrowed with ravines.
- rivaled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- safavid — a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736.
- savored — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- tardive — appearing or tending to appear late, as in human development or in the treatment of a disease.
- unpaved — a pavement.
- unsaved — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- uvedale — Nicholas, Udall.
- v and a — Victoria and Albert Museum
- v-e day — May 8, 1945, the day of victory in Europe for the Allies in World War II.
- v-j day — August 15, 1945, the day Japan accepted the Allied surrender terms in World War II.
- vacated — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- vaivode — voivode.
- valadon — Suzanne [sy-zan] /süˈzan/ (Show IPA), 1865–1938, French painter (mother of Maurice Utrillo).
- valeted — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- valgoid — of or relating to valgus
- validly — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- valinda — a town in SW California.
- vanadic — of or containing vanadium, especially in the trivalent or pentavalent state.
- vandals — (initial capital letter) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century a.d. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in a.d. 455 sacked Rome.
- vandyke — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- vanload — the amount carried by a van.
- vanward — in or towards the front
- vat dye — any of the class of insoluble dyes impregnated into textile fibers by reduction into soluble leuco bases that regenerate the insoluble dye on oxidation.
- vaudois — Waldenses.
- vaulted — constructed or covered with a vault, as a building or chamber.
- vaunted — praised boastfully or excessively: the vaunted beauties of Paris.
- vedalia — an Australian ladybird, Rodolia cardinalis, introduced elsewhere to control the scale insect Icerya purchasi, which is a pest of citrus fruits
- vedanta — the chief Hindu philosophy, dealing mainly with the Upanishadic doctrine of the identity of Brahman and Atman, that reached its highest development a.d. c800 through the philosopher Shankara. Compare Advaita, dvaita (def 2).
- velated — Biology. having a velum.
- vendace — a whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England.
- vendage — the harvest of grapes
- vendean — of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.
- ventrad — toward the ventral side; ventrally.
- veranda — Also, verandah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
- verdant — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- viaduct — a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.
- vidalia — a town in central Georgia.
- viduage — widows collectively; widowhood
- villard — Henry (Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard) 1835–1900, U.S. railroad executive and publisher, born in Bavaria.
- vinland — a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen about a.d.
- visaged — the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- vistaed — possessing or forming a vista or vistas.
- vivaldi — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1678–1741, Italian violinist and composer.
- vologda — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NNE of Moscow.
- wavered — Simple past tense and past participle of waver.
- zhdanov — former name (1948–89) of Mariupol.