8-letter words containing a, i, r, v
- virginia — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- viridian — a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
- virtanen — Artturi Ilmari [ahrt-too-ri il-mah-ri] /ˈɑrt tʊ rɪ ˈɪl mɑ rɪ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1973, Finnish biochemist: Nobel prize 1945.
- virtuosa — a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- viscaria — any plant of the Eurasian perennial genus Viscaria, closely related to genus Lychnis, in which it is sometimes included: low-growing, with pink, white, or purple flowers: family Carophyllaceae
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- visegrad — a town in N Hungary, NW of Budapest on the Danube: site of summit in 1991 of the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
- vittoria — a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
- vivarium — a place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research.
- vivipara — a division of vertebrates that produce offspring that develop as embryos within the female parent and thus are born live
- vladimir — Saint. Also, Vladimir I, Wladimir. (Vladimir the Great) a.d. c956–1015, first Christian grand prince of Russia 980–1015.
- voltaire — (François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- votarist — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- vraicker — a person who gathers vraic
- vuillard — (Jean) Édouard [zhahn ey-dwar] /ʒɑ̃ eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1868–1940, French painter.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- yarovize — to vernalize.