8-letter words containing a, r, v, l
- survival — the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances.
- svalbard — Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- talavera — a type of Mexican earthenware characterized by colorful, detailed patterns and a milky glaze.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- traveled — used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
- traveler — a person or thing that travels.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trevally — any of several popular Australian food fish of the genus Caranx, especially Caranx georgianus.
- trivalve — having three valves, as a shell.
- unvulgar — not vulgar or common; refined; free from vulgarity
- val d'or — a city in SW Quebec, in S Canada.
- valdemar — Waldemar I
- valerate — a salt of valeric acid
- valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
- valkyrie — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- vallenar — a city in central Chile.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valorous — having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
- valuator — to set a value on; appraise.
- valvular — having the form or function of a valve.
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- variably — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- variceal — of or relating to a varix
- varietal — of, pertaining to, designating, or characteristic of a variety.
- variolar — variolous
- varletry — varlets collectively.
- vasarely — Victor. 1908–97, French painter, born in Hungary; a leading exponent of op art
- vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- velarium — an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
- velarize — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velatura — a thin layer of paint somewhat like a glaze but opaque or semi-opaque rather than transparent
- venereal — arising from, connected with, or transmitted through sexual intercourse, as an infection.
- verbally — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- verlaine — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
- vertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vesperal — the part of an antiphonary containing the chants for vespers.
- vicarial — of or relating to a vicar.
- victrola — a gramophone
- villager — an inhabitant of a village.
- violator — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- virality — the condition or fact of being rapidly spread or popularized by means of people communicating with each other, especially through the Internet: We’re looking for ways to increase the virality of our web content.
- virginal — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin: virginal purity.
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- 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.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- vreeland — Diana Dalziel [dee-el] /diˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, U.S. columnist and fashion editor, born in France.
- vuillard — (Jean) Édouard [zhahn ey-dwar] /ʒɑ̃ eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1868–1940, French painter.