8-letter words containing a, t, v
- vapidity — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- vapulate — to beat or whip
- varactor — a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.
- varietal — of, pertaining to, designating, or characteristic of a variety.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- varletry — varlets collectively.
- vartabed — (in the Armenian church) a doctor, master, or teacher
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- vasteras — a city in central Sweden.
- vastness — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- vat rate — the rate at which VAT is applied
- vaticide — a person who murders a prophet.
- vaultage — a group of vaults; a vaulted place
- vaulting — the act of vaulting.
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- vauntful — boastful.
- vaunting — having a boastfully proud disposition: a vaunting dictator.
- vegelate — low-quality chocolate that contains a certain proportion of vegetable fats not derived from the cocoa bean
- vegetant — causing growth
- vegetate — to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
- velatura — a thin layer of paint somewhat like a glaze but opaque or semi-opaque rather than transparent
- venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
- venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- vendetta — a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.
- venenate — to poison
- venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- venetian — of or relating to Venice or its inhabitants.
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
- veratrum — any poisonous herb of N American genus Veratrum
- verbatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- vertebra — any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.
- vertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vesicant — producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.
- vesicate — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vestally — in a vestal manner
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- vestigia — a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- vexation — the act of vexing.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- viameter — an early form of odometer designed to measure the distance travelled by a carriage
- viatical — of or relating to a viaticum.
- viaticum — Ecclesiastical. the Eucharist or Communion as given to a person dying or in danger of death.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vibrator — a person or thing that vibrates.
- vicarate — vicariate.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- victuals — victuals, food supplies; provisions.