8-letter words containing a, v, d
- validate — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- validity — the state or quality of being valid: to question the validity of the argument.
- valleyed — having a valley
- vallhund — a breed of small herding dog, originally from Sweden
- valuated — to set a value on; appraise.
- van dine — S. S, Wright, Willard Huntington.
- van duyn — Mona, 1921–2004, U.S. poet: U.S. poet laureate 1992.
- van dyck — Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter.
- vanadate — a salt or ester of a vanadic acid.
- vanadium — a rare element occurring in certain minerals and obtained as a light-gray powder with a silvery luster or as a ductile metal: used as an ingredient of steel to toughen it and increase its shock resistance. Symbol: V; atomic weight: 50.942; atomic number: 23; specific gravity: 5.96.
- vanadous — containing divalent or trivalent vanadium.
- vandalia — a town in W Ohio.
- vandalic — (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Vandals.
- vanessid — a butterfly belonging to any of several brightly coloured species, including admirals, tortoiseshells, and the Camberwell beauty, which with the fritillaries comprise the Nymphalidae
- vanguard — the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanitied — with vanity units or mirrors
- vapidity — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- vartabed — (in the Armenian church) a doctor, master, or teacher
- vaticide — a person who murders a prophet.
- 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.
- vendidad — a book of formulas to be used against demons.
- verandah — 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.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- verdandi — any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past (Urd) the goddess of the present (Verdandi) and the goddess of the future (Skuld)
- veridian — a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
- vga card — a graphics card that provides resolution to the VGA standard
- videocam — A videocam is a camera that you can carry around with you that records moving images.
- videvdat — Vendidad.
- viewdata — an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.
- villadom — villas collectively.
- vindaloo — a very hot Indian curry made with meat or poultry, flavored with tamarind, vinegar, and garlic.
- vineland — a city in S New Jersey.
- vineyard — a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
- violated — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- viridian — a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
- 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.
- vladimir — Saint. Also, Vladimir I, Wladimir. (Vladimir the Great) a.d. c956–1015, first Christian grand prince of Russia 980–1015.
- voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- voidance — the act of voiding.
- volstead — Andrew Joseph, 1860–1946, U.S. legislator.
- 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.
- vychegda — a river in N European Russia, flowing W to the Northern Dvina River. 702 miles (1130 km) long.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- waveband — band2 (def 9).