7-letter words containing a, v, i, r
- vampire — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- variant — tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying: variant shades of color.
- variate — Statistics. random variable.
- varices — plural of varix.
- varico- — indicating a varix or varicose veins
- variety — the state of being varied or diversified: to give variety to a diet.
- variola — smallpox.
- variole — a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- various — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- varmint — Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S. vermin. an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- varsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- varying — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- vaurien — a rascal
- velaric — of or relating to velar speech sounds
- veritas — truth.
- vermian — resembling or of the nature of a worm.
- vervain — any plant belonging to the genus Verbena, of the verbena family, having elongated or flattened spikes of stalkless flowers.
- vibrant — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibrate — to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
- vibrato — a pulsating effect, produced in singing by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, and on bowed instruments by a rapid change of pitch corresponding to the vocal tremolo.
- vicarly — of, pertaining to, suggesting, or resembling a vicar: vicarly duties; a vicarly manner.
- villard — Henry (Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard) 1835–1900, U.S. railroad executive and publisher, born in Bavaria.
- villars — Claude Louis Hector de [klohd lwee ek-tawr duh] /kloʊd lwi ɛkˈtɔr də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1734, marshal of France.
- vinegar — a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- virally — in a viral manner
- virelai — an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
- virelay — an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
- viremia — the presence of a virus in the blood.
- virgate — shaped like a rod or wand; long, slender, and straight.
- virgoan — a person born under the sign of Virgo.
- virtual — being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
- viscera — Viscera are the large organs inside the body, such as the heart, liver, and stomach.
- vitamer — a chemical compound which exhibits vitamin activity
- vitoria — a state in E Brazil. 15,196 sq. mi. (39,360 sq. km). Capital: Vitória.
- vitrage — a light fabric used for curtains
- vitrail — stained glass
- vitrain — the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- viverra — an animal of the civet genus
- vriesia — any of numerous tropical American epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Vriesia, many species of which are cultivated for their rosettes of variegated leaves and showy flower spikes.
- waivers — Plural form of waiver.