7-letter words containing i, t, v
- vesting — a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- vetiver — the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
- vetoing — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vetting — veterinarian.
- viaduct — a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.
- 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.
- vicente — Gil. ?1465–?1536, Portuguese dramatist, noted for his court entertainments, religious dramas, and comedies
- vicomte — a French viscount.
- victory — a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- victrix — victress.
- victual — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vidette — Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting.
- viduity — quality, state, or period of being a widow.
- vietnam — Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi. Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- vilayet — a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
- vintage — the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- vintner — a person who makes wine or sells wines.
- violate — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- violist — a person who plays the viola.
- virgate — shaped like a rod or wand; long, slender, and straight.
- virtual — being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
- virtues — moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- visited — to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
- visitee — a person who is visited
- visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- vistaed — possessing or forming a vista or vistas.
- vistula — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- vitally — of or relating to life: vital processes.
- vitamer — a chemical compound which exhibits vitamin activity
- vitamin — any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- vitebsk — a city in NE Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Dvina River.
- vitesse — speed
- vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- 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.
- vitreum — (in prescriptions) glass.
- vitrics — (used with a singular verb) the art and technology of making glass products.
- vitrify — to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
- vitrine — a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- vitriol — Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc.
- vittate — provided with or having a vitta or vittae.
- vittles — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- voiotia — a department of E central Greece: corresponds to ancient Boeotia and part of ancient Phocis. Pop: 123 913 (2001). Area: 3173 sq km (1225 sq miles)
- voiture — a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.