8-letter words containing r, v, a
- vasteras — a city in central Sweden.
- vat rate — the rate at which VAT is applied
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- vavasory — the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
- 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
- venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- venereal — arising from, connected with, or transmitted through sexual intercourse, as an infection.
- venerean — a sex addict
- venogram — an x-ray of the veins produced by venography.
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
- veracruz — a state in E Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. 27,759 sq. mi. (71,895 sq. km). Capital: Jalapa.
- 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.
- veratrum — any poisonous herb of N American genus Veratrum
- verbally — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- verbatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- verbiage — overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
- 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.
- verkramp — bigoted or illiberal
- verlaine — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
- vernazza — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- veronica — a female given name.
- verrucae — Medicine/Medical. a wart.
- verseman — a man who writes verse
- versiera — witch of Agnesi.
- 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.
- vesperal — the part of an antiphonary containing the chants for vespers.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- vga card — a graphics card that provides resolution to the VGA standard
- viameter — an early form of odometer designed to measure the distance travelled by a carriage
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vibrance — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibrancy — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibrator — a person or thing that vibrates.
- vibrissa — one of the stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as a whisker of a cat.
- vicarage — the residence of a vicar.
- vicarate — vicariate.
- vicaress — a rank of nun
- vicarial — of or relating to a vicar.
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- villager — an inhabitant of a village.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.