7-letter words containing v, a, l, i
- valiant — boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
- validly — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- valinda — a town in SW California.
- valmiki — Hindu poet and reputed author of the Ramayana.
- valonia — acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.
- valuing — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
- valving — any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc.
- vanilla — any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- variola — smallpox.
- variole — a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- vavilov — Nikolai Ivanovich. 1887–?1943, Soviet plant geneticist, noted for his research into the origins of cultivated plants. His findings were regarded as contrary to official ideology and he was arrested (1940), dying in a labour camp
- vedalia — an Australian ladybird, Rodolia cardinalis, introduced elsewhere to control the scale insect Icerya purchasi, which is a pest of citrus fruits
- velaric — of or relating to velar speech sounds
- ventail — the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- vesical — of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
- vialful — an amount sufficient to fill a vial
- vicarly — of, pertaining to, suggesting, or resembling a vicar: vicarly duties; a vicarly manner.
- vicinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
- victual — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vidalia — a town in central Georgia.
- vignola — Giacomo da [jah-kaw-maw dah] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Giacomo Barocchio or Barozzi) 1507–73, Italian architect.
- vihuela — an obsolete plucked stringed instrument of Spain, related to the guitar
- vilayet — a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- viliaco — a coward
- villach — a city in S central Austria, on the Drava River: nearby hot mineral springs. Pop: 57 497 (2002)
- village — The, a city in central Oklahoma.
- villain — a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
- 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.
- viminal — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- vincula — a bond signifying union or unity; tie.
- vinland — a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen about a.d.
- violate — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, 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.
- virtual — being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
- visalia — a city in central California.
- 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.
- vitrail — stained glass
- vivaldi — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1678–1741, Italian violinist and composer.
- viyella — a soft fabric made of wool and cotton, used esp for blouses and shirts
- vocalic — of, relating to, or resembling a vowel.
- volatic — a creature with wings
- voltaic — Electricity. noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, especially when produced by chemical action, as in a cell; galvanic.
- wavicle — an entity with both wave and particle properties