8-letter words containing v, a, n
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- 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.
- van eyck — Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
- van gogh — Vincent [vin-suh nt;; Dutch vin-sent] /ˈvɪn sənt;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1853–90, Dutch painter.
- van line — a transportation company that uses large motor vans for the long-distance moving of household effects.
- van loon — Hendrik Willem [hen-drik vil-uh m] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈvɪl əm/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, U.S. author, born in the Netherlands.
- van pool — a type of car pool utilizing a van that can usually transport 6 to 15 passengers: often provided by a company for its commuting employees for a nominal charge or at cost.
- van vogt — A(lfred) E(lton) 1912–2000, U.S. science-fiction writer, born in Canada.
- van wert — a city in NW Ohio.
- 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.
- vanbrugh — John, 1664–1726, English dramatist and architect.
- 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.
- vanillic — of, derived from, or resembling vanilla or vanillin.
- vanillin — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, alcohol-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 O 3 , obtained by extraction from the vanilla bean or prepared synthetically: used chiefly as a flavoring agent and in perfumery.
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanitied — with vanity units or mirrors
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanzetti — Bartolomeo [bahr-taw-law-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1927, Italian anarchist, in U.S. after 1908.
- vape pen — an e-cigarette.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- varanasi — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city.
- varginha — a city in E Brazil.
- vargueno — a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.
- variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vaseline — Vaseline is a soft clear jelly made from petroleum, which is used to protect the skin and for other purposes.
- vastness — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- vaulting — the act of vaulting.
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- vauntful — boastful.
- vaunting — having a boastfully proud disposition: a vaunting dictator.
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- vegetant — causing growth
- velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
- venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
- venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- 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.
- venenate — to poison
- 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