8-letter words containing v, e, c
- 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
- variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- variceal — of or relating to a varix
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- vaticide — a person who murders a prophet.
- vaucluse — a department in SE France. 1382 sq. mi. (3580 sq. km). Capital: Avignon.
- vector c — (language) A variant of C from CMU(?), similar to ACTUS.
- velocity — rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
- 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.
- vercelli — a city in NW Italy, W of Milan.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- verecund — bashful; modest.
- vergence — the turning motion of the eyeballs toward or away from each other. Compare convergence (def 4), divergence (def 3).
- vergency — an inclination or tendency; the act of verging or approaching
- veristic — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- verjuice — an acid liquor made from the sour juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, etc., formerly much used for culinary and other purposes.
- vernicle — veronica1 .
- veronica — a female given name.
- verrucae — Medicine/Medical. a wart.
- versicle — a little verse.
- vertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vertices — a plural of vertex.
- verticil — a whorl or circle, as of leaves or hairs, arranged around a point on an axis.
- vesicant — producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.
- vesicate — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
- vibrance — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vicarage — the residence of a vicar.
- vicarate — vicariate.
- vicaress — a rank of nun
- vice den — a place in which criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography, prostitution, or gambling, take place
- viceless — free from vices.
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- vichyite — a member or adherent of the government established 1940 at Vichy by Marshal Henri Pétain.
- vicinage — the region near or about a place; vicinity.
- victoire — a female given name, French form of Victoria.
- victress — a woman who is victorious.
- videocam — A videocam is a camera that you can carry around with you that records moving images.
- vietcong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- vincible — capable of being conquered or overcome: vincible fears.
- violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- viraemic — of, relating to, or affected by viraemia
- viricide — virucide.
- virucide — an agent for destroying viruses.
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- viticide — a vine killer
- vivisect — to dissect the living body of (an animal).
- vocalese — a style of jazz singing
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.