5-letter words containing va
- vaner — a lake in SW Sweden. 2141 sq. mi. (5545 sq. km).
- vanir — a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vapid — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- varah — (Edward) Chad. 1911–2007, British Anglican clergyman, who founded (1953) the Samaritans counselling service
- varan — any carnivorous lizard of the Varinidae family found in Asia, Africa, and Australia and ranging in length up to 3 metres
- varas — a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- vardy — a verdict or opinion
- varec — the ash obtained from kelp
- varia — a variant reading.
- varix — Also called varicosity. Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.
- varna — a seaport in NE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea.
- varro — Marcus Terentius [tuh-ren-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /təˈrɛn ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), c116–27? b.c, Roman scholar and author.
- varus — abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- varve — (in lake sediments) an annual deposit usually consisting of two layers, one of fine materials and the other of coarse.
- vasal — of or relating to a body vessel
- vaso- — indicating a blood vessel
- vassa — Gustavus (Olaudah Equiano) c1745–1801? African slave, sold in the West Indies, and, after gaining freedom, abolitionist and writer in England.
- vasty — vast; immense.
- vatic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- vatus — a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
- vauch — to move fast
- vault — the act of vaulting.
- vaunt — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
- vaxen — /vak'sn/ (From "oxen", perhaps influenced by "vixen") The plural canonically used among hackers for the DEC VAX computers. "Our installation has four PDP-10s and twenty vaxen." See boxen.
- vivat — an expression of acclamation
- volva — the membranous envelope that encloses the base of various mushrooms formed when the velum ruptures.
- vulva — the external female genitalia.