8-letter words containing vel
- velarium — an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
- velarize — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
- velatura — a thin layer of paint somewhat like a glaze but opaque or semi-opaque rather than transparent
- velleity — volition in its weakest form.
- velobind — a technique for binding books or documents that uses a narrow plastic strip along the length of the front and back binding edges and plastic pegs to attach the strips through holes punched in the pages.
- velocity — rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
- velskoen — sturdy shoes of untanned hide, worn in South Africa
- velveret — a velvet-like fabric with a cotton back
- vervelle — any of a number of staples riveted along the base of a basinet to hold an aventail.
- volvelle — a medieval instrument consisting of a series of concentric rotating disks, used to compute the phases of the moon and its position in relation to that of the sun.
- waveless — Free from waves.
- wavelets — Plural form of wavelet.
- wavelike — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- yvelines — a department in N France. 877 sq. mi. (2271 sq. km). Capital: Versailles.