7-letter words starting with v
- vavasor — (in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
- 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
- vection — the transference of a disease from one person to another.
- vectran — (language) Fortran with array extensions.
- vecture — a token used to pay transportation fares.
- vedalia — an Australian ladybird, Rodolia cardinalis, introduced elsewhere to control the scale insect Icerya purchasi, which is a pest of citrus fruits
- vedanta — the chief Hindu philosophy, dealing mainly with the Upanishadic doctrine of the identity of Brahman and Atman, that reached its highest development a.d. c800 through the philosopher Shankara. Compare Advaita, dvaita (def 2).
- veddoid — a member of an ancient people of southern and southeastern Asia and northern Australia.
- vedette — Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting.
- veering — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
- veg out — a vegetable.
- veganic — farmed without the use of animal products or by-products
- vegetal — of, relating to, or of the nature of plants or vegetables.
- veggies — a vegetable.
- vehicle — any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.
- veiling — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- veinier — full of veins; prominently veined: a veiny hand.
- veining — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- veinlet — a small vein.
- veinous — having veins; veiny
- veinule — venule.
- veiovis — a god of the dead, sometimes believed to be of Etruscan origin.
- velamen — Anatomy. a membranous covering; velum.
- velaric — of or relating to velar speech sounds
- velated — Biology. having a velum.
- velbert — a city in North-Rhine–Westphalia, in the Ruhr district of W central Germany.
- velella — a floating colony of hydrozoans of the genus Velella, having a vertical crest that is used as a sail.
- veliger — a larval stage of certain mollusks, intermediate between the trochophore and the adult form.
- velites — light-armed troops in ancient Rome, drawn from the poorer classes
- vellore — a city in N Tamil Nadu state in S India, on the Palar River.
- veloute — a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
- velvety — suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.
- venatic — of or relating to hunting.
- venator — a hunter
- vendace — a whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England.
- vendage — the harvest of grapes
- vendean — of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.
- venders — vendor.
- vending — to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.
- vendome — Louis Joseph de [lwee zhaw-zef duh] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf də/ (Show IPA), 1654–1712, French general and marshal.
- vendors — a person or agency that sells.
- venefic — having poisonous effects
- venerer — a huntsman.
- venetia — an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- venetic — an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
- venezia — Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- venison — the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
- venomed — the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
- venomer — something which secretes venom
- ventage — a small hole or vent, as one of the fingerholes of a flute.