7-letter words starting with v
- vespers — (initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- vespine — of or relating to wasps.
- vespoid — like a wasp
- vessels — a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- vestige — a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.
- vesting — a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- vestral — a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- vesture — Law. everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees. any such covering, as grass or wheat.
- veteran — a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a veteran of many sports competitions.
- vetiver — the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
- vetkoek — a South African cake or pastry
- vetluga — a river in central European Russia, flowing S to the Volga River. 528 miles (850 km) long.
- vetoing — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vetting — veterinarian.
- vettura — an Italian carriage with four wheels, esp one hired out
- viaduct — a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.
- vialful — an amount sufficient to fill a vial
- vibrant — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibrate — to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
- vibrato — a pulsating effect, produced in singing by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, and on bowed instruments by a rapid change of pitch corresponding to the vocal tremolo.
- vicarly — of, pertaining to, suggesting, or resembling a vicar: vicarly duties; a vicarly manner.
- vicente — Gil. ?1465–?1536, Portuguese dramatist, noted for his court entertainments, religious dramas, and comedies
- vicenza — a city in central Venezia, in NE Italy.
- viceroy — a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign: the viceroy of India.
- vicinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
- vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- vickers — Jon, born 1926, Canadian operatic tenor.
- vicomte — a French viscount.
- victory — a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- victrix — victress.
- victual — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vidalia — a town in central Georgia.
- vidette — Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting.
- vidicon — a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
- vidimus — a legal or official inspection
- viduage — widows collectively; widowhood
- viduity — quality, state, or period of being a widow.
- viduous — empty
- viereck — Peter, 1916–2006, U.S. poet and historian.
- viersen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in W central Germany.
- vietnam — Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi. Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- viewing — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- vignola — Giacomo da [jah-kaw-maw dah] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Giacomo Barocchio or Barozzi) 1507–73, Italian architect.
- vigours — active strength or force.
- vihuela — an obsolete plucked stringed instrument of Spain, related to the guitar
- viipuri — Finnish name of Vyborg.
- vikings — any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries.
- vilayet — a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- viliaco — a coward
- villach — a city in S central Austria, on the Drava River: nearby hot mineral springs. Pop: 57 497 (2002)