8-letter words starting with V
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter V. This section showcases how V at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with V, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| vacation | 13 | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | we get two weeks of vacation every summer |
| violence | 13 | the property of being wild or turbulent | the storm's violence |
| visiting | 12 | the activity of making visits | the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services |
| valuable | 13 | having worth or merit or value | a valuable friend |
| veronica | 13 | any plant of the genus Veronica | - |
| vanished | 15 | having passed out of existence | vanished civilizations |
| victoria | 13 | queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) | - |
| virginia | 12 | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War | - |
| volcanic | 15 | explosively unstable | a volcanic temper |
| violated | 12 | treated irreverently or sacrilegiously | - |
| vomiting | 14 | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| virtuous | 11 | in a state of sexual virginity | - |
| vertical | 13 | a vertical structural member as a post or stake | - |
| vineyard | 15 | a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | - |
| vicinity | 16 | a surrounding or nearby region | the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville |
| velocity | 16 | distance travelled per unit time | - |
| verified | 15 | proved to be true | a verified claim |
| vocation | 13 | a body of people doing the same kind of work | - |
| vibrator | 13 | a mechanical device that vibrates | a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound |
| vigilant | 12 | carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger | the vigilant eye of the town watch |
| volatile | 11 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation |
| vagabond | 15 | wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | led a vagabond life |
| visually | 14 | - | - |
| venetian | 11 | a resident of Venice | - |
| vengeful | 15 | disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge | - |
| valencia | 13 | a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean | - |
| vendetta | 12 | a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other | - |
| venomous | 13 | marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | venomous criticism |
| vanguard | 13 | the leading units moving at the head of an army | - |
| vigorous | 12 | characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity | a vigorous hiker |
| variable | 13 | a star that varies noticeably in brightness | - |
| villager | 12 | one who has lived in a village most of their life | - |
| vaseline | 11 | a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly | - |
| verbally | 16 | as a verb | he had a habit of using nouns verbally |
| venereal | 11 | of or relating to the external sex organs | venereal disease |
| ventured | 12 | - | - |
| vitality | 14 | a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | - |
| vocalist | 13 | a person who sings | - |
| vastness | 11 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
| vanquish | 23 | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | - |
| viscount | 13 | a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron | - |
| virility | 14 | the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | - |
| validity | 15 | the quality of being valid and rigorous | - |
| validate | 12 | give evidence for | - |
| vertebra | 13 | one of the bony segments of the spinal column | - |
| vermouth | 16 | any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks | - |
| vascular | 13 | of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids | vascular constriction |
| vicarage | 14 | an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | - |
| virginal | 12 | a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
| visceral | 13 | relating to or affecting the viscera | visceral bleeding |
| virtuoso | 11 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| volition | 11 | the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention | the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt |
| vaporize | 22 | decrease rapidly and disappear | all my stock assets have vaporized |
| verbatim | 15 | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | repeated their dialog verbatim |
| varicose | 13 | abnormally swollen or knotty | varicose veins |
| villainy | 14 | the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior | - |
| vagrancy | 17 | the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood | - |
| virulent | 11 | harsh or corrosive in tone | - |
| valerian | 11 | a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers | - |
| valkyrie | 18 | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla | - |
| violator | 11 | someone who violates the law | - |
| vilified | 15 | - | - |
| variance | 13 | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | - |
| vaulting | 12 | revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights | vaulting ambition |
| veracity | 16 | unwillingness to tell lies | - |
| vagaries | 12 | - | - |
| venerate | 11 | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | We venerate genius |
| verandah | 15 | a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | - |
| valorous | 11 | having or showing valor | - |
| vehement | 16 | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | vehement dislike |
| vitreous | 11 | (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it | hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures |
| verboten | 13 | excluded from use or mention | - |
| verbiage | 14 | the manner in which something is expressed in words | use concise military verbiage |
| vaporise | 13 | turn into gas | - |
| vexation | 18 | anger produced by some annoying irritation | - |
| vivacity | 19 | characterized by high spirits and animation | - |
| victuals | 13 | a source of materials to nourish the body | - |
| vibrancy | 18 | having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | - |
| vegetate | 12 | engage in passive relaxation | After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television |
| vortices | 13 | - | - |
| vinegary | 15 | tasting or smelling like vinegar | - |
| vitiligo | 12 | an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border) | - |
| victrola | 13 | a brand of gramophone | - |
| vibrated | 14 | - | - |
| vertices | 13 | - | - |
| vestment | 13 | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | - |
| vaqueros | 20 | - | - |
| vaporous | 13 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | vaporous clouds |
| valvular | 14 | relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
| vocalize | 22 | sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | - |
| vulgarly | 15 | in a smutty manner | - |
| vignette | 12 | a brief literary description | - |
| vacherin | 16 | - | - |
| vesperal | 13 | - | - |
| varietal | 11 | a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape | - |
| vampiric | 17 | - | - |
| vomitory | 16 | an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium | - |
| vivisect | 16 | cut (a body) open while still alive | people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical |
| voracity | 16 | excessive desire to eat | - |
| vigorish | 15 | an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | - |
| vitalize | 20 | make more lively or vigorous | The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man |
| vitamine | 13 | - | - |
| virology | 15 | the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases | - |
| vainesse | 11 | - | - |
| vainness | 11 | - | - |
| vairiest | 11 | - | - |
| vaivodes | 15 | - | - |
| vakasses | 15 | - | - |
| valanced | 14 | - | - |
| valances | 13 | - | - |
| valences | 13 | - | - |
| vagrants | 12 | - | - |
| vagarish | 15 | - | - |
| vagility | 15 | - | - |
| vaginant | 12 | - | - |
| vaginate | 12 | - | - |
| vaginula | 12 | - | - |
| vaginule | 12 | - | - |
| vagotomy | 17 | - | - |
| valerate | 11 | - | - |
| vallhund | 15 | - | - |
| vallonia | 11 | - | - |
| valoneas | 11 | - | - |
| valonias | 11 | - | - |
| valorise | 11 | - | - |
| valorize | 20 | - | - |
| valproic | 15 | - | - |
| valleyed | 15 | - | - |
| valeting | 12 | - | - |
| valguses | 12 | - | - |
| valiance | 13 | the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | - |
| valiancy | 16 | the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | - |
| valiants | 11 | - | - |
| validest | 12 | - | - |
| vacuumed | 16 | - | - |
| vaccinee | 15 | a patient who has been vaccinated | - |
| vaccines | 15 | - | - |
| vaccinia | 15 | a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar | - |
| vacuated | 14 | - | - |
| vacuates | 13 | - | - |
| vacuists | 13 | - | - |
| vacuolar | 13 | - | - |
| vaccinas | 15 | - | - |
| vaccinal | 15 | - | - |
| vacances | 15 | - | - |
| vacantly | 16 | in a vacant manner | she was staring vacantly into the room |
| vacating | 14 | - | - |
| vacaturs | 13 | - | - |
| vacuoles | 13 | - | - |
| veratrin | 11 | - | - |
| verdancy | 17 | the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation | - |
| verdelho | 15 | - | - |
| verderer | 12 | - | - |
| verderor | 12 | - | - |
| verdicts | 14 | - | - |
| verditer | 12 | - | - |
| verdites | 12 | - | - |
| verdured | 13 | - | - |
| verboser | 13 | - | - |
| veratrum | 13 | a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae | - |
| verbenas | 13 | - | - |
| verbiles | 13 | - | - |
| verbings | 14 | - | - |
| verbless | 13 | - | - |
| verdures | 12 | - | - |
| verecund | 14 | - | - |
| vergence | 14 | - | - |
| vermeils | 13 | - | - |
| vermells | 13 | - | - |
| vermined | 14 | - | - |
| vermoulu | 13 | - | - |
| vermuths | 16 | - | - |
| vernacle | 13 | - | - |
| vernally | 14 | - | - |
| verligte | 12 | - | - |
| verkramp | 19 | - | - |
| vergency | 17 | - | - |
| verifier | 14 | someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement | - |
| verifies | 14 | - | - |
| verismos | 13 | - | - |
| veristic | 13 | - | - |
| verities | 11 | - | - |
| verjuice | 20 | - | - |
| vernicle | 13 | - | - |
| veratria | 11 | - | - |
| venenate | 11 | - | - |
| venisons | 11 | - | - |
| venogram | 14 | an X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium | - |
| venology | 15 | - | - |
| venomers | 13 | - | - |
| venoming | 14 | - | - |
| venosity | 14 | - | - |
| venously | 14 | - | - |
| venidium | 14 | - | - |
| venially | 14 | - | - |
| venenose | 11 | - | - |
| venerean | 11 | - | - |
| venerers | 11 | - | - |
| veneries | 11 | - | - |
| ventages | 12 | - | - |
| ventaile | 11 | - | - |
| ventails | 11 | - | - |
| venturer | 11 | a person who enjoys taking risks | - |
| ventures | 11 | - | - |
| venturis | 11 | - | - |
| venulose | 11 | - | - |
| venulous | 11 | - | - |
| venville | 14 | - | - |
| ventrous | 11 | - | - |
| ventanas | 11 | - | - |
| ventayle | 14 | - | - |
| ventiges | 12 | - | - |
| ventings | 12 | - | - |
| ventless | 11 | - | - |
| ventouse | 11 | - | - |
| ventrals | 11 | - | - |
| ventring | 12 | - | - |
| verandas | 12 | - | - |
| vestural | 11 | - | - |
| vetturas | 11 | - | - |
| vexatory | 21 | - | - |
| vexillar | 18 | - | - |
| vexillum | 20 | - | - |
| vexingly | 22 | - | - |
| viaducts | 14 | - | - |
| vialfuls | 14 | - | - |
| vetoless | 11 | - | - |
| vetkoeks | 19 | - | - |
| vestured | 12 | - | - |
| vesturer | 11 | - | - |
| vestures | 11 | - | - |
| vesuvian | 14 | a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | - |
| vetchier | 16 | - | - |
| veterans | 11 | - | - |
| vetivers | 14 | - | - |
| vetivert | 14 | - | - |
| vialling | 12 | - | - |
| viameter | 13 | - | - |
| viatical | 13 | pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders | viatical business |
| vibrions | 13 | - | - |
| vibrissa | 13 | a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | - |
| vibronic | 15 | - | - |
| viburnum | 15 | deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree | - |
| vicarate | 13 | - | - |
| vicaress | 13 | - | - |
| vicarial | 13 | of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar | - |
| vibrioid | 14 | - | - |
| vibratos | 13 | - | - |
| viaticum | 15 | - | - |
| viatores | 11 | - | - |
| vibrance | 15 | - | - |
| vibrants | 13 | - | - |
| vibrates | 13 | - | - |
| vicaries | 13 | - | - |
| vestries | 11 | - | - |
| verniers | 11 | - | - |
| verseman | 13 | - | - |
| versemen | 13 | - | - |
| versicle | 13 | a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | - |
| versines | 11 | - | - |
| versings | 12 | - | - |
| versions | 11 | - | - |
| vertexes | 18 | - | - |
| verselet | 11 | - | - |
| versants | 11 | - | - |
| vernixes | 18 | - | - |
| veronals | 11 | - | - |
| verquere | 20 | - | - |
| verquire | 20 | - | - |
| verrucae | 13 | - | - |
| verrucas | 13 | - | - |
| verrugas | 12 | - | - |
| verticil | 13 | a whorl of leaves growing around a stem | - |
| vesseled | 12 | - | - |
| vestally | 14 | - | - |
| vestiary | 14 | relating to clothing (especially vestments) | - |
| vestiges | 12 | - | - |
| vestigia | 12 | - | - |
| vestings | 12 | - | - |
| vestless | 11 | - | - |
| vestlike | 15 | - | - |
| vessails | 11 | - | - |
| vespiary | 16 | - | - |
| vertigos | 12 | - | - |
| vertuous | 11 | - | - |
| vervains | 14 | - | - |
| vesicant | 13 | a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | - |
| vesicate | 13 | get blistered | - |
| vesicles | 13 | - | - |
| vesicula | 13 | - | - |
| veneerer | 11 | - | - |
| vantages | 12 | - | - |
| vapulate | 13 | - | - |
| varactor | 13 | - | - |
| vareuses | 11 | - | - |
| vargueno | 12 | - | - |
| variably | 16 | with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree | it will be variably cloudy |
| vapourer | 13 | - | - |
| vapoured | 14 | - | - |
| vapidest | 14 | - | - |
| vapidity | 17 | the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | - |
| vaporers | 13 | - | - |
| vaporing | 14 | an instance of boastful talk | - |
| vaporish | 16 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | - |
| variants | 11 | - | - |
| variated | 12 | - | - |
| variates | 11 | - | - |
| varitype | 16 | - | - |
| varletry | 14 | - | - |
| varletto | 11 | - | - |
| varments | 13 | - | - |
| varmints | 13 | - | - |
| varnishy | 17 | - | - |
| varoomed | 14 | - | - |
| vartabed | 14 | - | - |
| varistor | 11 | - | - |
| variorum | 13 | an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors | - |
| varicoid | 14 | - | - |
| variedly | 15 | - | - |
| variform | 16 | varying in form or shape | - |
| variolar | 11 | relating to small pox | - |
| variolas | 11 | - | - |
| varioles | 11 | - | - |
| varyings | 15 | - | - |
| vantaged | 13 | - | - |
| valuably | 16 | - | - |
| vamosing | 14 | - | - |
| vampiest | 15 | - | - |
| vampings | 16 | - | - |
| vampired | 16 | - | - |
| vampires | 15 | - | - |
| vamplate | 15 | - | - |
| vanadate | 12 | a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium | - |
| vamooses | 13 | - | - |
| vamoosed | 14 | - | - |
| valuated | 12 | - | - |
| valuates | 11 | - | - |
| valuator | 11 | one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | - |
| valvelet | 14 | a small valve | - |
| valvulae | 14 | - | - |
| valvules | 14 | - | - |
| vambrace | 17 | cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm | - |
| vanadium | 14 | a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite | - |
| vanadous | 12 | - | - |
| vandalic | 14 | - | - |
| vanisher | 14 | a person who disappears | - |
| vanishes | 14 | - | - |
| vanitied | 12 | - | - |
| vanities | 11 | - | - |
| vanitory | 14 | - | - |
| vanloads | 12 | - | - |
| vannings | 12 | - | - |
| vanpools | 13 | - | - |
| vanillin | 11 | a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings | - |
| vandyked | 20 | - | - |
| vandykes | 19 | - | - |
| vaneless | 11 | - | - |
| vanessas | 11 | - | - |
| vanessid | 12 | - | - |
| vanillas | 11 | - | - |
| vanillic | 13 | - | - |
| vehicles | 16 | - | - |
| veinlike | 15 | having or showing markings that resemble veins | - |
| veinules | 11 | - | - |
| veinulet | 11 | - | - |
| velamina | 13 | - | - |
| velarise | 11 | - | - |
| velarium | 13 | - | - |
| velarize | 20 | - | - |
| velatura | 11 | - | - |
| veinlets | 11 | - | - |
| veinless | 11 | - | - |
| vehmique | 25 | - | - |
| veiledly | 15 | - | - |
| veiliest | 11 | - | - |
| veilings | 12 | - | - |
| veilless | 11 | - | - |
| veillike | 15 | - | - |
| veiniest | 11 | - | - |
| veinings | 12 | - | - |
| veligers | 12 | - | - |
| velleity | 14 | a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain | - |
| vendages | 13 | - | - |
| vendange | 13 | - | - |
| vendeuse | 12 | - | - |
| vendible | 14 | fit to be offered for sale | - |
| vendibly | 17 | - | - |
| vendings | 13 | - | - |
| vendises | 12 | - | - |
| vendaces | 14 | - | - |
| vendable | 14 | fit to be offered for sale | - |
| veloutes | 11 | - | - |
| velskoen | 15 | - | - |
| veluring | 12 | - | - |
| velveret | 14 | - | - |
| velveted | 15 | - | - |
| venality | 14 | prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward | - |
| venation | 11 | (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal | - |
| venators | 11 | - | - |
| veneered | 12 | - | - |
| vauching | 17 | - | - |
| vaultage | 12 | - | - |
| vaulters | 11 | - | - |
| vaultier | 11 | - | - |
| vauncing | 14 | - | - |
| vauntage | 12 | - | - |
| vaunters | 11 | - | - |
| vaticide | 14 | - | - |
| vasculum | 15 | - | - |
| vaselike | 15 | - | - |
| vasiform | 16 | constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | - |
| vasotomy | 16 | surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | - |
| vassails | 11 | - | - |
| vassalry | 14 | - | - |
| vastiest | 11 | - | - |
| vauntery | 14 | - | - |
| vauntful | 14 | - | - |
| vauntier | 11 | - | - |
| veerings | 12 | - | - |
| veganism | 14 | - | - |
| vegelate | 12 | - | - |
| vegemite | 14 | - | - |
| vegetals | 12 | - | - |
| vegetant | 12 | - | - |
| vegetist | 12 | - | - |
| vedettes | 12 | - | - |
| vedalias | 12 | - | - |
| vaunting | 12 | - | - |
| vauriens | 11 | - | - |
| vavasors | 14 | - | - |
| vavasory | 17 | - | - |
| vavasour | 14 | - | - |
| vavassor | 14 | - | - |
| vealiest | 11 | - | - |
| vectored | 14 | - | - |
| vegetive | 15 | of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous | - |
| voiceful | 16 | - | - |
| volcanos | 13 | - | - |
| voleries | 11 | - | - |
| volitant | 11 | - | - |
| volitate | 11 | - | - |
| volitive | 14 | - | - |
| volleyed | 15 | - | - |
| volaries | 11 | - | - |
| voicings | 14 | - | - |
| voidable | 14 | capable of being rescinded or voided | voidable contracts |
| voidance | 14 | the act of removing the contents of something | - |
| voidings | 13 | - | - |
| voidness | 12 | - | - |
| voitures | 11 | - | - |
| voivodes | 15 | - | - |
| volantes | 11 | - | - |
| volleyer | 14 | - | - |
| volpinos | 13 | - | - |
| volplane | 13 | - | - |
| volvoxes | 21 | - | - |
| volvulus | 14 | abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction | - |
| vomerine | 13 | - | - |
| vomiters | 13 | - | - |
| vomitive | 16 | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | - |
| vomitous | 13 | - | - |
| volutoid | 12 | - | - |
| volution | 11 | a rolling or revolving motion | - |
| voltages | 12 | - | - |
| voltaism | 13 | - | - |
| voluming | 14 | - | - |
| volumise | 13 | - | - |
| volumist | 13 | - | - |
| volumize | 22 | - | - |
| voluspas | 13 | - | - |
| volutins | 11 | - | - |
| voodooed | 13 | - | - |
| voguings | 13 | - | - |
| vitreums | 13 | - | - |
| vividity | 18 | - | - |
| vivified | 18 | - | - |
| vivifier | 17 | - | - |
| vivifies | 17 | - | - |
| vivipara | 16 | - | - |
| vivipary | 19 | - | - |
| vixenish | 21 | shrewish and malicious | a vixenish old woman |
| vividest | 15 | - | - |
| viverrid | 15 | - | - |
| vitrines | 11 | - | - |
| vitriols | 11 | - | - |
| vittling | 12 | - | - |
| vituline | 11 | - | - |
| vivaries | 14 | - | - |
| vivarium | 16 | an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions | - |
| viverras | 14 | - | - |
| vizament | 22 | - | - |
| vizarded | 22 | - | - |
| vizcacha | 27 | - | - |
| vocality | 16 | - | - |
| vocative | 16 | the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed | - |
| vocoders | 14 | - | - |
| voertsak | 15 | - | - |
| voertsek | 15 | - | - |
| vogueing | 13 | - | - |
| vocalism | 15 | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | - |
