Index of English words, starting with "va"

(1) - Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
(2) - Valentine (n.) A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

(1) - Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

(1) - Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.

(1) - Valet (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
(2) - Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.

(1) - Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
(2) - Valetudinarian (a.) Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.