Words Containing: V,I,A,L,E,D

• To oppose or compete with.

• To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.

• To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

• a means of serving

• take advantage of

• be of use to, be useful to

• take or use

• the act of devising something

• native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects

• To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

• To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

• To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

• (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

• To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

• To conceal as with a veil.