Words Starting V & Ending LA

• A flag, banner, or standard.

• A company of troops serving under one standard.

• The sign of the cross.

• The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.

• The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

• a small valve

• A container used by botanists to keep samples viable by maintaining a cool, humid environment.

• A bond or link signifying union.

• Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts.

• A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts.

• Specifically, the horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.

• A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.

• flavored with vanilla extract

• any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers

• a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)

• a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans

• plain and without any extras or adornments

• a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

• detached or semidetached suburban house

• Mexican revolutionary leader (1878-1923)

• country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard

• pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds

• a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

• any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

• large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

• Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!