These are the meanings of the letters VILORDA when you unscramble them.
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Aroid (a.)
Alt. of Aroideous
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Avoid (a.)
To empty.
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Avoid (a.)
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
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Avoid (a.)
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
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Avoid (a.)
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
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Avoid (a.)
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
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Avoid (a.)
To get rid of.
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Avoid (a.)
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
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Avoid (v. i.)
To retire; to withdraw.
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Avoid (v. i.)
To become void or vacant.
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Drail (v. t. & i.)
To trail; to draggle.
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Laird (n.)
A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.
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Liard (a.)
Gray.
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Liard (n.)
A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.
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Rival (n.)
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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Rival (n.)
One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
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Rival (a.)
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
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Rival (v. t.)
To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
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Rival (v. t.)
To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
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Rival (v. i.)
To be in rivalry.
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Valid (a.)
Strong; powerful; efficient.
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Valid (a.)
Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.
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Valid (a.)
Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
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Valor (n.)
Value; worth.
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Valor (n.)
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
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Valor (n.)
A brave man; a man of valor.
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Viola (n.)
A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
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Viola (n.)
An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
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Volar (a.)
Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.