vail³ /vāl/ (archaic)

To profit, avail

(usu in pl; also vales) a tip, perquisite, dole, or bribe

vale¹ /vāl/

1. A valley (chiefly poetic)
2. The world (figurative, as in vale of tears, earthly vale)

vale of years

Old age

vale² /vāˈlē, väˈlā or wäˈ/

Farewell (addressed to one person)

valete /-lēˈtē or -lāˈtā/ interjection and noun

(addressed to more than one person)

• opera cloaks
• opera-dancer
• opera-dancers
• plaquette
• plaquettes
• plash
• plashed
• plashes
• plashet
• plashets
• plashier
• plashiest
• plashing
• plashings
• plashy
• plasm
• plasma
• plasma cell
• plasma cells
• plasmalemma
• plasma membrane
• plasma membranes
• plasmaphereses
• plasmapheresis
• plasmas