"building for bicycle races," 1892, from French vélodrome, from vélo, colloquial abbreviation of vélocipède (see velocipede) + -drome, as in hippodrome.
velleity
vellum
velocipede
velociraptor
velocity
velodrome
velour
Velox
velum
velvet
velveteen
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