English words starting with V

v neck

1. noun: the neck of a garment has the shape of the letter V

v sign

1. noun: a sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers

v-day

1. noun: the day of a victory

v-e day

1. noun: the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II

v-j day

1. noun: the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II

v-shaped

1. adjective: shaped in the form of the letter V

va

1. noun: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
2. noun: the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

vac

1. noun: informal term for vacation

vacancies

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vacancy

1. noun: being unoccupied
2. noun: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

vacancy rate

1. noun: the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time

vacant

1. adjective: void of intelligence or thought; "a vacant mind"
2. adjective: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"

vacant lot

1. noun: a lot on which there are no permanent buildings

vacantly

1. adverb: in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"

vacate

1. verb: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
2. verb: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

vacated

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vacates

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vacating

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vacation

1. noun: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
2. noun: the act of making something legally void

vacation home

1. noun: a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation

vacation spot

1. noun: an area where many people go for recreation

vacationed

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vacationer

1. noun: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

vacationers

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vacationing

1. noun: the act of taking a vacation

vacationist

1. noun: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

vacationists

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vacations

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vacay

1. noun: informal term for vacation

vaccaria

1. noun: cow-cockles

vaccaria hispanica

1. noun: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

vaccaria pyramidata

1. noun: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

vaccina

1. noun: a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar

vaccinate

1. verb: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

vaccinated

1. adjective: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease

vaccinates

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vaccinating

1. noun: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"

vaccination

1. noun: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
2. noun: the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

vaccinations

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vaccinator

1. noun: a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases

vaccine

1. noun: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

vaccinee

1. noun: a patient who has been vaccinated

vaccines

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vaccinia

1. noun: a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
2. noun: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

vaccinia gangrenosa

1. noun: a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion

vaccinium

1. noun: evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries

vaccinium angustifolium

1. noun: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

vaccinium arboreum

1. noun: shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries

vaccinium ashei

1. noun: shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry

vaccinium caespitosum

1. noun: low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries

vaccinium corymbosum

1. noun: high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries

vaccinium macrocarpon

1. noun: trailing red-fruited plant

vaccinium myrsinites

1. noun: shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit

vaccinium ovatum

1. noun: stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements

vaccinium oxycoccus

1. noun: small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere

vaccinium pallidum

1. noun: low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries

vaccinium pennsylvanicum

1. noun: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

vaccinium scoparium

1. noun: shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries

vaccinium stamineum

1. noun: small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer

vaccinium uliginosum alpinum

1. noun: an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves

vaccinium vitis-idaea

1. noun: low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

vaccinum

1. noun: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

vachel lindsay

1. noun: United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

vacillant

1. adjective: uncertain in purpose or action

vacillate

1. verb: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
2. verb: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

vacillated

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vacillates

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vacillating

1. adjective: uncertain in purpose or action

vacillation

1. noun: indecision in speech or action
2. noun: changing location by moving back and forth

vacillations

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vacillator

1. noun: one who hesitates (usually out of fear)

vaclav havel

1. noun: Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

vacs

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vacuity

1. noun: the absence of matter
2. noun: a region that is devoid of matter

vacuolate

1. adjective: formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

vacuolated

1. adjective: formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

vacuolation

1. noun: the state of having become filled with vacuoles

vacuole

1. noun: a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell

vacuoles

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vacuolisation

1. noun: the state of having become filled with vacuoles

vacuolization

1. noun: the state of having become filled with vacuoles

vacuous

1. adjective: devoid of intelligence or thought; "a vacuous mind"; "a vacant expression"
2. adjective: devoid of significance or force; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

vacuously

1. adverb: in a vacuous manner

vacuousness

1. noun: indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas; "the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings"

vacuum

1. noun: the absence of matter
2. noun: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

vacuum aspiration

1. noun: a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix

vacuum bag

1. noun: a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner

vacuum bomb

1. noun: a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"

vacuum bottle

1. noun: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures

vacuum chamber

1. noun: a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed

vacuum cleaner

1. noun: an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

vacuum flask

1. noun: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures

vacuum gage

1. noun: a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure

vacuum gauge

1. noun: a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure

vacuum pump

1. noun: a pump that moves air in or out of something

vacuum tube

1. noun: electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

vacuum-clean

1. verb: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"

vacuumed

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vacuuming

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vacuums

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vade mecum

1. noun: a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

vaduz

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein

vagabond

1. noun: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
2. noun: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

vagabondage

1. noun: travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

vagabonds

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vagal

1. adjective: of or relating to the vagus nerve

vagaries

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vagarious

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vagary

1. noun: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

vagile

1. adjective: having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals"

vagina

1. noun: the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus"

vaginae

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vaginal

1. adjective: of or relating to the vagina; "vaginal suppository"

vaginal artery

1. noun: a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum

vaginal birth

1. noun: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

vaginal discharge

1. noun: discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white

vaginal smear

1. noun: smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis

vaginally

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vaginas

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vaginismus

1. noun: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination