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| Word | Definition |
| vaalhaai | South African shark |
| vaaljapie | inferior wine |
| vacatur | annulment |
| vaccary | dairy or cow pasture |
| vaccimulgence | cow milking |
| vaccinal | relating to vaccination |
| vaccine | of, like or pertaining to cows; preparation conferring immunity to disease |
| vaccinia | cow-pox |
| vacciniform | resembling cow-pox |
| vaccinogenic | producing vaccine |
| vacherin | sweet mixture of meringue and whipped cream |
| vacillate | fluctuate in opinion or resolution |
| vacive | empty |
| vacky | evacuee |
| vacuefy | to produce a vacuum |
| vacuist | one who holds that an absolute vacuum is possible in nature |
| vacuity | emptiness |
| vacuole | fluid-bearing cavity in organic tissue |
| vadable | able to be forded |
| vadelect | servant; serving-man |
| vade-mecum | ready reference manual regularly carried about |
| vadimony | bond or pledge given before a judge |
| vadose | of, like or pertaining to underground water above the water table |
| vafrous | cunning; sly |
| vagant | roaming, wandering |
| vagantes | wandering monk-scholars |
| vagarian | whimsical person |
| vagarish | of the eyes, tending to roam |
| vagation | act of roaming or wandering |
| vagient | crying like a baby |
| vagile | having the ability to move about |
| vagility | ability to succeed in the struggle for existence |
| vaginate | sheathed; having a sheath |
| vaginula | little sheath |
| vagitus | baby's cry or wail |
| vagous | irregular, unsettled |
| vagulate | to wander; to waver |
| vahana | mount or vehicle of an Indian deity |
| vahine | Tahitian adult woman or wife |
| vainglory | idle boastfulness |
| vair | blue-grey squirrel fur; heraldic representation of blue and white rows |
| vaivode | local ruler of multiple communities in southeastern Europe |
| valance | drapery hung along the edge of a bed, table or canopy |
| valence | linen helmet-cover for armour |
| valenki | warm Russian felt boots |
| valentia | device for drawing wine or beer out of a cask |
| valentine | of birds, to sing to a mate |
| valetaille | group of valets |
| valetudinarian | of, like or pertaining to ill-health; anxious about health |
| valgus | club-footed; bow-legged |
| valienton | bully, braggard |
| valiha | bamboo tubular zither used in Madagascar |
| vallate | having a raised rim or rampart; ringed |
| vallation | ridge or bank of earth used as fortification |
| vallecula | groove or furrow |
| vallidom | worth, value |
| vallum | rampart; wall of earth thrown up from a ditch |
| valorise | to set a fixed arbitrary price |
| valse | dance in triple time; waltz |
| valuative | expressing a value or evaluation |
| valuta | comparative value of a currency |
| valvar | of or relating to a valve |
| valviform | shaped like a valve |
| vambrace | armour for the forearm |
| vamplate | plate fixed to spear or lance to guard the hand |
| vandelas | strong coarse canvas |
| vandola | stringed lute-like Spanish instrument |
| vandyke | to cut deep angled indentations into |
| vang | rope used to steady the gaff of the fore-and-aft sail |
| vangee | device for working the pumps of a ship |
| vaniloquence | vain or foolish talk |
| vanitarianism | pursuit of vain things |
| vanner | one who tests ore by washing it on a shovel |
| vansire | carnivorous South African ferret |
| vapography | effect of physical emanations on photographic plates |
| vaporary | collection of herbs used in a steam-bath |
| vaporetto | motorboat used in Venetian canals |
| vaporiferous | making steam or vapour |
| vaporiform | having the appearance of vapour |
| vaporimeter | instrument for measuring vapour pressure |
| vaporose | vaporizing easily |
| vappa | sour wine |
| vapulate | to flog; to be flogged |
| vapulatory | of, like or pertaining to flogging |
| vaquita | small Pacific porpoise |
| vaquita | small porpoise living in the Gulf of California |
| vara | unit of linear measure of between 33 and 43 inches |
| varan | monitor lizard |
| vardingale | framework of hoops for a woman's skirts |
| vardle | bottom hinge of a gate |
| vardo | gypsy caravan |
| varec | seaweed; kelp |
| varia | miscellany |
| varicella | chicken pox |
| variegated | diverse and varied; having multi-coloured patches |
| varietal | of, like or pertaining to a variety |
| varietist | unorthodox person |
| varifocal | of a camera, having a variable focal length |
| variform | of various forms |
| varimax | method of statistical factor analysis |
| variola | smallpox |
| variometer | instrument for measuring magnetic declination |
| variorum | including the notes of earlier scholars or editors |
| variphone | one of two or more sounds used interchangeably by speakers of a language |
| varix | unusual dilation of an artery or vein |
| varna | caste system of Hindu society |
| varsal | whole; entire; universal |
| varsovienne | polka-like Polish dance |
| vartabed | Armenian clergyman |
| varus | pigeon-toed |
| varvel | metal ring attached to hawk's jess that connects to a leash |
| vas | hollow organ or tube that conveys liquid within the body |
| vasa | parrot variety native to Madagascar |
| vascular | of, like or pertaining to fluid-carrying vessels |
| vasculature | arrangement of blood vessels |
| vasculiform | shaped like a small vase or flowerpot |
| vasculum | botanist's collecting case |
| vasifactive | producing small vessels in tissue |
| vasiferous | bearing a vessel or vas |
| vasiform | shaped like a duct or vase |
| vasotribe | instrument formerly used to stop bleeding |
| vastate | to make immune |
| vastation | purification through destroying evil elements |
| vastidity | vastness; a vast extent |
| vastrap | quick South African folk dance |
| vasy | slimy |
| vatic | prophetic; oracular; inspired |
| vaticide | killing or killer of a prophet |
| vaticinal | of or characterized by prophecy; prophetic |
| vaticinate | prophesy; predict |
| vaticiny | a prophecy |
| vau | sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
| vauclusian | of a spring in which water is expelled by artesian pressure |
| vaulty | having the form of a vault |
| vauntage | bragging; boasting |
| vauntiness | boastfulness |
| vauntlay | in hunting, release of a lead set of hounds before a following pack can catch up |
| vauqueline | strychnine |
| vaurien | good-for-nothing; worthless person |
| vavasour | feudal noble who is both a liege and a vassal |
| vecordy | madness, folly |
| vectible | able to be carried |
| vectigal | of, like or pertaining to the paying of tribute or rent |
| vectis | obstetrical instrument used as lever to free infant's head |
| vectitation | act of carrying or conveying |
| vectitory | carrying or conveying |
| vectorscope | oscilloscope used to analyze television signals |
| vedalia | Australian pest-eating ladybug |
| vedette | mounted sentry stationed to watch for enemy |
| vedro | Russian unit of liquid measure equal to 2.7 gallons |
| veduta | panoramic view of a town |
| veena | Indian seven-stringed lyre |
| veepstakes | competition to become vice-presidential candidate |
| veery | North American thrush |
| vees | soft earth in a crack or mining fissure |
| vega | tract of fertile meadowland |
| veganic | of agriculture, not relying on animal products |
| vegete | vigorous |
| vegetivorous | eating vegetables |
| vehiculation | conveyance by a vehicle |
| veilleuse | shaded night-lamp |
| veitchberry | hybrid of a blackberry and raspberry |
| velamentous | of, like or pertaining to or like a membrane or sail |
| velar | of sounds, produced using the soft palate |
| velar | dome terminated by four or more walls |
| velarium | awning over an auditorium |
| velary | pertaining to the sails of a ship |
| velate | having a veil; veiled |
| velation | act of veiling; secrecy |
| veleta | dance for couples in triple time |
| veliferous | bearing a sail or membrane |
| velitation | skirmish |
| velivolant | flying with sails |
| velleity | lowest degree of volition; slight wish without any impulse to action |
| vellicate | to twitch; to tickle or pinch |
| vellicative | causing twitching |
| vellon | copper used in Spanish coins |
| velociman | hand-propelled tricycle |
| velocimeter | instrument for measuring velocity |
| velocious | with great speed |
| velocipede | swift-footed; swift-footed person; old-fashioned bicycle |
| velodrome | building for bicycle races |
| velodyne | device to keep rotational speed of a shaft proportional to voltage applied |
| velometer | instrument for measuring speed of air |
| velour | piled velvety cotton |
| velouté | white sauce made with stock |
| veloutine | velvety corded wool |
| velum | soft palate |
| velutinous | velvety; having a downy covering |
| velveret | soft velvety cotton and silk blend |
| velvetine | cotton with silk pile |
| venal | of a type that may be bribed |
| venatic | of, like or pertaining to hunting |
| venation | arrangement of veins on a leaf or an insect's wing |
| venator | huntsman; hunter |
| vendace | small freshwater fish native to Scotland |
| vendange | grape harvest |
| vendee | purchaser |
| vendemmia | grape harvest |
| vendible | capable of being sold |
| vendicate | to claim for oneself |
| venditation | offering for sale |
| vendition | sale |
| vendue | public sale |
| venefic | acting by poison or potions or by sorcery |
| venenation | poisoning |
| venencia | instrument used to sample sherry from a cask |
| veneniferous | carrying poison |
| venepuncture | puncturing of a vein |
| venerance | venerability |
| venerative | disposed to veneration |
| venereology | study of venereal disease |
| venerer | gamekeeper; hunter |
| venerous | lustful |
| venery | pursuit of sexual gratification; hunting; pursuit of game |
| venesect | to open a vein for blood-letting |
| vengolina | Angola finch |
| venial | pardonable; excusable |
| venigenous | containing veins of metal or quartz |
| venireman | juror |
| venoclysis | introduction of liquid into the body by an intravenous drip |
| venography | injecting radioactive material into veins for medical examination |
| venose | veiny; veined |
| venostasis | reduction in flow of blood to a part of the body |
| venous | of, like or pertaining to veins |
| ventage | finger-hole; small hole |
| ventail | armour for the neck, attached to the helmet |
| vental | of or pertaining to the wind |
| ventana | window |
| venter | one of two or more wives who are mother to the same man's offspring |
| ventiduct | ventilating pipe or passage |
| ventifact | stone polished by wind-blown sand |
| ventil | valve controlling the air supply of organ stops |
| ventilabral | pertaining to fans |
| ventorious | characterized by venturesomeness |
| ventose | windy; flatulent; puffed up with conceit |
| ventrad | towards the front |
| ventral | of, like or pertaining to the underside or the belly |
| ventricose | having a swollen or protuberant belly |
| ventricular | of or pertaining to the stomach |
| ventriculose | paunch-bellied |
| ventricumbent | lying on one's front or one's belly |
| ventriduct | to turn towards the belly |
| ventripotent | with great capacity or appetite for food; big-bellied |
| ventrotomy | incision into the abdomen; surgery upon the abdomen |
| venule | small vein |
| venville | land tenure system in Dartmoor granting privileges over forested lands |
| veracious | truthful; exact |
| verbalism | undue attention to words alone |
| verbarian | coiner of words |
| verbatim | word for word |
| verberate | to beat |
| verbicide | destroying the meaning of a word |
| verbid | non-finite part of a verb |
| verbigeration | morbid and purposeless repetition of certain words |
| verbile | one whose mental processes are stimulated by words |
| verbomania | craze for words |
| verd | in heraldry, the colour green |
| verd-azure | blue-green or sea-green |
| verderer | officer in charge of royal forests |
| verdigris | greenish copper coating, as on copper |
| verdin | small yellow-headed grey titmouse |
| verdure | greenness; health and vigour |
| verecund | modest; shy |
| vergaloo | variety of white pear |
| vergée | measure of land area equal to two-fifths of an acre |
| vergence | simultaneous movement of eyes toward or away from one another |
| vergency | state of bordering something |
| verger | church usher and attendant |
| vergiform | shaped like a rod |
| verglas | film of ice on rock |
| veridical | veracious; genuine; truthful |
| veridicous | truthful |
| verificationism | doctrine that emphasizes empirical verification of theoretical principles |
| veriloquent | speaking truthfully; truthful |
| verily | truly; certainly; confidently |
| verism | artistic preference of the everyday to the legendary |
| verjuice | sour juice of unripe fruit |
| vermeil | bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver |
| vermeology | study of worms |
| vermian | like a worm |
| vermicide | killing of worms |
| vermicular | of, like or pertaining to worms |
| vermiculated | worm-eaten; having sinuous lines giving appearance of being worm-eaten |
| vermiculous | wormy |
| vermiculture | cultivation of worms |
| vermiferous | bearing or producing worms |
| vermiform | shaped like a worm |
| vermifugal | expelling worms |
| vermigerous | bearing, containing or infested with worms |
| vermigrade | creeping like a worm |
| vermilion | bright red |
| verminicide | something that kills vermin |
| verminology | science of vermin |
| vermiparous | bearing young in the form of maggots or worms |
| vermivorous | eating worms |
| vernaculate | to give a name in the vernacular; to use vernacular language |
| vernal | of, like or pertaining to spring |
| vernality | early days or 'springtime' of some thing |
| vernalization | to artificially chill seeds to hasten flowering in spring |
| vernalize | to make springlike; to freshen |
| vernation | arrangement or formation of leaves in the bud |
| vernicle | cloth with image of Christ's face impressed upon it |
| vernicose | brightly polished or varnished |
| vernier | small movable scale for finely adjusting divisions of a measuring instrument |
| vernissage | varnishing-day or preparation day prior to an art showing |
| vernition | varnishing |
| vernix | greasy substance covering infant at its birth |
| verricule | tuft of hairs or bristles |
| verruca | wart |
| verruciform | shaped like a wart; wartlike |
| verrucose | warty |
| versability | aptness to be turned around |
| versal | ornamental letter at beginning of section |
| versant | general slope of a mountain |
| versative | flexible; adaptable |
| verselet | a little poem |
| versemonger | writer of mediocre poetry |
| versicle | short verse in church service normally followed by response |
| versicoloured | diversely or changeably coloured |
| versicular | of or in verse |
| versiform | changing in form |
| verst | unit of distance equal to approximately 2/3 of a mile |
| versus | against; in contrast to |
| versute | crafty; wily |
| versutiloquent | speaking craftily |
| vert | the heraldic colour green |
| vert | to convert religions; a religious convert |
| vertant | in heraldry, curving or bending |
| vertebral | of or pertaining to the vertebrae; spinal |
| vertebriform | shaped like a vertebra |
| verticil | whorl |
| verticillated | whorled |
| verticity | power of turning, especially of a magnet |
| vertiginate | dizzy; giddy |
| vertiginous | of, like or pertaining to vertigo; dizzy; giddy |
| vervecine | of or pertaining to a sheep |
| vervel | ring for a hawk's jess |
| vervelle | decorated connector between helmet and mail of suit of armour |
| vesania | derangement of mental and moral faculties |
| vesica | a bladder |
| vesical | of, like or pertaining to the bladder |
| vesicant | blistering |
| vesicate | to blister |
| vesicle | small bladder or cavity |
| vespacide | substance or person who kills wasps |
| vespal | of, like or pertaining to wasps |
| vespasienne | public lavatory |
| vesper | evening; the evening star |
| vespering | flying westward towards the sunset |
| vespers | prayer service held in early evening |
| vespertilian | bat-like |
| vespertilionize | to turn into a bat |
| vespertinal | of, like or pertaining to the evening |
| vespiary | wasp's nest |
| vespiform | having the shape of a wasp |
| vespine | of, like or pertaining to hornets or wasps |
| vespoid | wasp-like |
| vesta | wax-stemmed match |
| vestiarian | relating to ecclesiastical vestments |
| vestiary | robing-room; cloakroom; of, like or pertaining to clothes |
| vestibule | entrance-hall |
| vestiture | clothes; covering; coat |
| vestock | clerical stock that extends to the waist |
| vestry | priest's dressing room |
| vesturer | keeper of vestments |
| vesuvian | smoker's slow-burning match |
| vesuviate | to erupt; to burst with heat |
| vetanda | forbidden things |
| vetch | plant bearing bean-like fruit |
| vetitive | having the power to veto |
| vetoism | use of the power of veto |
| vettura | carriage, cab or car |
| vetust | very ancient |
| vexillary | standard-bearer; pertaining to regimental colours or flags |
| vexillology | study of flags |
| via | by way of; by means of |
| viaggiatory | traveling frequently |
| vial | serving as a road |
| viameter | instrument for measuring revolutions of a wheel |
| viatecture | construction of roads and bridges |
| viatical | of, like or pertaining to roads or travel |
| viaticum | money or provisions for journey; Eucharist for a dying person |
| viator | traveller; wayfarer |
| vibraphone | percussion instrument like xylophone whose bars have variable vibrato |
| vibraslap | modern percussion instrument with rod and ball |
| vibratile | capable of vibratory motion |
| vibratiuncle | minute vibration |
| vibrissa | tactile bristle such as cat's whisker; bristly hair |
| vibrissation | quavering or shaking in the voice |
| vibrograph | instrument for recording vibrations |
| vibrometer | instrument for measuring vibrations |
| vibronic | of or caused by electronic vibration |
| vicarial | of, like or pertaining to a vicar or delegate |
| vicariant | of or pertaining to a deputy |
| vicariant | involving species or varieties that evolved in discrete habitats from one another |
| vice | spiral staircase |
| vice | in place of; rather than |
| vicegerent | acting in place of another; having delegated authority |
| vicegod | hostile appellation applied to the Pope |
| vicenary | based on the number twenty |
| vicennial | occurring every twenty years |
| vicereine | wife of a viceroy |
| vichyssoise | chilled cream of potato and leek soup |
| vicinage | neighbourhood; residents in a neighbourhood |
| vicinal | neighboring; local |
| vicinism | acquisition of a trait of a neighboring variety of a species through crossbreeding |
| victimology | study of victims |
| victoria | light open two-seated four-wheeled carriage |
| victoria | cry of triumph |
| victorine | fur scarf or stole fastened at the neck |
| victrix | female victor |
| victualler | one who operates a pub or eatery |
| vicuna | fabric made from wool of the vicuna, a small ruminant |
| vicuna | soft-fleeced Andean ruminant |
| vidame | one who holds lands on behalf of a French bishop |
| videlicet | to wit; namely |
| videndum | thing to be seen |
| videtur | it seems |
| vidimus | attested copy; inspection of accounts |
| viduage | widowhood; widows collectively |
| viduity | widowhood |
| viduous | widowed; empty |
| vielle | four-stringed instrument played with a small wheel |
| viertel | liquid measure of one-quarter litre of alcoholic beverage |
| viff | of an aircraft, to change direction abruptly |
| viga | rough-hewn roofing timber |
| vigesimal | based on the number twenty |
| vigia | danger warning on a chart |
| vigilous | of or pertaining to watching |
| vigintiquintuple | result of multiplying by twenty-five |
| vigneron | vine-grower |
| vignoble | vineyard |
| vigonia | wool of the vicuna |
| vigorish | percentage of gambler's winnings taken by bookkeeper |
| vigoro | team sport combining cricket and baseball |
| viguier | one of two administrative delegates in Andorra |
| vihuela | early Spanish guitar |
| vila | Eastern European fairy or nymph |
| vilayet | former Ottoman province |
| vilipend | to despise; to make light of; to disparage mockingly |
| villancico | Spanish musical form consisting of short verses and a refrain |
| villanelle | poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain |
| villar | of, like or pertaining to a manor or village |
| villatic | rural; of, like or pertaining to a villa |
| villeggiatura | a stay in the country |
| villiform | of the form or shape of velvet |
| villose | velvety |
| villus | soft velvety hair or fur |
| vimen | long thin branch or twig |
| viminal | pertaining to twigs |
| vimineous | with long flexible shoots |
| vinaceous | wine-coloured |
| vinal | of or due to wine |
| vinaya | rules of Buddhist monastic life |
| vinca | periwinkle |
| vincible | that may be overcome |
| vincture | something that binds |
| vincular | connective |
| vinculum | line drawn above numbers to indicate multiplication by some value |
| vindemial | of, like or pertaining to the vintage |
| vindemiate | to gather grapes or other fruit |
| vindictivolence | desire to take vengeance |
| vinea | protective frame for siege weaponry |
| vineal | living on vines; consisting of wine |
| vineatic | of, like or pertaining to vines |
| vinegaroon | large scorpion that emits foul vinegar-like secretion |
| vinew | to make or become mouldy |
| vinewed | mouldy; musty |
| vinic | obtained from wine or alcohol |
| viniculture | cultivation of grapes for wine |
| viniferous | producing wine |
| vinification | process of fermenting wine |
| vinipote | wine-drinker |
| vinolent | addicted to wine |
| vinology | scientific study of vines and winemaking |
| vinomadefied | soaked with wine |
| vinometer | instrument for measuring strength of wine |
| vinous | like wine; pertaining to wine; deep red or wine-coloured |
| vint | to make or sell wine |
| vintry | wine shop |
| vinyasa | movement between different yoga poses |
| violaceous | violet-coloured |
| violatic | flying about |
| violative | causing violation of something |
| violone | double-bass violin |
| viparious | life-producing |
| viperiform | shaped like a snake or viper |
| viperine | of, like or pertaining to vipers |
| viperous | of, like, or pertaining to vipers; treacherous; venomous |
| virage | sharp bend in a hill or path winding up a road |
| viraginous | suggestive of a loud overbearing woman |
| virago | manlike or heroic woman |
| virason | sea breeze |
| virelay | old French poem with refrain and unusual rhyming scheme |
| virement | process of transferring public funds between accounts |
| vireo | olive-gray insectivorous American bird |
| virescent | becoming green or greenish; of a greenish colour |
| virga | streaks of precipitation particles attached to the bottom of a cloud |
| virgal | composed of twigs |
| virgate | old unit of land area usually equal to 30 acres or 1/4 hide |
| virgate | rodlike; twiggy |
| virgation | system of geological faults branching out like twigs |
| virginal | small keyed instrument like a harpsichord |
| virgular | having letters of the alphabet shaped like twigs or thin strokes |
| virgule | forward slash |
| virgultum | young slender branch |
| virguncule | young virgin |
| viricide | killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands |
| virid | green |
| viridarium | Roman garden |
| viridian | chrome green |
| viridigenous | producing greenness |
| viridity | greenness; freshness |
| virific | poisonous |
| virilescence | development of male character in the female |
| virilia | male reproductive organs |
| virilism | outdated name for a form of hermaphroditism |
| virilocal | of a system of residence of a woman with her husband's kin after marriage |
| viripotent | fit for a husband; marriageable |
| virology | study of viruses |
| virose | poisonous; foul |
| virtu | love or taste for fine art |
| virtualism | doctrine that Christ is virtually present in the Eucharist |
| virucide | killing of viruses |
| viruliferous | bearing or containing a virus |
| vis | force; power |
| visagist | expert in facial make-up |
| visard | mask or visor |
| vis-a-vis | light carriage with seats facing one another |
| viscacha | large burrowing South American rodent |
| viscacha | South American burrowing rodent |
| visceral | of the organs of the body |
| visceration | distribution of raw flesh among dogs or men |
| viscerotonic | having a comfort-loving, easygoing personality |
| viscid | semi-fluid; sticky; glutinous; viscous |
| viscometer | instrument for measuring viscosity |
| viscontial | reminiscent of a viscount |
| visibilia | things that are seen |
| visile | of, like or pertaining to sight; learning easily by sight |
| visiogenic | suitable for transmission by television |
| visionic | having the character of a vision |
| visitador | official visitor or inspector |
| visitatorial | connected with an official visitation |
| visive | of, like or pertaining to sight; visual; able to see or be seen |
| visna | fatal brain disease of sheep |
| visne | neighbourhood from which an English jury was formerly drawn |
| visometer | instrument for measuring focal length of the eye |
| viss | South Indian measure of weight of around three and a half pounds |
| vitalism | the doctrine that there is a vital force behind life |
| vitative | concerned with the preservation of life |
| vitellary | bright yellow |
| vitelligenous | producing yolk |
| vitellus | yolk of an egg |
| vitiate | impair quality of; make invalid; spoil; make impure |
| viticetum | plantation of vines; vineyard |
| viticolous | living on vines |
| viticulture | vine-growing |
| vitiferous | bearing vines |
| vitilitigation | vexatious wrangling |
| vitrage | thin curtain for windows or glazed doors |
| vitrail | stained glass |
| vitrescent | tending to become glass |
| vitrescible | able to be turned into glass |
| vitrics | glassy materials; glassware; study of glassware |
| vitrifaction | process of converting into glass |
| vitrifacture | glassblowing |
| vitriform | of the form or shape of glass |
| vitrine | glass display case |
| vitriolic | caustic or hostile |
| vitta | band or stripe of colour on an animal or plant |
| vittate | striped lengthwise |
| vitular | of, like or pertaining to a calf or to calving |
| vituline | of, like or pertaining to calves or veal |
| vituperation | abuse; rejection |
| vivandière | female camp follower who supplies provisions |
| vivarium | artificial enclosure for keeping live animals |
| vivat | long live |
| vivency | vitality |
| viverrine | of, like or pertaining to civets and mongoose |
| vivers | food; eatables |
| viviparous | producing live young |
| vivisepulture | practice of burying people alive |
| vizard | mask |
| vocabularian | of, like or pertaining to vocabulary |
| vocalion | small organ whose reeds produce tone like a human voice |
| vocative | indicating calling or personal address |
| vocicultural | of, like or pertaining to voice training |
| vociferant | clamorous |
| vociferate | to cry out with a loud voice; to bawl |
| vocoid | vowel-like |
| voicespondence | correspondence by means of recorded oral messages |
| voided | of a heraldic charge, having the inner part cut away |
| voile | soft fine sheer fabric |
| voiturier | driver of a carriage or coach |
| voivode | leader of an army; provincial governor |
| volable | nimble-witted |
| volacious | apt or fit to fly |
| volage | giddy; flighty; fickle |
| volant | flying; able to fly; of a heraldic bird, with wings extended |
| volar | of, like or pertaining to the palm or the sole; of, like or pertaining to flight |
| volary | aviary |
| volation | ability to fly |
| volcanology | study of volcanoes |
| volens | consenting to a course of action which requires risk |
| volery | place for aircraft repair |
| volet | short veil worn at the back of the head |
| volitant | flying; flitting; fluttering; moving about |
| volitation | flying; flight |
| volitient | willing |
| volitive | of, like or pertaining to the will; expressing desire or permission |
| volitorial | able to fly |
| volplane | to glide through the air |
| volta | old leaping dance |
| voltameter | instrument for measuring electrical current indirectly |
| voltigeur | lightly armed skirmisher |
| voltinism | breeding rhythm; brood frequency |
| voltmeter | instrument for measuring electrical potential |
| voluble | fluent in speech; too fluent or glib |
| volucrine | of, like or pertaining to birds; bird-like |
| volumenometer | instrument for measuring volume of a solid |
| volumeter | instrument for measuring volume of a liquid or gas |
| voluminal | of, like or pertaining to volume or cubic capacity |
| voluntarism | belief that the will dominates the intellect |
| voluptuary | sensualist; person fond of luxury |
| volupty | sexual pleasure |
| volutation | action of rolling; turning; wallowing |
| voluted | in spiral form |
| volution | revolving movement; convolution; whorl |
| volvelle | instrument like an astrolabe used by doctors for astrology |
| vomiturition | violent retching |
| voraginous | of, like or pertaining to a whirlpool; voracious |
| vorago | gulf; chasm; abyss |
| vorant | devouring |
| vorpal | keen; deadly |
| vortical | of, like or pertaining to a vortex; whirling |
| vorticist | painter who expresses complexity of machinery through art |
| vorticity | amount of vortical motion in a fluid |
| vortoscope | device using mirrors to produce abstract photographs |
| votation | action of voting |
| votive | given by vow; consisting of a vow or wish |
| voussoir | wedge-like stone forming part of an arch |
| vraisemblance | verisimilitude |
| vug | small cavity in a rock |
| vulcanology | study of volcanoes |
| vulgo | commonly; popularly |
| vulgus | the common people; schoolboy Latin composition |
| vulnerary | healing wounds |
| vulnerate | to wound |
| vulnerose | wounded |
| vulpecular | of, like or pertaining to a young fox |
| vulpicide | killing of a fox |
| vulpine | of, like or pertaining to foxes; cunning |
| vulsella | forceps with toothed blades |
| vulturine | rapacious; of, like or pertaining to a vulture |
| vulvar | of, like or pertaining to or resembling the vulva |
| vulviform | shaped like an oval or a vulva |
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