12 Letter 8 Letter 13 Letter Upwords Words Starting With V

VAC (8) [noun] A vacation. | [noun] A vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner. VAN (6) [noun] A covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry. | [noun] An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods. | [noun] A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods. | [noun] The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. | [noun] A shovel used in cleansing ore. | [noun] A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain. VAR (6) [noun] A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere. | [noun] Something that is variable. | [noun] Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. VAS (6) [noun] A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen. | [noun] (specifically) The vas deferens. VAT (6) [noun] A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning. | [noun] A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry. | [noun] A vessel for holding holy water. VAU (6) [noun] The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] A Hebrew letter represented by a symbol resembling a hook or nail. VAV (9) [noun] The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו. VAW (9) VEE (6) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter V. | [noun] Something with the shape of the letter V. | [noun] The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played VEG (7) [noun] Vegetable. | [verb] To vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest | [adjective] Vegetarian | [noun] A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams. VET (6) [noun] A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon. | [noun] A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces). | [verb] To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval. VEX (13) [noun] A trouble. | [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. VIA (6) [noun] A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.) | [noun] A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers. | [preposition] By way of; passing through. VIE (6) [noun] A contest. | [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. VIG (7) [noun] A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment. | [noun] The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark. | [noun] An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest. VIM (8) [noun] Ready vitality and vigour. VIS (6) [noun] Force; energy; might; power. | [noun] A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts. | [noun] A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds). VOE (6) [noun] A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord. VOW (9) [noun] A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. | [noun] A declaration or assertion. | [noun] A votive offering. VOX (13) [noun] The voice, especially one's singing voice. | [noun] A vox pop. VUG (7) [noun] A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.

VACS (9) [noun] A vacation. | [noun] A vacuum cleaner. VAGI (8) [noun] Plural of vagus, referring to the vagus nerves (the tenth pair of cranial nerves). VAIL (7) [noun] Profit; return; proceeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. | [noun] Submission. | [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. VAIN (7) [adjective] Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. | [adjective] Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. | [adjective] Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. VAIR (7) [noun] A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white). VALE (7) [noun] A valley. | [interjection] (usually seen in obituaries) Farewell. VAMP (11) [noun] The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. | [noun] Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. | [noun] Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. | [noun] A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her. | [noun] A volunteer firefighter. VANE (7) [noun] A weather vane | [noun] Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid | [noun] The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft VANG (8) [verb] To take; undertake for. | [verb] (as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. | [noun] A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position VANS (7) [noun] A covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry. | [noun] An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods. | [noun] A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods. VARA (7) [noun] A unit of length used in India, equal to about 33 inches or 84 centimeters. | [noun] A traditional unit of measurement in Spanish-speaking countries. VARS (7) [noun] A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere. | [noun] Something that is variable. | [noun] Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. VARY (10) [noun] Alteration; change. | [verb] To change with time or a similar parameter. | [verb] To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. VASA (7) [noun] A parrot of a variety that is native to Madagascar. VASE (7) [noun] An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. | [noun] The body of the Corinthian capital. VAST (7) [noun] A vast space. | [adjective] Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). | [adjective] Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent. VATS (7) [noun] A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning. | [noun] A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry. | [noun] A vessel for holding holy water. VATU (7) [noun] The national currency of Vanuatu. VAUS (7) [noun] The plural of "vau," which is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. VAVS (10) [noun] The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו. VAWS (10) VEAL (7) [noun] The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. VEEP (9) [noun] (US politics) The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. | [noun] Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.) VEER (7) [verb] To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out. | [noun] A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. | [verb] To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. VEES (7) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter V. | [noun] Something with the shape of the letter V. | [noun] The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played VEIL (7) [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. | [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. | [noun] The calyptra of mosses. VEIN (7) [noun] A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. | [noun] (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp. | [noun] In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. VELA (7) [noun] A thin membrane, resembling a veil, such as: | [noun] An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance. Normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus. VELD (8) [noun] The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries. VENA (7) [noun] A vein, especially in anatomy or entomology. | [noun] The plural of "venum" in legal contexts, referring to a venue or jurisdiction. VEND (8) [noun] The act of vending or selling; a sale. | [noun] The total sales of coal from a colliery. | [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [noun] The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y. VENT (7) [noun] An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. | [noun] A small aperture. | [noun] The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. | [noun] Ventriloquism. | [noun] Sale; opportunity to sell; market | [noun] A baiting place; an inn. | [noun] Ventilation or ventilator. VERA (7) [noun] A plant of the figwort family, especially the aloe vera plant known for its medicinal gel. | [noun] The gel extracted from aloe vera leaves, used in skincare and medicine. VERB (9) [noun] (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. | [noun] Any word; a vocable. | [noun] An action as opposed to a trait or thing. VERT (7) [noun] A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. | [noun] Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer. | [noun] The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest. | [noun] In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition. | [noun] Vertebrate VERY (10) [adjective] True, real, actual. | [adjective] The same; identical. | [adjective] With limiting effect: mere. VEST (7) [noun] A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries. | [noun] A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. | [noun] A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse. VETO (7) [noun] A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. | [noun] An invocation of that right. | [noun] An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. VETS (7) [noun] A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon. | [noun] A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces). | [verb] To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval. VEXT (14) VIAL (7) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a vial. VIBE (9) [noun] A vibraphone. | [noun] Vibration. | [noun] A vibrator (sex toy). VICE (9) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. | [noun] A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise). | [noun] One who acts in place of a superior. VIDE (8) [verb] Divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder) | [verb] (Parliamentary jargon) Divide (ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes) | [verb] See; consult; refer to. A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis. VIED (8) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. VIER (7) VIES (7) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. VIEW (10) [noun] (physical) Visual perception. | [noun] A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. | [noun] (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination. VIGA (8) [noun] A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village VIGS (8) VILE (7) [adjective] Morally low; base; despicable. | [adjective] Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. VILL (7) [noun] The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. | [noun] A villa; a country residence. | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). VIMS (9) VINA (7) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VINE (7) [noun] The climbing plant that produces grapes. | [noun] Any plant of the genus Vitis. | [noun] (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant. VINO (7) [noun] Wine. VINY (10) VIOL (7) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. | [verb] To play the viol. VIRL (7) VISA (7) [noun] A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. | [verb] To endorse (a passport, etc.). VISE (7) [noun] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. | [verb] To clamp with or as with a vise. | [verb] To examine and endorse (a passport, etc.); to visa. VITA (7) [noun] A curriculum vitae. VIVA (10) [noun] A shout of applause. | [verb] To cheer, applaud | [interjection] Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support). | [noun] An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification. VIVE (10) VOES (7) [noun] A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord. VOID (8) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. | [noun] A voidee. VOLE (7) [noun] Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats. | [noun] A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks. | [verb] To win all the tricks by a vole. VOLT (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V | [noun] A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks. | [noun] A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. VOTE (7) [noun] A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities | [noun] An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot | [noun] An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer VOWS (10) [noun] A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. | [noun] A declaration or assertion. | [noun] A votive offering. VROW (10) VUGG (9) VUGH (11) VUGS (8) [noun] A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.

VACUA (10) [noun] A region of space that contains no matter. | [noun] (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner. | [noun] The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. VAGAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the vagus nerve. VAGUE (9) [noun] A wandering; a vagary. | [noun] An indefinite expanse. | [verb] To wander; to roam; to stray. VAGUS (9) [adjective] Vague or wandering; not clearly defined or fixed. VAILS (8) [noun] Profit; return; proceeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. | [noun] Submission. VAIRS (8) [noun] Plural of vair, a heraldic fur represented by a pattern of blue and white bell shapes, used in coats of arms. VAKIL (12) [noun] A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador. VALES (8) [noun] A valley. VALET (8) [noun] A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance. | [noun] A hotel employee performing such duties for guests. | [noun] (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience. VALID (9) [adjective] Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. | [adjective] Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules. | [adjective] Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant. VALOR (8) [noun] Value; worth. | [noun] Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness VALSE (8) [noun] A waltz. VALUE (8) [noun] The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. | [noun] The degree of importance given to something. | [noun] That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. VALVE (11) [noun] A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe. | [noun] A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit. | [noun] One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction VAMPS (12) [noun] The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. | [noun] Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. | [noun] Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. VANDA (9) [noun] A genus of orchids native to Southeast Asia, characterized by strap-like leaves and showy flowers, commonly cultivated as ornamental houseplants. VANED (9) [adjective] Having vanes or equipped with vanes; fitted with a vane or vanes. VANES (8) [noun] A weather vane | [noun] Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid | [noun] The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft VANGS (9) [noun] A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position VAPID (11) [adjective] Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. | [adjective] Lifeless, dull, or banal. | [adjective] Tasteless, bland, or insipid. VAPOR (10) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VARAS (8) [noun] Plural of vara, a unit of measurement of length used in Spanish-speaking countries, equal to approximately 33 inches or 84 centimeters. VARIA (8) VARIX (15) [noun] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein | [noun] In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture. VARNA (8) [noun] Any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes VARUS (8) [noun] A deformity in which the foot is turned inward. | [noun] Acne. VARVE (11) [noun] An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock. VASAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or involving a vassal or vassals; characteristic of a feudal relationship of dependence. VASES (8) [noun] An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. | [noun] The body of the Corinthian capital. VASTS (8) [noun] A vast space. VASTY (11) [adjective] Vast in extent or scope; immense or boundless. VATIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular. VATUS (8) VAULT (8) [noun] An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. | [noun] Any arched ceiling or roof. | [noun] Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves. | [noun] An act of vaulting, formerly by deer; a leap or jump. VAUNT (8) [noun] A boast; an instance of vaunting. | [verb] To speak boastfully. | [verb] To speak boastfully about. | [noun] The first part. VEALS (8) [noun] Plural of veal, the meat of a young calf. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "veal," to make into or treat as veal. VEALY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing veal; of, relating to, or characteristic of veal. VEENA (8) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VEEPS (10) [noun] (US politics) The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. | [noun] Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.) VEERS (8) [noun] A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. VEERY (11) [noun] An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. VEGAN (9) [noun] A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products | [noun] A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism. | [adjective] (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use. VEGIE (9) [noun] A vegetable. | [noun] A vegetarian. VEILS (8) [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. | [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. | [noun] The calyptra of mosses. VEINS (8) [noun] A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. | [noun] (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp. | [noun] In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. VEINY (11) [adjective] Having prominent or visible veins; marked by veins. | [adjective] Full of or containing veins. VELAR (8) [noun] A sound articulated at the soft palate | [adjective] Articulated at the velum or soft palate. | [adjective] Referring to a veil or velum. VELDS (9) [noun] The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries. VELDT (9) [noun] The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries. VELUM (10) [noun] A thin membrane, resembling a veil, such as: | [noun] An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance. Normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus. VENAE (8) [noun] Plural of vena, referring to veins or vein-like structures, particularly used in anatomical terminology. VENAL (8) [adjective] Venous; pertaining to veins. | [adjective] For sale; available for purchase. | [adjective] Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit. VENDS (9) [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [verb] To sell wares through a vending machine. VENGE (9) VENIN (8) [noun] A toxic substance found in the venom of snakes and other venomous animals. VENOM (10) [noun] A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging. | [noun] Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol. | [verb] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. VENTS (8) [noun] An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. | [noun] A small aperture. | [noun] The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. VENUE (8) [noun] A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events. | [noun] A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes. | [noun] A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew. VERBS (10) [noun] (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. | [noun] Any word; a vocable. | [noun] An action as opposed to a trait or thing. VERGE (9) [noun] A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. | [noun] An edge or border. | [noun] The phallus. | [verb] To be or come very close; to border; to approach. VERSE (8) [noun] A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. | [noun] Poetic form in general. | [noun] One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed. | [verb] To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game. VERSO (8) [noun] The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; | [noun] The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. VERST (8) [noun] A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile. VERTS (8) [noun] A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. | [noun] Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer. | [noun] The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest. VERTU (8) [noun] The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. | [noun] Objets d'art collectively. | [noun] Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. VERVE (11) [noun] Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing | [noun] Artistic energy and enthusiasm | [noun] Vigour, vitality and liveliness VESTA (8) [noun] A short match, made of wood or wax VESTS (8) [noun] A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries. | [noun] A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. | [noun] A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse. VETCH (13) [noun] Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds | [noun] Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae VEXED (16) [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. | [verb] To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. VEXER (15) VEXES (15) [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. | [verb] To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. VEXIL (15) VIALS (8) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a vial. VIAND (9) [noun] An item of food eaten with rice. VIBES (10) [noun] A vibraphone. | [noun] Vibration. | [noun] A vibrator (sex toy). VICAR (10) [noun] In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. | [noun] A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. VICED (11) VICES (10) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. VICHY (16) VIDEO (9) [noun] Television, television show, movie. | [noun] A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). | [noun] Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format. VIERS (8) VIEWS (11) [noun] (physical) Visual perception. | [noun] A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. | [noun] (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination. VIEWY (14) VIGAS (9) [noun] A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village VIGIL (9) [noun] An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. | [noun] A period of observation or surveillance at any hour. | [noun] The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions. VIGOR (9) [noun] Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. | [noun] Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. | [noun] Strength; efficacy; potency. VILER (8) [adjective] Morally low; base; despicable. | [adjective] Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. VILLA (8) [noun] (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. | [noun] (plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street. | [noun] (plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard. VILLI (8) [noun] A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines. | [noun] One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants. VILLS (8) [noun] The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. | [noun] A villa; a country residence. VIMEN (10) VINAL (8) VINAS (8) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VINCA (10) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VINED (9) VINES (8) [noun] The climbing plant that produces grapes. | [noun] Any plant of the genus Vitis. | [noun] (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant. VINIC (10) VINOS (8) VINYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. | [noun] Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics. | [noun] Phonograph records as a medium. VIOLA (8) [noun] A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone. | [noun] An organ stop having a similar tone. | [noun] A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music. | [noun] (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies. | [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VIOLS (8) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. VIPER (10) [noun] A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. | [noun] A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. | [noun] A person who smokes marijuana. VIRAL (8) [noun] A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes. | [adjective] Of or relating to a biological virus. | [adjective] Caused by a virus. VIREO (8) [noun] Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. | [noun] Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireo, greenlets and peppershrikes. | [noun] (in plural) The family Vireonidae. VIRES (8) VIRGA (9) [noun] A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone. | [noun] A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer. | [noun] (measurement) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch. VIRID (9) VIRLS (8) VIRTU (8) [noun] The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. | [noun] Objets d'art collectively. | [noun] Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. VIRUS (8) [noun] A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism. | [noun] A disease caused by these organisms. | [noun] Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc. VISAS (8) [noun] A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. | [verb] To endorse (a passport, etc.). VISED (9) VISES (8) [noun] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. | [verb] To clamp with or as with a vise. | [verb] To examine and endorse (a passport, etc.); to visa. VISIT (8) [noun] A single act of visiting. | [noun] A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home. | [verb] To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) VISOR (8) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VISTA (8) [noun] A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. | [noun] A site offering such a view. | [noun] A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination. VITAE (8) VITAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or characteristic of life. | [adjective] Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. | [adjective] Invigorating or life-giving. VITTA (8) [noun] A fillet, or garland for the head. | [noun] A longitudinal stripe. | [noun] An oil tube in the fruit of some plants. VIVAS (11) [noun] A shout of applause. | [noun] An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification. VIVID (12) [noun] A felt-tipped permanent marker. | [adjective] (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful. | [adjective] (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful. VIXEN (15) [noun] A female fox. | [noun] A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. | [noun] A racy or salacious woman. VIZIR (17) VIZOR (17) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VOCAL (10) [noun] A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal | [noun] (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the voice or speech VOCES (10) VODKA (13) [noun] A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. | [noun] A serving of the above beverage. | [noun] Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color. VODUN (9) [noun] Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. | [noun] The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo. | [noun] Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem. VOGIE (9) VOGUE (9) [noun] The prevailing fashion or style. | [noun] Popularity or a current craze. | [noun] A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. VOICE (10) [noun] Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character | [noun] Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. | [noun] The tone or sound emitted by an object | [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce VOIDS (9) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. VOILA (8) [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VOILE (8) [noun] A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. VOLAR (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. VOLED (9) VOLES (8) [noun] Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats. | [noun] A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks. VOLTA (8) VOLTE (8) [noun] A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated). | [noun] A volte | [noun] A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet. VOLTI (8) VOLTS (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V | [noun] A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks. | [noun] A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. VOLVA (11) [noun] A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi. | [noun] In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. | [noun] (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch. VOMER (10) [noun] The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils. VOMIT (10) [noun] The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus. | [noun] The act of regurgitating. | [noun] That which causes vomiting; an emetic. VOTED (9) [verb] To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election | [verb] To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent VOTER (8) [noun] Someone who votes. VOTES (8) [noun] A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities | [noun] An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot | [noun] An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer VOUCH (13) [noun] Warrant; attestation. | [verb] To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest. | [verb] To warrant; to maintain by affirmations VOWED (12) [verb] To make a vow; to promise. | [verb] To make a vow regarding (something). | [verb] To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation. VOWEL (11) [noun] A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. | [noun] A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. | [verb] To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic) VOWER (11) VROOM (10) [noun] The sound of an engine revving up. | [verb] To move with great speed; to zoom. | [interjection] The sound of an engine revving up. VROUW (11) [noun] A Dutchwoman. VROWS (11) VUGGS (10) VUGGY (13) VUGHS (12) VULGO (9) VULVA (11) [noun] The external female sexual organs, collectively. VYING (12) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.

VACANT (11) [adjective] Not occupied; empty. | [adjective] Showing no intelligence or interest. VACATE (11) [verb] To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. | [verb] To leave an office or position. | [verb] To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. VACUUM (13) [noun] A region of space that contains no matter. | [noun] (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner. | [noun] The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. VADOSE (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater. VAGARY (13) [noun] An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action. | [noun] An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice or whim. VAGILE (10) [adjective] Capable of moving freely or wandering from place to place. | [adjective] (Biology) Of an organism that is mobile or able to move about. VAGINA (10) [noun] The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. | [noun] A similar part in some invertebrates. | [noun] A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. VAGROM (12) [adjective] Vagrant or wandering; characterized by vagrancy or vagabondage. VAGUER (10) [adjective] Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms. | [adjective] Not having a precise meaning. | [adjective] Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight. VAHINE (12) [noun] A Polynesian or Tahitian woman or girl. VAILED (10) [verb] To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something). | [verb] To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat. | [verb] To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink. VAINER (9) [adjective] Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. | [adjective] Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. | [adjective] Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. VAINLY (12) [adverb] In a vain pursuit; to no avail; She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror. | [adverb] With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner; She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror. VAKEEL (13) [noun] A native attorney, lawyer or agent. | [noun] An ambassador. VAKILS (13) [noun] A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador. VALETS (9) [noun] A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance. | [noun] A hotel employee performing such duties for guests. | [noun] (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience. VALGUS (10) [adjective] Knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body) VALINE (9) [noun] An essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins. VALISE (9) [noun] A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag. VALKYR (16) VALLEY (12) [noun] An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it. | [noun] The area which drains into a river. | [noun] Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs. VALORS (9) [noun] Plural of valor, meaning acts or displays of courage and bravery. | [noun] In heraldry, the color red. VALOUR (9) [noun] Value; worth. | [noun] Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness | [noun] A brave man; a man of valour. VALSES (9) [noun] A waltz. VALUED (10) [verb] To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. | [verb] To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. | [verb] To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. VALUER (9) [noun] A person who valuates; an assessor or appraiser. | [noun] A person who appreciates something and sets a value on it. VALUES (9) [noun] The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. | [noun] The degree of importance given to something. | [noun] That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. VALUTA (9) [noun] A foreign currency; any monetary standard. VALVAL (12) VALVAR (12) [adjective] Relating to or affecting a valve or valves, especially in medical or anatomical contexts. VALVED (13) [adjective] Equipped with or having a valve or valves. | [verb] Past tense of valve, meaning to control the flow of a fluid or gas using a valve. VALVES (12) [noun] A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe. | [noun] A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit. | [noun] One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction VAMOSE (11) [verb] To leave hastily or depart quickly; to go away. | [verb] (archaic) To move or depart in haste. VAMPED (14) [verb] To patch, repair, or refurbish. | [verb] Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing. | [verb] To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise. VAMPER (13) [noun] The upper front part of a shoe or boot that covers the instep and toe. | [verb] To repair or patch the vamp of a shoe. | [verb] To improvise or invent something, especially a musical passage. VANDAL (10) [noun] A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property. VANDAS (10) [noun] Plural of vanda, a genus of tropical orchids with showy flowers commonly grown as ornamental plants. VANISH (12) [noun] The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. | [noun] A magic trick in which something seems to disappear. | [verb] To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. VANITY (12) [noun] That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit. | [noun] Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements. | [noun] A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon. VANMAN (11) VANMEN (11) VANNED (10) [verb] Past tense of "van," meaning to transport in a van. | [verb] Past tense of "van," meaning to winnow or fan grain. VANNER (9) [noun] A person who operates or drives a van. | [noun] A horse or other animal suitable for pulling a van. VAPORS (11) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VAPORY (14) [adjective] Resembling vapor; vaporous. | [adjective] Characterized by the presence of vapor; full of, or obscured by, vapor. VAPOUR (11) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VARIED (10) [adjective] Diverse or miscellaneous | [adjective] Having been changed or modified | [adjective] Variegated VARIER (9) [noun] One who varies or makes variations. | [verb] Third person singular present of "vary" (archaic or dialectal form). VARIES (9) [verb] To change with time or a similar parameter. | [verb] To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. | [verb] Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter. VARLET (9) [noun] A servant or attendant. | [noun] Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood. | [noun] A rogue or scoundrel. VARNAS (9) [noun] Any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes VAROOM (11) [verb] To make a loud roaring sound, as of an engine accelerating. | [noun] A loud roaring sound. VARVED (13) [adjective] Marked by or consisting of varves, which are layers of sediment deposited in glacial lakes. VARVES (12) [noun] An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock. VASSAL (9) [noun] The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. | [noun] A subordinate | [verb] To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. VASTER (9) [adjective] Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). | [adjective] Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent. | [adjective] Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. VASTLY (12) [adverb] Greatly, in a vast manner. VATFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a vat can hold; a vat's capacity. VATTED (10) [verb] To put into a vat. | [verb] To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits. VAULTS (9) [noun] An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. | [noun] Any arched ceiling or roof. | [noun] Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves. VAULTY (12) VAUNTS (9) [noun] A boast; an instance of vaunting. | [verb] To speak boastfully. | [verb] To speak boastfully about. VAUNTY (12) [adjective] Boastfully proud; given to vaunting or bragging. VAWARD (13) VEALED (10) [verb] Past tense of veal, meaning to kill a calf for meat, or to prepare veal. VEALER (9) [noun] A calf intended for use as veal. VECTOR (11) [noun] A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. | [noun] An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points. | [noun] Any member of a (generalized) vector space. VEEJAY (19) [noun] Someone who presents a television programme of videos; a video jockey. | [verb] To work as a video jockey; to present videos. | [noun] Vagina, vulva. VEENAS (9) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VEEPEE (11) VEERED (10) [verb] To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out. | [verb] To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. | [verb] (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). VEGANS (10) [noun] A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products | [noun] A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism. VEGETE (10) VEGGIE (11) [noun] A vegetable. | [noun] A vegetarian. | [adjective] Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians VEGIES (10) [noun] A vegetable. | [noun] A vegetarian. VEILED (10) [verb] To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. | [verb] To conceal as with a veil. | [adjective] Covered by a veil. VEILER (9) [noun] One who veils; a person who wears or puts on a veil. | [noun] A device or mechanism used for veiling. VEINAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to veins; having veins or vein-like structures. VEINED (10) [verb] To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. | [adjective] (sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings. VEINER (9) [noun] A tool or person that creates veins or vein-like patterns, particularly in marbling or painting techniques. | [noun] A device used in leatherworking to create decorative vein impressions on leather. VELARS (9) [noun] A sound articulated at the soft palate VELATE (9) [adjective] Covered with a veil or veil-like membrane; having a velum. VELDTS (10) [noun] The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries. VELLUM (11) [noun] A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf. | [noun] A writing paper of very high quality. VELOCE (11) [adverb] In music, at a fast tempo; with speed and liveliness. VELOUR (9) [noun] A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser. VELURE (9) VELVET (12) [noun] A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. | [noun] Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers. | [noun] A female chinchilla; a sow. VENDED (11) [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [verb] To sell wares through a vending machine. VENDEE (10) [noun] The person to whom something is sold; a purchaser. VENDER (10) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. VENDOR (10) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. | [verb] To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program. VENDUE (10) [noun] A public auction. VENEER (9) [noun] A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. | [noun] An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings. | [verb] To apply veneer to. VENERY (12) [noun] The hunting of wild animals. | [noun] Game animals. | [noun] The pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence. VENGED (11) [verb] Past tense of "venge," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to avenge or take revenge. VENGES (10) [verb] Third-person singular present tense of "venge," meaning to avenge or take revenge. VENIAL (9) [adjective] Pardonable; able to be forgiven. | [adjective] Excusable; trifling VENINE (9) VENINS (9) [noun] Poisonous substances found in the venom of snakes, spiders, and other venomous animals. VENIRE (9) [noun] A writ summoning people to court for jury duty. | [noun] The group of people summoned for jury duty. VENOMS (11) [noun] A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging. | [noun] Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol. | [verb] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. VENOSE (9) [adjective] Having veins or vein-like markings; characterized by the presence of veins. VENOUS (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to veins. | [adjective] Possessing veins. | [adjective] Having numerous veins. VENTED (10) [verb] To allow gases to escape. | [verb] To allow to escape through a vent. | [verb] To express a strong emotion. VENTER (9) [noun] A vendor. | [noun] A woman with offspring | [noun] A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably: | [noun] One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems. VENUES (9) [noun] A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events. | [noun] A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes. | [noun] A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew. VENULE (9) [noun] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein. VERBAL (11) [noun] (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. | [noun] A confession given to police. | [verb] To induce into fabricating a confession. VERBID (12) VERDIN (10) [noun] A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World. VERGED (11) [verb] To be or come very close; to border; to approach. | [verb] To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope. VERGER (10) [noun] One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. | [noun] A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton. | [noun] An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. VERGES (10) [noun] A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. | [noun] An edge or border. | [noun] The phallus. VERIER (9) VERIFY (15) [verb] To substantiate or prove the truth of something | [verb] To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something | [verb] To affirm something formally, under oath VERILY (12) [adverb] Truly; doubtlessly; honestly; in truth. | [adverb] Confidently, certainly VERISM (11) [noun] Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary. | [noun] An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner VERIST (9) VERITE (9) VERITY (12) [noun] Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth. | [noun] A true statement; an established doctrine. VERMES (11) [noun] A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception. VERMIN (11) [noun] Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. | [noun] Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels. | [noun] Obnoxious, or mean and offensive person or people. VERMIS (11) [noun] A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception. VERNAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or occurring in spring. | [adjective] Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful. VERNIX (16) [noun] Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies. VERSAL (9) [adjective] Universal | [noun] Ornamental letter that begins a section VERSED (10) [verb] To compose verses. | [verb] To tell in verse, or poetry. | [verb] To educate about, to teach about. VERSER (9) VERSES (9) [noun] A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. | [noun] Poetic form in general. | [noun] One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed. VERSET (9) [noun] A very short organ interlude or prelude. | [noun] A verse. VERSOS (9) [noun] The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; | [noun] The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. VERSTE (9) VERSTS (9) [noun] A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile. VERSUS (9) [preposition] Against; in opposition to. | [preposition] Compared with, as opposed to. | [preposition] Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like). VERTEX (16) [noun] The highest point of something. | [noun] The highest surface on the skull. | [noun] The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes. VERTUS (9) VERVES (12) VERVET (12) [noun] A small African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat VESICA (11) VESPER (11) [noun] The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell | [noun] The evening. | [noun] A vesper martini. VESPID (12) VESSEL (9) [noun] Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. | [noun] A craft designed for transportation through air or space. | [noun] Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. VESTAL (9) [noun] A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin. | [noun] A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations. | [noun] A nun. VESTAS (9) [noun] A short match, made of wood or wax VESTED (10) [verb] To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. | [verb] To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred. | [verb] To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor. VESTEE (9) [noun] A dickey, notably made to resemble a vest and be worn under a coat | [noun] A small woman's vest. VESTRY (12) [noun] A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy. | [noun] A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish. | [noun] An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry. VETOED (10) [verb] To use a veto against. VETOER (9) VETOES (9) [noun] A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. | [noun] An invocation of that right. | [noun] An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. VETTED (10) [verb] To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval. | [adjective] Having undergone an investigation and been approved. VEXERS (16) VEXILS (16) VEXING (17) [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. | [verb] To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. VIABLE (11) [noun] An organism that is able to live and develop. | [adjective] Able to live on its own (as for a newborn). | [adjective] Able to be done, possible. VIABLY (14) VIALED (10) VIANDS (10) [noun] An item of food eaten with rice. VIATIC (11) VIATOR (9) VIBIST (11) [noun] A vibraphone player; someone that plays the vibraphone. VIBRIO (11) [noun] Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod. VICARS (11) [noun] In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. | [noun] A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. VICING (12) VICTIM (13) [noun] One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | [noun] A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. VICTOR (11) [noun] The winner in a fight or contest. | [noun] The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet. VICUNA (11) [noun] A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco. VIDEOS (10) [noun] Television, television show, movie. | [noun] A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). | [noun] Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format. VIEWED (13) [verb] To look at. | [verb] To regard in a stated way. | [adjective] Having been viewed; having been seen, watched or witnessed. VIEWER (12) [noun] Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator. | [noun] Someone who watches television. | [noun] Any optical device used to view photographic slides. VIGILS (10) [noun] An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. | [noun] A period of observation or surveillance at any hour. | [noun] The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions. VIGORS (10) VIGOUR (10) [noun] Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. | [noun] Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. | [noun] Strength; efficacy; potency. VIKING (14) [noun] One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America. | [noun] (by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns. | [noun] A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian). VILELY (12) VILEST (9) [adjective] Morally low; base; despicable. | [adjective] Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. VILIFY (15) [verb] To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. | [verb] To belittle through speech; to put down. VILLAE (9) VILLAS (9) [noun] (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. | [noun] (plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street. | [noun] (plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard. VILLUS (9) [noun] A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines. | [noun] One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants. VIMINA (11) VINALS (9) VINCAS (11) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VINEAL (9) VINERY (12) [noun] A vineyard. | [noun] A structure, usually enclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery. VINIER (9) VINIFY (15) [verb] To convert the juice of a fruit (especially that of the grape) into wine by fermentation. VINING (10) [noun] A twisting, twining pattern or motion. | [adjective] Growing in the manner of a vine; twisting and entwining. VINOUS (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine. | [adjective] Tending to drink wine excessively. | [adjective] Affected by the drinking of wine. VINYLS (12) [noun] The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. | [noun] Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics. | [noun] Phonograph records as a medium. VIOLAS (9) [noun] A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone. | [noun] An organ stop having a similar tone. | [noun] A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music. VIOLET (9) [noun] A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. | [noun] The bulb of such a plant. | [noun] The genus as a whole. VIOLIN (9) [noun] A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family. | [noun] A violinist. | [verb] To play on, or as if on, a violin. VIPERS (11) [noun] A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. | [noun] A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. | [noun] A person who smokes marijuana. VIRAGO (10) [noun] A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation. | [noun] A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated. | [noun] A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive. VIREOS (9) [noun] Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. | [noun] Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireo, greenlets and peppershrikes. | [noun] (in plural) The family Vireonidae. VIRGAS (10) VIRGIN (10) [noun] A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. | [noun] (early Christian Church) a woman noted for religious piety who has never been married. | [noun] One who has never used or experienced a specified thing. VIRILE (9) [adjective] Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor. | [adjective] (of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse. | [adjective] (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns. VIRION (9) [noun] A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell). VIROID (10) [noun] A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses, that are plant pathogens | [noun] Certain defective viruses, such as hepatitis D, a human pathogen. VIRTUE (9) [noun] Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. | [noun] A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality. | [noun] Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. VIRTUS (9) VISAED (10) VISAGE (10) [noun] Countenance; appearance; one's face. VISARD (10) VISCID (12) [adjective] Viscous; having a high viscosity. | [adjective] Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. | [adjective] Covered with a viscid layer. VISCUS (11) [noun] One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. | [noun] Specifically, the intestines. VISEED (10) VISING (10) VISION (9) [noun] The sense or ability of sight. | [noun] Something seen; an object perceived visually. | [noun] Something imaginary one thinks one sees. VISITS (9) [noun] A single act of visiting. | [noun] A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home. | [verb] To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) VISIVE (12) VISORS (9) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VISTAS (9) [noun] A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. | [noun] A site offering such a view. | [noun] A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination. VISUAL (9) [noun] Any element of something that depends on sight. | [noun] An image; a picture; a graphic. | [noun] (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio. VITALS (9) [noun] Those organs of the body that are essential for life. | [noun] Those parts of a system without which it cannot function. | [noun] Vital signs. VITRIC (11) VITTAE (9) [noun] A fillet, or garland for the head. | [noun] A longitudinal stripe. | [noun] An oil tube in the fruit of some plants. VITTLE (9) [noun] Food. | [noun] (in the plural) Food; edible provisions. | [verb] To provide or obtain edible provisions. VIVACE (14) VIVARY (15) VIVERS (12) [noun] Provisions; victuals VIVIFY (18) [verb] To bring to life; to enliven. | [verb] To impart vitality. VIXENS (16) [noun] A female fox. | [noun] A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. | [noun] A racy or salacious woman. VIZARD (19) [noun] A mask (cover for the face, used for disguise, protection, etc.) | [noun] A visor (part of a helmet covering the face). | [noun] Outward appearance; pretense. VIZIER (18) [noun] A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] Vicegerent, viceroy | [noun] A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right. VIZIRS (18) VIZORS (18) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VIZSLA (18) [noun] A dog breed originating in Hungary. VOCALS (11) [noun] A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal | [noun] (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections. | [noun] The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist VODKAS (14) [noun] A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. | [noun] A serving of the above beverage. | [noun] Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color. VODOUN (10) VODUNS (10) VOGUED (11) [verb] To dance in the vogue dance style. | [verb] To light a cigarette. VOGUER (10) VOGUES (10) [noun] The prevailing fashion or style. | [noun] Popularity or a current craze. | [noun] A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. VOICED (12) [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce | [verb] To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath. | [verb] To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of VOICER (11) [noun] One who voices something. | [noun] One who fits or regulates the pipes of an organ so as to produce the desired quality of sound. | [noun] A spoken report to be broadcast. VOICES (11) [noun] Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character | [noun] Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. | [noun] The tone or sound emitted by an object VOIDED (11) [verb] To make invalid or worthless. | [verb] To empty. | [verb] To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge. VOIDER (10) VOILES (9) [noun] A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. VOLANT (9) [adjective] Having extended wings as if flying. | [adjective] Represented as unsupported in the air. | [adjective] Flying, or able to fly. VOLERY (12) VOLING (10) VOLLEY (12) [noun] The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired | [noun] A burst or emission of many things at once. | [noun] The flight of a ball just before it bounces VOLOST (9) VOLTES (9) [noun] A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated). | [noun] A volte | [noun] A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet. VOLUME (11) [noun] A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. | [noun] Strength of sound; loudness. | [noun] The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. VOLUTE (9) [noun] The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. | [noun] The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell. | [noun] Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae. VOLVAS (12) [noun] A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi. | [noun] In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. | [noun] (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch. VOLVOX (19) [noun] Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes. VOMERS (11) [noun] The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils. VOMICA (13) VOMITO (11) VOMITS (11) [verb] To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke. | [verb] To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew. | [verb] To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit. VOODOO (10) [noun] Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. | [noun] The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo. | [noun] Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem. VORTEX (16) [noun] A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. | [noun] Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. | [noun] Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. VOTARY (12) [noun] A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made | [noun] A devotee of a particular religion or cult | [noun] A devout or zealous worshipper VOTERS (9) [noun] Someone who votes. VOTING (10) [verb] To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election | [verb] To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent | [noun] Action of the verb to vote VOTIVE (12) [noun] A hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary | [adjective] Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge | [adjective] Of, expressing or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention. VOWELS (12) [noun] A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. | [noun] A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. VOWERS (12) VOWING (13) [verb] To make a vow; to promise. | [verb] To make a vow regarding (something). | [verb] To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation. VOYAGE (13) [noun] A long journey, especially by ship. | [noun] The act or practice of travelling. | [verb] To go on a long journey. VOYEUR (12) [noun] A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity. | [noun] An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects. VROOMS (11) [noun] The sound of an engine revving up. | [verb] To move with great speed; to zoom. VROUWS (12) [noun] A Dutchwoman. VULGAR (10) [noun] (classicism) A common, ordinary person. | [noun] (collective) The common people. | [noun] The vernacular tongue or common language of a country. VULGUS (10) VULVAE (12) VULVAL (12) VULVAR (12) VULVAS (12) [noun] The external female sexual organs, collectively.

VACANCY (17) [noun] An unoccupied position or job. | [noun] An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc. | [noun] Empty space. VACATED (13) [verb] To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. | [verb] To leave an office or position. | [verb] To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. VACATES (12) [verb] To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. | [verb] To leave an office or position. | [verb] To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. VACCINA (14) [noun] A virus that causes a mild infection in cattle, used historically as the source material for smallpox vaccine. | [noun] The vaccine derived from vaccinia virus, used for immunization against smallpox. VACCINE (14) [noun] A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute. VACUITY (15) [noun] Emptiness. | [noun] Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum. | [noun] Idleness; listlessness. VACUOLE (12) [noun] A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm. VACUOUS (12) [adjective] Empty; void; lacking meaningful content. | [adjective] Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant VACUUMS (14) [noun] A region of space that contains no matter. | [noun] (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner. | [noun] The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. VAGALLY (14) [adverb] In a manner relating to or affecting the vagus nerve. VAGINAE (11) [noun] The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. | [noun] A similar part in some invertebrates. | [noun] A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. VAGINAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina. VAGINAS (11) [noun] The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. | [noun] A similar part in some invertebrates. | [noun] A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. VAGRANT (11) [noun] A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. | [noun] (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. | [noun] Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. | [adjective] Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. VAGUELY (14) [adverb] In a vague manner. | [adverb] Loosely; more or less; somewhat. VAGUEST (11) [adjective] Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms. | [adjective] Not having a precise meaning. | [adjective] Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight. VAHINES (13) [noun] Plural of vahine, a Tahitian or Polynesian word for a young woman or girl, used in English particularly in surfing and travel contexts. VAILING (11) [verb] To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something). | [verb] To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat. | [verb] To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink. VAINEST (10) [adjective] Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. | [adjective] Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. | [adjective] Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. VAKEELS (14) [noun] A native attorney, lawyer or agent. | [noun] An ambassador. VALANCE (12) [noun] A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. | [noun] A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window. | [noun] (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor. VALENCE (12) [noun] An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen. | [noun] The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, gain, or share when it combines with other atoms etc. | [noun] The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen. | [noun] A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. VALENCY (15) [noun] The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph. | [noun] Valence. | [noun] The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments. VALERIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to valeric acid, a colorless liquid organic compound found in plant oils and used in perfumes and pharmaceuticals. VALETED (11) [verb] To serve (someone) as a valet. | [verb] To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. | [verb] To leave (a car) with a valet to park it. VALGOID (12) VALIANT (10) [noun] A person who acts with valor, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger. | [adjective] Showing courage or determination; brave, heroic. VALIDLY (14) [adverb] In a valid manner. VALINES (10) [noun] Plural of valine, an essential amino acid found in proteins. VALISES (10) [noun] A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag. VALKYRS (17) VALLATE (10) [adjective] Having a raised rim or border; surrounded by a wall or rampart. VALLEYS (13) [noun] An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it. | [noun] The area which drains into a river. | [noun] Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs. VALONIA (10) [noun] The European evergreen oak, Quercus macrolepis, now Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, or Quercus aegilops. | [noun] The dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye, used in tanning. VALOURS (10) [noun] Plural of valour; acts of courage and bravery. | [noun] Instances or displays of valor in battle or difficult circumstances. VALUATE (10) [verb] To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation. VALUERS (10) [noun] A person who valuates; an assessor or appraiser. | [noun] A person who appreciates something and sets a value on it. VALUING (11) [verb] To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. | [verb] To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. | [verb] To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. VALUTAS (10) [noun] Plural of valuta, a foreign currency or the value of a currency in international exchange. VALVATE (13) [adjective] Having or resembling valves (that open and close). | [adjective] Meeting at the edges without overlapping. VALVING (14) [noun] The act or process of controlling flow through a valve or system of valves. | [verb] Present participle of valve; controlling or regulating flow with a valve. VALVULA (13) VALVULE (13) [noun] A small valve or a valve-like structure, especially in anatomy or zoology. VAMOOSE (12) [verb] To run away (from); to flee. | [verb] To hurry. | [verb] To be expelled. VAMOSED (13) [verb] Past tense of "vamoose," meaning to leave hurriedly or depart quickly. VAMOSES (12) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "vamose," meaning to depart hastily or leave quickly. VAMPERS (14) [noun] Plural of vamiper, a person who vamps or repairs the upper part of a shoe. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of vamp, meaning to repair or patch up something, or to improvise or flirt. VAMPING (15) [verb] To patch, repair, or refurbish. | [verb] Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing. | [verb] To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise. VAMPIRE (14) [noun] A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. | [noun] A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth. | [noun] A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) VAMPISH (17) [adjective] Like a vamp (flirtatious woman). VANADIC (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing vanadium, especially in its pentavalent state. VANDALS (11) [noun] A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property. VANDYKE (18) [noun] An edge with ornamental triangular points. | [noun] A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and goatee but with all cheek hair shaven. | [noun] A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations. VANILLA (10) [noun] Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes. | [noun] The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant. | [noun] The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant. VANNERS (10) [noun] People who live or travel in vans. | [noun] Horses or other animals with white markings on their feet, or vehicles with such markings. VANNING (11) [verb] The present participle of "van," meaning to travel or live in a van, or to transport goods in a van. VANPOOL (12) [noun] A shared vehicle arrangement where a group of people commute together in one van, typically to work or a similar destination. VANTAGE (11) [noun] Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end. | [noun] Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. | [noun] Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit VANWARD (14) VAPIDLY (16) [adverb] In a dull, lifeless, or uninspiring manner. VAPORED (13) [verb] To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor. | [verb] To turn into vapor. | [verb] To emit vapor or fumes. VAPORER (12) [noun] Any of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia. | [noun] One who vapours; a braggart. VAPOURS (12) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. VAPOURY (15) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of vapour. | [adjective] Affected with the vapours; peevish. VAQUERO (19) [noun] A cowboy; a herdsman. VARIANT (10) [noun] Something that is slightly different from a type or norm. | [noun] A different sequence of a gene (locus). | [noun] A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types. VARIATE (10) [noun] A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values. | [noun] A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph. | [noun] The measured magnitude of a variable. VARICES (12) [noun] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein | [noun] In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture. VARIERS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "vary," meaning to change or differ. | [noun] Plural of "varier," one who or that which varies. VARIETY (13) [noun] The quality of being varied; diversity. | [noun] A specific variation of something. | [noun] A number of different things. VARIOLA (10) [noun] Smallpox VARIOLE (10) [noun] A small pit or mark left on the skin after smallpox or a similar disease has healed. VARIOUS (10) [adjective] Having a broad range (of different elements). | [adjective] That varies or differs from others; variant; different. VARLETS (10) [noun] A servant or attendant. | [noun] Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood. | [noun] A rogue or scoundrel. VARMENT (12) [noun] A varmint; a troublesome or destructive animal, especially a rodent or pest. | [noun] A contemptible or untrustworthy person. VARMINT (12) [noun] A pestering animal such as one that kills or harasses a farmer's livestock or crops. | [noun] (by extension) An obnoxious person or troublemaker. VARNISH (13) [noun] A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film. | [noun] Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance. | [noun] (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance. VAROOMS (12) [verb] To make a loud roaring sound, as of an engine accelerating rapidly. | [verb] To move quickly with a loud noise. VARSITY (13) [noun] University | [noun] The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.) VARUSES (10) [noun] Plural of varus, a condition in which a limb is turned inward toward the midline of the body. VARYING (14) [verb] To change with time or a similar parameter. | [verb] To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. | [verb] Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter. VASCULA (12) [noun] A container used by botanists to keep samples viable by maintaining a cool, humid environment. VASSALS (10) [noun] The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. | [noun] A subordinate VASTEST (10) [adjective] Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). | [adjective] Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent. | [adjective] Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. VASTIER (10) [adjective] Comparative form of vast; greater in extent, size, or scope. VASTITY (13) VATFULS (13) [noun] Plural of vatful; the amount that fills a vat. VATICAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to a prophet or prophecy; prophetic. VATTING (11) [verb] To put into a vat. | [verb] To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits. VAULTED (11) [verb] To build as, or cover with a vault. | [verb] To jump or leap over. | [adjective] Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style. VAULTER (10) [noun] A person who vaults, especially one who practices pole vaulting or vault gymnastics. VAUNTED (11) [verb] To speak boastfully. | [verb] To speak boastfully about. | [verb] To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. VAUNTER (10) [noun] One who vaunts; a person who boasts or brags. VAUNTIE (10) VAVASOR (13) [noun] A feudal tenant of a higher rank than a serf, holding land from a vassal or lord; a medieval peasant of middling status. | [noun] In heraldry, a small shield or escutcheon. VAWARDS (14) VAWNTIE (13) VEALERS (10) [noun] A calf intended for use as veal. VEALIER (10) VEALING (11) VECTORS (12) [noun] A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. | [noun] An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points. | [noun] Any member of a (generalized) vector space. VEDALIA (11) [noun] A small ladybug beetle (Rodolia cardinalis) introduced from Australia to California to control scale insects on citrus trees. VEDETTE (11) [noun] A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger. VEEJAYS (20) [noun] Someone who presents a television programme of videos; a video jockey. | [noun] Vagina, vulva. VEEPEES (12) [noun] Plural of veepee, an informal term for a vice president. VEERIES (10) [noun] An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. VEERING (11) [verb] To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out. | [verb] To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. | [verb] (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). VEGETAL (11) [noun] Any vegetable organism. | [adjective] Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). | [adjective] Pertaining to vegetables or plants. VEGGIES (12) [noun] A vegetable. | [noun] A vegetarian. VEHICLE (15) [noun] A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals. | [noun] A medium for expression of talent or views. | [noun] A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501). VEILERS (10) [noun] Plural of veiler; one who veils or conceals. | [noun] Things that serve to veil or cover. VEILING (11) [verb] To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. | [verb] To conceal as with a veil. | [noun] The act of covering with a veil. VEINERS (10) [noun] Tools or devices used to create vein-like patterns or markings on surfaces, particularly in crafting, baking, or art. | [noun] Plural of veiner, a surgical instrument used to remove or treat veins. VEINIER (10) [adjective] Comparative form of "veiny"; having more veins or being more marked by veins than something else. VEINING (11) [verb] To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. | [noun] An arrangement of veins or veinlike markings. VEINLET (10) [noun] A small vein, especially a small branching vein in a leaf or insect wing. VEINULE (10) [noun] A small vein or a branch of a vein. VELAMEN (12) [noun] A covering membrane or velum | [noun] A spongy, usually pale, multiseriate epidermis (i.e. consisting of multiple layers of cells) covering the roots of some kinds of plants, especially plant species with an epiphytic or semi-epiphytic habit. Examples include various orchid and Clivia species VELARIA (10) [noun] The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora | [noun] An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome VELIGER (11) [noun] The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs. VELITES (10) [noun] Light-armed infantry soldiers in the Roman army, typically recruited from the poorer classes and used for skirmishing and reconnaissance. VELLUMS (12) [noun] A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf. | [noun] A writing paper of very high quality. VELOURS (10) [noun] A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser. VELOUTE (10) [noun] A smooth soup made from a light stock thickened with a roux, typically containing pureed vegetables or meat. VELURED (11) VELURES (10) [noun] Plural of velure, a type of velvet fabric or a velvety surface finish. VELVETS (13) [noun] Plural of velvet, a soft fabric with a dense pile. | [verb] Third person singular of velvet, to cover or line with velvet. VELVETY (16) [adjective] Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing. VENALLY (13) [adverb] In a venal manner; corruptibly or mercenarily. VENATIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to hunting. VENDACE (13) [noun] Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius. VENDEES (11) [noun] The person to whom something is sold; a purchaser. VENDERS (11) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. VENDING (12) [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [verb] To sell wares through a vending machine. VENDORS (11) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. VENDUES (11) [noun] A public auction. VENEERS (10) [noun] A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. | [noun] An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings. | [verb] To apply veneer to. VENGING (12) VENINES (10) VENIRES (10) [noun] Plural of venire, a writ summoning prospective jurors to court, or the group of prospective jurors itself. | [noun] In legal procedure, a panel of potential jurors from which a jury is selected. VENISON (10) [noun] The meat of a deer. | [noun] The meat of an antelope. | [noun] The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically. VENOMED (13) [adjective] Filled or covered with venom; poisoned or venomous. VENOMER (12) VENTAGE (11) [noun] A hole or opening in a cask or barrel for filling or emptying it. | [noun] The act of broaching or tapping a cask. VENTAIL (10) [noun] The movable front part of a helmet that can be raised or lowered to protect the face. VENTERS (10) [noun] A vendor. | [noun] A woman with offspring | [noun] A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably: VENTING (11) [verb] To allow gases to escape. | [verb] To allow to escape through a vent. | [verb] To express a strong emotion. VENTRAL (10) [noun] Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale. | [adjective] Related to the abdomen or stomach. | [adjective] On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface. VENTURE (10) [noun] A risky or daring undertaking or journey. | [noun] An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen. | [noun] The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade. VENTURI (10) [noun] A venturi tube. | [noun] The throat of a carburetor. | [noun] A constriction in the flow of air to lungs. VENULAR (10) [adjective] Of or relating to venules, which are small veins that collect blood from capillaries. VENULES (10) [noun] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein. VERANDA (11) [noun] A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. VERBALS (12) [noun] (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. | [noun] A confession given to police. | [verb] To induce into fabricating a confession. VERBENA (12) [noun] Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. VERBIDS (13) VERBIFY (18) VERBILE (12) VERBOSE (12) [adjective] Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded. | [adjective] Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes. VERDANT (11) [adjective] Green in colour. | [adjective] Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation. | [adjective] Fresh. VERDICT (13) [noun] A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. | [noun] An opinion or judgement. VERDINS (11) [noun] A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World. VERDURE (11) [noun] The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also: the vegetation itself. | [noun] (hence) A condition of health and vigour. | [verb] To cover with verdure. VERGERS (11) [noun] One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. | [noun] A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton. | [noun] An usher; also, in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. VERGING (12) [verb] To be or come very close; to border; to approach. | [verb] To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope. | [noun] A neusis. VERGLAS (11) VERIDIC (13) VERIEST (10) [adjective] True, real, actual. | [adjective] The same; identical. | [adjective] With limiting effect: mere. VERISMO (12) [noun] An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner VERISMS (12) VERISTS (10) VERITAS (10) VERITES (10) VERMEIL (12) [noun] Vermilion; bright red. | [noun] Silver gilt or gilt bronze. | [noun] A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. VERMIAN (12) [adjective] Of or relating to worms. | [adjective] Of or relating to the vermis. VERMUTH (15) VERNIER (10) [noun] A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale. | [noun] A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio. | [noun] A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster. VERRUCA (12) [noun] A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus. | [noun] A rounded projection or wart. | [noun] A sexine element similar to a wart. VERSANT (10) [noun] A slope of a mountain or mountain ridge | [noun] The overall slope of a region | [adjective] Experienced, practiced VERSERS (10) VERSETS (10) [noun] A very short organ interlude or prelude. | [noun] A verse. VERSIFY (16) [verb] To make or compose verses | [verb] To tell in verse; deal with in verse form | [verb] To turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form VERSINE (10) [noun] The versed sine. VERSING (11) [verb] To compose verses. | [verb] To tell in verse, or poetry. | [verb] To educate about, to teach about. VERSION (10) [noun] A specific form or variation of something. | [noun] A translation from one language to another. | [noun] A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language. VERSTES (10) VERTIGO (11) [noun] A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear. | [noun] A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness. | [noun] The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation. VERVAIN (13) [noun] A herbaceous plant, Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties. VERVETS (13) [noun] A small African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat VESICAE (12) VESICAL (12) [adjective] Pertaining to the urinary bladder. VESICLE (12) [noun] A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell. | [noun] A small bladder-like cell or cavity; a vesicula. | [noun] A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb. VESPERS (12) [noun] The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell | [noun] The evening. | [noun] A vesper martini. VESPIDS (13) VESPINE (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wasps. VESSELS (10) [noun] Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. | [noun] A craft designed for transportation through air or space. | [noun] Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. VESTALS (10) [noun] A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin. | [noun] A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations. | [noun] A nun. VESTEES (10) [noun] A dickey, notably made to resemble a vest and be worn under a coat | [noun] A small woman's vest. VESTIGE (11) [noun] The mark of the foot left on the earth. | [noun] (by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present. | [noun] A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor. VESTING (11) [verb] To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. | [verb] To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred. | [verb] To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor. VESTRAL (10) VESTURE (10) [noun] A covering of, or like, clothing. | [verb] To clothe. VETCHES (15) [noun] Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds | [noun] Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae VETERAN (10) [noun] A person with long experience of a particular activity. | [noun] A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity. | [noun] A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict. VETIVER (13) [noun] The grass Chrysopogon zizanioides ( <= Vetiveria zizanioides), which is native to India, but planted throughout the tropics for its fragrant roots and for erosion control. | [noun] The aromatic root of the grass. | [noun] An essential oil derived from the root; the fragrance of the oil. VETOERS (10) VETOING (11) [verb] To use a veto against. VETTING (11) [verb] To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval. | [noun] A checking or investigation. VEXEDLY (21) VEXILLA (17) [noun] A flag, banner, or standard. | [noun] A company of troops serving under one standard. | [noun] The sign of the cross. VIADUCT (13) [noun] A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles. VIALING (11) VIALLED (11) VIATICA (12) [noun] The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death. | [noun] Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey. | [noun] A portable altar. VIATORS (10) VIBISTS (12) [noun] A vibraphone player; someone that plays the vibraphone. VIBRANT (12) [adjective] Pulsing with energy or activity. | [adjective] Lively and vigorous. | [adjective] Vibrating, resonant or resounding. VIBRATE (12) [noun] The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms. | [verb] To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. | [verb] To resonate. VIBRATO (12) [noun] The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound. VIBRION (12) VIBRIOS (12) [noun] Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod. VICARLY (15) VICEROY (15) [noun] One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch. | [noun] A zongdu. | [noun] An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly. VICHIES (15) VICINAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring. | [adjective] Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule. | [adjective] Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. VICIOUS (12) [adjective] Violent, destructive and cruel. | [adjective] Savage and aggressive. | [adjective] Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity. VICOMTE (14) [noun] A French viscount. VICTIMS (14) [noun] One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | [noun] A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. VICTORS (12) [noun] The winner in a fight or contest. | [noun] The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet. VICTORY (15) [noun] An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort. | [noun] The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort. | [noun] A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory. VICTUAL (12) [noun] Food fit for human consumption. | [noun] (in the plural) Food supplies; provisions. | [noun] Grain of any kind. VICUGNA (13) VICUNAS (12) [noun] A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco. VIDETTE (11) VIDICON (13) [noun] A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface VIDUITY (14) VIEWERS (13) [noun] Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator. | [noun] Someone who watches television. | [noun] Any optical device used to view photographic slides. VIEWIER (13) VIEWING (14) [verb] To look at. | [verb] To regard in a stated way. | [noun] An instance of viewing something. VIGOURS (11) VIKINGS (15) [noun] One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America. | [noun] (by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns. | [noun] A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian). VILAYET (13) [noun] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire. VILLAGE (11) [noun] A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town. | [noun] A rural habitation that has a church, but no market. | [noun] A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district. VILLAIN (10) [noun] A vile, wicked person. | [noun] In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero. | [noun] Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero. VILLEIN (10) [noun] A feudal tenant. VILLOSE (10) VILLOUS (10) [adjective] Hairy, covered with soft long hair. | [adjective] Covered with villi. VIMINAL (12) VINASSE (10) VINCULA (12) [noun] A bond or link signifying union. | [noun] Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts. | [noun] A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts. VINEGAR (11) [noun] A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid. | [noun] Any variety of vinegar. | [verb] To season or otherwise treat with vinegar. VINIEST (10) VINTAGE (11) [noun] The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season. | [noun] Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin. | [noun] The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking. VINTNER (10) [noun] A seller of wine. | [noun] A manufacturer of wine. VINYLIC (15) VIOLATE (10) [verb] To break or disregard (a rule or convention). | [verb] To rape. | [verb] To cite (a person) for a parole violation. VIOLENT (10) [noun] An assailant. | [verb] To urge with violence. | [adjective] Involving extreme force or motion. VIOLETS (10) [noun] A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. | [noun] The bulb of such a plant. | [noun] The genus as a whole. VIOLINS (10) [noun] A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family. | [noun] A violinist. VIOLIST (10) [noun] A person who plays the viol. | [noun] A person who plays the viola. VIOLONE (10) [noun] An early stringed instrument similar to a double bass; a double bass viol VIRAGOS (11) [noun] A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation. | [noun] A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated. | [noun] A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive. VIRALLY (13) VIRELAI (10) [noun] A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern. VIRELAY (13) [noun] A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern. VIREMIA (12) [noun] The condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream. VIREMIC (14) VIRGATE (11) [noun] The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1/4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres. | [adjective] Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches. | [adjective] Finely striped, often with dark fibers. VIRGINS (11) [noun] A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. | [noun] (early Christian Church) a woman noted for religious piety who has never been married. | [noun] One who has never used or experienced a specified thing. VIRGULE (11) [noun] A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark. | [noun] A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩, particularly in its use to mark line breaks within quotes. | [noun] A pipe, ⟨|⟩, particularly in its use to mark metrical feet. VIRIONS (10) [noun] A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell). VIROIDS (11) [noun] A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses, that are plant pathogens | [noun] Certain defective viruses, such as hepatitis D, a human pathogen. VIROSES (10) VIROSIS (10) VIRTUAL (10) [noun] A virtual member function of a class. | [adjective] In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated. | [adjective] Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential. VIRTUES (10) [noun] Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. | [noun] A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality. | [noun] Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. VIRUSES (10) [noun] A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism. | [noun] A disease caused by these organisms. | [noun] Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc. VISAGED (12) VISAGES (11) [noun] Countenance; appearance; one's face. VISAING (11) VISARDS (11) VISCERA (12) [noun] Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach. | [noun] The intestines. | [noun] One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. VISCOID (13) VISCOSE (12) [noun] A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film. | [noun] A fabric made from this material. VISCOUS (12) [adjective] Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to viscosity. VISEING (11) VISIBLE (12) [adjective] Able to be seen. VISIBLY (15) [adverb] In a visible manner; openly. VISIONS (10) [noun] The sense or ability of sight. | [noun] Something seen; an object perceived visually. | [noun] Something imaginary one thinks one sees. VISITED (11) [verb] To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) | [verb] To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. | [verb] Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) VISITER (10) VISITOR (10) [noun] Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. | [noun] Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home. VISORED (11) VISTAED (11) VISUALS (10) [noun] Any element of something that depends on sight. | [noun] An image; a picture; a graphic. | [noun] (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio. VITALLY (13) [adverb] In a manner that imparts vitality | [adverb] To an extent that is vital; indispensably VITAMER (12) VITAMIN (12) [noun] Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders. VITESSE (10) VITIATE (10) [verb] To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something | [verb] To debase or morally corrupt | [verb] To violate, to rape VITRAIN (10) VITRICS (12) VITRIFY (16) [verb] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. | [verb] To be converted into glass, especially through heat. VITRINE (10) [noun] A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise. VITRIOL (10) [noun] Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates. | [noun] (by extension) Bitterly abusive language. | [verb] To subject to bitter verbal abuse. VITTATE (10) VITTLED (11) VITTLES (10) [noun] Food. | [noun] (in the plural) Food; edible provisions. | [verb] To provide or obtain edible provisions. VIVACES (15) VIVARIA (13) [noun] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals. VIVIDER (14) [adjective] (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful. | [adjective] (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful. | [adjective] Full of life, strikingly alive. VIVIDLY (17) [adverb] In a vivid manner. VIVIFIC (18) VIXENLY (20) VIZARDS (20) [noun] A mask (cover for the face, used for disguise, protection, etc.) | [noun] A visor (part of a helmet covering the face). | [noun] Outward appearance; pretense. VIZIERS (19) [noun] A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] Vicegerent, viceroy | [noun] A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right. VIZORED (20) VIZSLAS (19) [noun] A dog breed originating in Hungary. VOCABLE (14) [noun] A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning. | [noun] A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song. | [adjective] Able to be uttered. VOCABLY (17) VOCALIC (14) [adjective] Used as a vowel, as opposed to consonantal, especially in Latin. VOCALLY (15) [adverb] In a vocal manner. | [adverb] Using words. VOCODER (13) [noun] Any of several electronic or digital devices or systems for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech. VODOUNS (11) VOGUERS (11) VOGUING (12) [noun] A stylized form of modern dance characterized by photographic-style poses integrated with angular, linear and rigid movements. VOGUISH (14) [adjective] Elegant, fashionable or chic. | [adjective] Trendy. VOICERS (12) [noun] One who voices something. | [noun] One who fits or regulates the pipes of an organ so as to produce the desired quality of sound. | [noun] A spoken report to be broadcast. VOICING (13) [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce | [verb] To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath. | [verb] To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of | [noun] The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument. VOIDERS (11) VOIDING (12) [verb] To make invalid or worthless. | [verb] To empty. | [verb] To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge. VOLANTE (10) VOLCANO (12) [noun] A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface. | [noun] A form of firework. VOLLEYS (13) [noun] The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired | [noun] A burst or emission of many things at once. | [noun] The flight of a ball just before it bounces VOLOSTS (10) VOLTAGE (11) [noun] The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth. VOLTAIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to electricity. | [adjective] Producing electricity by chemical action. VOLUBLE (12) [adjective] (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey. | [adjective] (of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed) Expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner. | [adjective] Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion. VOLUBLY (15) VOLUMED (13) VOLUMES (12) [noun] A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. | [noun] Strength of sound; loudness. | [noun] The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. VOLUTED (11) VOLUTES (10) [noun] The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. | [noun] The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell. | [noun] Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae. VOLUTIN (10) VOLVATE (13) VOLVULI (13) [noun] Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself. VOMICAE (14) VOMITED (13) [verb] To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke. | [verb] To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew. | [verb] To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit. VOMITER (12) VOMITOS (12) VOMITUS (12) [noun] Vomit, the product of an emesis. VOODOOS (11) [verb] To bewitch someone or something using voodoo VORLAGE (11) VOTABLE (12) VOTRESS (10) VOUCHED (16) [verb] To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest. | [verb] To warrant; to maintain by affirmations | [verb] To back; to support; to confirm. VOUCHEE (15) VOUCHER (15) [noun] A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services. | [noun] A receipt. | [noun] One who or that which vouches. VOUCHES (15) [noun] Warrant; attestation. | [verb] To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest. | [verb] To warrant; to maintain by affirmations VOUVRAY (16) VOWLESS (13) VOYAGED (15) [verb] To go on a long journey. VOYAGER (14) VOYAGES (14) [noun] A long journey, especially by ship. | [noun] The act or practice of travelling. | [verb] To go on a long journey. VOYEURS (13) [noun] A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity. | [noun] An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects. VROOMED (13) [verb] To move with great speed; to zoom. VUGGIER (12) VULGARS (11) VULGATE (11) [noun] The vernacular language of a people. | [noun] (of a text, especially the Bible) A common version or edition. | [verb] To publish, spread, promulgate to the people. VULPINE (12) [noun] Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf. | [noun] A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox. | [adjective] Pertaining to a fox. VULTURE (10) [noun] Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. | [noun] A person who profits from the suffering of others. | [verb] To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture. VULVATE (13) VYINGLY (17)

VACANTLY (16) [adverb] In a vacant manner; with an empty or blank expression or demeanor. | [adverb] In a manner showing lack of intelligence or awareness. VACATING (14) [verb] To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. | [verb] To leave an office or position. | [verb] To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. VACATION (13) [noun] Freedom from some business or activity. | [noun] Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. | [noun] A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. VACCINAL (15) [adjective] Of, relating to, or derived from a vaccine or vaccination. VACCINAS (15) VACCINEE (15) [noun] A person who has received a vaccine. VACCINES (15) [noun] A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute. VACCINIA (15) [noun] An infection of cowpox. | [noun] (by extension) The virus which causes this infection. VACUOLAR (13) [adjective] Relating to or containing vacuoles, which are small cavities or spaces within cells. VACUOLES (13) [noun] A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm. VACUUMED (16) [verb] To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To use a vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples. VAGABOND (15) [noun] A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. | [noun] One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo. | [verb] To roam, as a vagabond VAGARIES (12) [noun] An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action. | [noun] An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice or whim. VAGILITY (15) [noun] The quality or state of being vagile; the ability of an organism to move about freely or disperse widely. VAGINATE (12) [verb] To form into or enclose in a sheath or sheath-like structure. | [adjective] Having a sheath or sheath-like covering. VAGOTOMY (17) [noun] The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers. VAGRANCY (17) [noun] The state of being a vagrant VAGRANTS (12) [noun] A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. | [noun] (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. | [noun] Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. VAINNESS (11) [noun] The quality or state of being vain; excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements. VALANCED (14) [verb] Past tense of valance, meaning to furnish with a valance (a short curtain or drapery). | [adjective] Having a valance; decorated with a valance. VALANCES (13) [noun] A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. | [noun] A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window. | [noun] (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor. VALENCES (13) [noun] A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. | [noun] A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window. | [noun] (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor. VALENCIA (13) VALERATE (11) [noun] A salt or ester of valeric acid, containing five carbon atoms in a chain. VALERIAN (11) [noun] A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. | [noun] More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana. | [noun] The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine. VALETING (12) [verb] To serve (someone) as a valet. | [verb] To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. | [verb] To leave (a car) with a valet to park it. VALGUSES (12) [noun] Plural of valgus, a condition in which a limb or part of a limb is turned outward away from the midline of the body. VALIANCE (13) [noun] The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour. VALIANCY (16) [noun] The quality or state of being valiant; bravery or courage in the face of danger. VALIANTS (11) [noun] Plural of valiant; brave or courageous persons. | [noun] Plural of Valiant, a model of automobile manufactured by Chrysler. VALIDATE (12) [verb] To render valid. | [verb] To check or prove the validity of; verify. | [verb] To have its validity successfully proven. VALIDITY (15) [noun] The state of being valid, authentic or genuine. | [noun] State of having legal force. | [noun] A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability). VALKYRIE (18) [noun] Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla. VALONIAS (11) [noun] The European evergreen oak, Quercus macrolepis, now Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, or Quercus aegilops. | [noun] The dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye, used in tanning. VALORISE (11) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALORIZE (20) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALOROUS (11) [adjective] Having or displaying valour. VALUABLE (13) [noun] A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form. | [adjective] Having a great value. | [adjective] Estimable; deserving esteem. VALUABLY (16) [adverb] In a manner that is valuable or of great worth; usefully or beneficially. VALUATED (12) [verb] To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation. VALUATES (11) [verb] To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation. VALUATOR (11) [noun] A person who estimates the value of something; an appraiser. VALVELET (14) VALVULAE (14) [noun] Plural of valvula, small valve-like structures, particularly in anatomy referring to small folds or flaps in biological systems. VALVULAR (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart. | [adjective] Like a valve. VALVULES (14) [noun] Plural of valvule, a small valve or valve-like structure, especially in anatomy or botany. VAMBRACE (17) [noun] The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. | [noun] The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. VAMOOSED (14) [verb] To run away (from); to flee. | [verb] To hurry. | [verb] To be expelled. VAMOOSES (13) [verb] To run away (from); to flee. | [verb] To hurry. | [verb] To be expelled. VAMOSING (14) [verb] Present participle of "vamos," meaning to leave hastily or depart quickly. VAMPIRES (15) [noun] A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. | [noun] A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth. | [noun] A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) VAMPIRIC (17) [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of a vampire; resembling or suggestive of a vampire in behavior or appearance. VANADATE (12) [noun] Any salt of vanadic acid | [noun] Any of the corresponding anions, VO3, VO4, or V2O7 VANADIUM (14) [noun] A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels. | [noun] A single atom of this element. 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VANILLAS (11) [noun] Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes. | [noun] The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant. | [noun] The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant. VANILLIC (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or derived from vanilla or vanillin. VANILLIN (11) [noun] A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla. | [noun] Synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean. VANISHED (15) [verb] To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. | [verb] To become equal to zero. | [verb] To disappear; to kidnap VANISHER (14) [noun] One who vanishes or disappears. | [noun] A type of magic trick or illusion in which something or someone seems to disappear. 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VEGANISM (14) [noun] Strict vegetarianism; the practice of eating neither meat nor other animal products, such as fish, milk and milk products, eggs, and honey. | [noun] A way of life which strictly avoids use of any kind of animal products and services that are based on exploitation of living animals. | [noun] A belief that is against the killing of animals for meat consumption; the antithesis to carnism. VEGETANT (12) VEGETATE (12) [verb] (of a plant) To grow or sprout. | [verb] (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. | [verb] To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. VEGETIST (12) VEGETIVE (15) VEHEMENT (16) [adjective] Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense. VEHICLES (16) [noun] A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals. | [noun] A medium for expression of talent or views. | [noun] A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501). 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VELIGERS (12) [noun] The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs. VELLEITY (14) [noun] The lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act. | [noun] A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain. VELOCITY (16) [noun] A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component. | [noun] Rapidity of motion. | [noun] The rate of occurrence. VELOUTES (11) [noun] A smooth soup made from a light stock thickened with a roux, typically pureed. | [noun] A velvety sauce used in French cuisine as a base for other sauces. VELURING (12) VELVERET (14) VELVETED (15) [adjective] Covered with or made of velvet; having a smooth, soft texture like velvet. | [verb] Past tense of velvet, meaning to cover with velvet or to make smooth and soft. VENALITY (14) [noun] The quality or state of being venal; susceptibility to bribery or corruption. | [noun] The act or practice of selling something, especially something that should not be sold. VENATION (11) [noun] The hunting of wild animals. | [noun] The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure. VENDABLE (14) [adjective] Able to be sold or suitable for sale. VENDACES (14) [noun] Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius. VENDETTA (12) [noun] A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. | [noun] (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone. VENDEUSE (12) [noun] A saleswoman in a fashionable clothing store. VENDIBLE (14) [adjective] Capable of being sold; saleable. VENDIBLY (17) VENEERED (12) [verb] To apply veneer to. | [verb] To disguise with apparent goodness. VENEERER (11) [noun] One who veneers; a person who applies veneer to wood or other surfaces. VENENATE (11) [verb] To poison or make poisonous; to embitter or make malevolent. VENENOSE (11) [adjective] Containing or full of venom; poisonous or venomous. VENERATE (11) [verb] To treat with great respect and deference. | [verb] To revere or hold in awe. VENEREAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse. | [adjective] Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease. | [adjective] Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful. VENERIES (11) [noun] Plural of venery; the pursuit of sexual pleasure. | [noun] Hunting or the sport of hunting. VENETIAN (11) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Venice, Italy. | [adjective] Of or relating to Venice, its people, or culture. | [noun] A type of window blind with horizontal slats. VENGEFUL (15) [adjective] Vindictive or wanting vengeance. VENIALLY (14) [adverb] In a manner involving venial sin or a minor offense; pardonably or forgivably. VENISONS (11) [noun] The meat of a deer hunted as game. | [noun] Plural of venison, referring to multiple servings or types of deer meat. VENOGRAM (14) [noun] An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material VENOMERS (13) VENOMING (14) VENOMOUS (13) [adjective] Full of venom. | [adjective] Toxic; poisonous. | [adjective] Noxious; evil. VENOSITY (14) [noun] The quality or state of being venous; the condition of having prominent or distended veins. | [noun] A network or system of veins. VENOUSLY (14) [adverb] In a manner relating to or involving veins; through the veins. VENTAGES (12) [noun] Plural of ventage; small openings or vents, especially the finger holes in a wind instrument such as a recorder or flute. VENTAILS (11) [noun] The lower front part of a helmet that can be raised or lowered to protect the face and neck. VENTLESS (11) [adjective] Having no vent or opening for air circulation; not equipped with a vent. VENTRALS (11) [noun] The ventral fins or scales on the underside of a fish or reptile. | [adjective] Plural form relating to the belly or undersurface of an organism. VENTURED (12) [verb] To undertake a risky or daring journey. | [verb] To risk or offer. | [verb] To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on VENTURER (11) [noun] One who ventures; a traveller or explorer. | [noun] One who undertakes a business venture. 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VERANDAS (12) [noun] A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. VERATRIA (11) [noun] A poisonous alkaloid mixture derived from plants of the lily family, formerly used in medicine and insecticides. VERATRIN (11) [noun] An alkaloid poison extracted from plants of the lily family, formerly used in medicine and insecticides. VERATRUM (13) [noun] Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum VERBALLY (16) [adverb] In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking. VERBATIM (15) [noun] A word-for-word report of a speech. | [adjective] (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word. | [adjective] (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand. VERBENAS (13) [noun] Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. 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VIOLATOR (11) [noun] One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender | [noun] In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention. VIOLENCE (13) [noun] Extreme force. | [noun] Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering. | [noun] Widespread fighting. VIOLISTS (11) [noun] A person who plays the viol. | [noun] A person who plays the viola. VIOLONES (11) [noun] An early stringed instrument similar to a double bass; a double bass viol VIOMYCIN (18) VIPERINE (13) [noun] Any viper of the subfamily Viperinae | [adjective] Of, relating to or resembling a viper VIPERISH (16) VIPEROUS (13) VIRAGOES (12) [noun] A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation. | [noun] A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated. | [noun] A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive. VIRELAIS (11) [noun] A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern. VIRELAYS (14) [noun] A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern. VIREMIAS (13) VIRGATES (12) [noun] The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1/4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres. 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VIRTUOSA (11) VIRTUOSE (11) VIRTUOSI (11) [noun] An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur. | [noun] Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert. | [noun] Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. VIRTUOSO (11) [noun] An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur. | [noun] Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert. | [noun] Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. VIRTUOUS (11) [adjective] Full of virtue, having excellent moral character. VIRUCIDE (14) VIRULENT (11) [adjective] (of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant or deadly. | [adjective] Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious. VISCACHA (18) [noun] Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae. 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(Now generally merged into later senses, below.) | [verb] To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. | [verb] Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) VISITORS (11) [noun] Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. | [noun] Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home. VISORING (12) VISUALLY (14) [adverb] By means of sight. VITALISE (11) [verb] To give life to something; to animate. | [verb] To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate. VITALISM (13) [noun] The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. VITALIST (11) VITALITY (14) [noun] The capacity to live and develop. | [noun] Energy or vigour. | [noun] That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness. 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VOLCANIC (15) [noun] A volcanic rock. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes | [adjective] Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies VOLCANOS (13) [noun] A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface. | [noun] A form of firework. VOLERIES (11) VOLITANT (11) VOLITION (11) [noun] A conscious choice or decision. | [noun] The mental power or ability of choosing; the will. | [noun] A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something. VOLITIVE (14) [noun] A verb form found in certain languages which indicates that a certain action is willed, although it may not be performed in fact. | [noun] A specific volitive form of a verb. | [adjective] Of or pertaining the will or volition. 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VORTICAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. VORTICES (13) [noun] A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. | [noun] Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. | [noun] Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. VOTARESS (11) VOTARIES (11) [noun] A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made | [noun] A devotee of a particular religion or cult | [noun] A devout or zealous worshipper VOTARIST (11) VOTEABLE (13) VOTELESS (11) VOTIVELY (17) VOUCHEES (16) VOUCHERS (16) [noun] A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services. | [noun] A receipt. | [noun] One who or that which vouches. 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VACANCIES (16) [noun] An unoccupied position or job. | [noun] An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc. | [noun] Empty space. VACATIONS (14) [noun] Freedom from some business or activity. | [noun] Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. | [noun] A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. VACCINATE (16) [verb] Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. VACCINEES (16) [noun] Plural of vaccinee; people who have received a vaccine. VACCINIAL (16) VACCINIAS (16) [noun] Plural of vaccinia, a viral disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans, historically used in vaccine development. VACILLATE (14) [verb] To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. | [verb] To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. VACUITIES (14) [noun] Plural of vacuity; empty spaces or voids. | [noun] Instances of lack of thought or intelligence; states of mental emptiness. VACUOLATE (14) [adjective] Containing or characterized by vacuoles (small cavities or spaces within cells or tissues). VACUOUSLY (17) [adverb] In a manner that is lacking in substance, meaning, or interest; emptily. | [adverb] In logic, in a way that is true by default because the condition is never satisfied (as in a vacuously true statement). VACUUMING (17) [verb] To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To use a vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples. VAGABONDS (16) [noun] A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. | [noun] One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo. VAGARIOUS (13) [adjective] Subject to vagaries; erratic. | [adjective] Tending to wander or roam. | [adjective] Capricious. VAGINALLY (16) [adverb] Via the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration. VAGINITIS (13) [noun] Inflammation of the vagina. VAGOTONIA (13) [noun] A condition characterized by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, resulting in lowered heart rate, increased digestive activity, and other parasympathetic effects. VAGOTONIC (15) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by excessive vagal tone or parasympathetic nervous system activity, resulting in symptoms such as slow heart rate, low blood pressure, or digestive disturbances. VAGRANTLY (16) [adverb] In a vagrant or wandering manner; without a fixed home or purpose. VAGUENESS (13) [noun] The condition of being unclear; vague. | [noun] Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness. VAINGLORY (16) [noun] Excessive vanity. | [noun] Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities. | [noun] Vain, ostentatious display. VALANCING (15) [verb] Present participle of "valance," meaning to decorate or furnish with a valance (a short curtain or drapery). | [verb] To balance or equilibrate. VALENCIAS (14) [noun] Plural of valencia, a type of orange with few seeds, named after the Spanish city of Valencia. | [noun] In chemistry, the combining capacity of an element or radical, typically referring to the number of electrons lost, gained, or shared in forming chemical bonds. VALENCIES (14) [noun] The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph. | [noun] Valence. | [noun] The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments. VALENTINE (12) [noun] An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th. | [noun] A person to whom a valentine is given or from whom it is received, especially on February 14th. VALERATES (12) [noun] Salts or esters of valeric acid, a carboxylic acid with five carbon atoms. | [verb] Third person singular present of "valerate," meaning to form or treat with valeric acid or its derivatives. VALERIANS (12) [noun] A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. | [noun] More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana. | [noun] The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine. VALIANCES (14) [noun] Plural of valiance; the quality of being valiant; courage and boldness in the face of danger. VALIANTLY (15) [adverb] In a valiant manner; showing bravery. VALIDATED (14) [verb] To render valid. | [verb] To check or prove the validity of; verify. | [verb] To have its validity successfully proven. VALIDATES (13) [verb] To render valid. | [verb] To check or prove the validity of; verify. | [verb] To have its validity successfully proven. VALKYRIES (19) [noun] Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla. VALLECULA (14) [noun] A depression or groove in the anatomy. VALORISED (13) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALORISES (12) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALORIZED (22) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALORIZES (21) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALUABLES (14) [noun] Valuable items collectively. VALUATING (13) [verb] To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation. VALUATION (12) [noun] An estimation of something's worth. | [noun] The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability. | [noun] (propositional logic, model theory) An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas). VALUATORS (12) [noun] A person who estimates the value of something; an appraiser. VALUELESS (12) [adjective] Having no value; worthless. VALVELESS (15) [adjective] Having no valves or lacking valves; specifically referring to a type of pump or engine that operates without traditional valve mechanisms. VALVELETS (15) [noun] Small valves or valve-like structures. | [noun] Plural of velveret, a type of fabric with a velvet-like surface. VAMBRACES (18) [noun] The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. | [noun] The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. VAMOOSING (15) [verb] To run away (from); to flee. | [verb] To hurry. | [verb] To be expelled. VAMPIRISH (19) VAMPIRISM (18) [noun] Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease) | [noun] The state of being a vampire | [noun] Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force. VANADATES (13) [noun] Any salt of vanadic acid | [noun] Any of the corresponding anions, VO3, VO4, or V2O7 VANADIUMS (15) [noun] Plural of vanadium, a hard silvery-gray metallic element used in alloys and as a catalyst. VANASPATI (14) [noun] The entire plant kingdom or trees that bear fruits but no evident flowers. VANDALISE (13) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. VANDALISM (15) [noun] Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement. VANDALIZE (22) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. VANGUARDS (14) [noun] The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. | [noun] (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement. VANILLINS (12) [noun] Plural of vanillin, an organic compound that is the primary flavor component of vanilla beans and is used as a flavoring agent in food and beverages. VANISHERS (15) [noun] People or things that vanish or disappear. | [noun] In magic, performers who make things disappear as part of their act. VANISHING (16) [verb] To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. | [verb] To become equal to zero. | [verb] To disappear; to kidnap VAPIDNESS (15) [noun] The quality or state of being vapid; lack of liveliness, dullness, or insipidness. VAPORETTI (14) [noun] A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice. VAPORETTO (14) [noun] A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice. VAPORINGS (15) [noun] The plural of vaporing; instances of boasting, bragging, or making empty threats. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of vapor; to boast or brag excessively. VAPORISED (15) [adjective] Alternative spelling of vaporized | [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPORISES (14) [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPORIZED (24) [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPORIZER (23) [noun] A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. | [noun] A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs. VAPORIZES (23) [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPORWARE (17) [noun] An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen. VAPOURERS (14) [noun] Any of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia. | [noun] One who vapours; a braggart. VAPOURING (15) [verb] To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor. | [verb] To turn into vapor. | [verb] To emit vapor or fumes. VARACTORS (14) [noun] A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage. VARIABLES (14) [noun] Something that is variable. | [noun] Something whose value may be dictated or discovered. | [noun] A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. VARIANCES (14) [noun] The act of varying or the state of being variable. | [noun] A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation. | [noun] The state of differing or being in conflict. VARIATING (13) [verb] Present participle of "variate," meaning to vary or undergo variation, or to introduce variation into something. VARIATION (12) [noun] The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. | [noun] A related but distinct thing. | [noun] The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. VARICELLA (14) [noun] Chickenpox | [noun] Any of various other eruptive diseases, such as swinepox, hives and varioloid. VARICOSED (15) [adjective] Affected by or having varicose veins; characterized by abnormally enlarged and twisted veins. VARIEGATE (13) [verb] To add variety to something. | [verb] To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour. | [verb] To dapple. VARIETALS (12) [noun] A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape. | [noun] (by extension) A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean. VARIETIES (12) [noun] The quality of being varied; diversity. | [noun] A specific variation of something. | [noun] A number of different things. VARIORUMS (14) [noun] An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators. VARIOUSLY (15) [adverb] In various ways; diversely. VARISIZED (22) VARISTORS (12) [noun] An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges. VARNISHED (16) [verb] To apply varnish. | [verb] To cover up with varnish. | [verb] To gloss over a defect. VARNISHER (15) [noun] A person who applies varnish to surfaces. | [noun] A tool or brush used for applying varnish. VARNISHES (15) [noun] A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film. | [noun] Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance. | [noun] (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance. VAROOMING (15) [verb] Making a loud roaring sound, as of an engine accelerating. VARSITIES (12) [noun] University | [noun] The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.) VARYINGLY (19) [adverb] In a manner that varies or changes; with variation or inconsistency. VASCULUMS (16) [noun] A cylindrical or flask-shaped container used by botanists and naturalists for collecting and carrying specimens in the field. VASECTOMY (19) [noun] The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization. VASOMOTOR (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the regulation of the diameter of blood vessels. VASOSPASM (16) [noun] Spasm of the blood vessels, leading to vasoconstriction and potentially tissue ischemia and necrosis. VASOTOCIN (14) [noun] A hormone produced in the brain of non-mammalian vertebrates that functions similarly to vasopressin in mammals, regulating water balance and blood pressure. VASOVAGAL (16) [adjective] Pertaining to the vagus nerve as well as the vascular system; often describing an attack etc. characterised by slowing of the pulse and a fall in blood pressure. VASSALAGE (13) [noun] The state or condition of being a vassal; the relation between a vassal and a feudal lord. | [noun] Vassals collectively or the body of vassals. | [noun] A territory under the control of a vassal. VASTITIES (12) [noun] The plural of vastity; the quality or state of being vast; immense extent or expanse. VASTITUDE (13) VATICIDES (15) [noun] Plural of vaticide; the act of killing or destroying a vat, or figuratively, the destruction of something contained within a vat. | [noun] In theology or philosophy, the destruction or negation of divine or spiritual essence (rarely used). VATICINAL (14) [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; prophetic. VAULTIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of "vaulty," meaning most resembling or characteristic of a vault; most arched or curved like a vault. VAULTINGS (13) [noun] The plural of vaulting, referring to gymnastic exercises performed on a horse or apparatus, or the practice of jumping over obstacles on horseback. | [noun] Arched structures or ceilings in architecture. VAVASOURS (15) [noun] A subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly VAVASSORS (15) [noun] Plural of vavasor, a feudal vassal of a vassal; a medieval tenant holding land from a great vassal. VECTORIAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vector. | [adjective] In the electron transport chain, being or relating to a type of enzyme-mediated reaction that moves protons in a specific direction (from the matrix into the inter-membrane space in this example). VECTORING (15) [verb] To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point. | [verb] To redirect to a vector, or code entry point. VEERINGLY (16) VEGANISMS (15) [noun] Plural of veganism; the practice or advocacy of excluding all animal products from one's diet and lifestyle, or multiple distinct forms or movements of this practice. VEGETABLE (15) [noun] Any plant. | [noun] A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. | [noun] The edible part of such a plant. VEGETABLY (18) VEGETATED (14) [verb] (of a plant) To grow or sprout. | [verb] (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. | [verb] To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. VEGETATES (13) [verb] (of a plant) To grow or sprout. | [verb] (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. | [verb] To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. VEGETISTS (13) VEHEMENCE (19) [noun] An intense concentration, force or power. | [noun] A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury. | [noun] Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling. VEHICULAR (17) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a language that is used as a contact language between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture. VEINULETS (12) [noun] Small veins or tiny blood vessels, particularly the smallest branches of a vein. | [noun] In botany, small vein-like structures in leaves. VELARIZED (22) [verb] To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool. | [verb] To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar. VELARIZES (21) [verb] To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool. | [verb] To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar. VELODROME (15) [noun] An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing. VELVERETS (15) VELVETEEN (15) [noun] A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet. VENATIONS (12) [noun] The arrangement and pattern of veins, particularly in the wings of insects or the leaves of plants. VENDETTAS (13) [noun] A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. | [noun] (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone. VENDEUSES (13) [noun] A saleswoman in a fashionable clothing store. VENDIBLES (15) [noun] Goods or merchandise that can be sold; saleable items. | [adjective] Capable of being sold; marketable. VENEERERS (12) [noun] People who apply veneers (thin layers of material) to surfaces, or those who practice veneer work. VENEERING (13) [verb] To apply veneer to. | [verb] To disguise with apparent goodness. | [noun] An application of veneer. VENENATED (13) [adjective] Poisoned or containing venom. VENENATES (12) [verb] To poison or make poisonous. | [verb] To coat or treat with venom. VENERABLE (14) [adjective] Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position. | [adjective] Worthy of reverence. | [adjective] Ancient, antiquated or archaic. VENERABLY (17) [adverb] In a manner worthy of respect or reverence due to age, dignity, or character. VENERATED (13) [verb] To treat with great respect and deference. | [verb] To revere or hold in awe. VENERATES (12) [verb] To treat with great respect and deference. | [verb] To revere or hold in awe. VENERATOR (12) [noun] One who venerates or shows reverence and respect to something or someone. VENETIANS (12) [noun] Plural of Venetian; people from Venice, Italy. | [noun] Venetian blinds or window coverings with horizontal slats. VENGEANCE (15) [noun] Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. | [noun] Desire for revenge. VENIREMAN (14) [noun] A person summoned to serve on a jury panel; a prospective juror. VENIREMEN (14) VENOGRAMS (15) [noun] An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material VENTIFACT (17) [noun] A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand. VENTILATE (12) [verb] To replace stale or noxious air with fresh. | [verb] To circulate air through a building, etc. | [verb] To provide with a vent. VENTRALLY (15) [adverb] In a manner relating to or toward the belly or ventral surface of an organism. VENTRICLE (14) [noun] Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: VENTURERS (12) [noun] One who ventures; a traveller or explorer. | [noun] One who undertakes a business venture. VENTURING (13) [verb] To undertake a risky or daring journey. | [verb] To risk or offer. | [verb] To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on VENTUROUS (12) [adjective] Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk. VERACIOUS (14) [adjective] True. | [adjective] Truthful; speaking the truth. VERANDAED (14) [adjective] Having a veranda or verandas; furnished with a veranda. VERANDAHS (16) [noun] A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. VERAPAMIL (16) [noun] A calcium blocker used to treat angina and heart failure VERATRIAS (12) [noun] Plural of veratria, a poisonous alkaloid mixture extracted from the roots and rhizomes of plants in the lily family, formerly used in medicine and pesticides. VERATRINE (12) [noun] A poisonous mixture of alkaloids (veratridines) obtained from the seeds of the sabadilla plant. VERATRINS (12) [noun] Alkaloid compounds derived from plants of the lily family, particularly from hellebore and false hellebore, formerly used as insecticides and in medicine. | [noun] Plural of veratrin, a toxic alkaloid mixture with pharmacological effects on the nervous system. VERATRUMS (14) [noun] Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum VERBALISM (16) [noun] The expression of a concept in words; the wording used in such an expression | [noun] The excessive use of words, often with little meaning VERBALIST (14) [noun] A person who is skilled with or fond of words; one who uses words effectively or excessively. | [noun] A person who emphasizes words rather than ideas or realities. VERBALIZE (23) [verb] To speak or to use words to express. | [verb] (grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb. VERBIAGES (15) [noun] Plural of verbiage; excessive or unnecessary use of words; wordiness. | [noun] The manner or style of expressing something in words. VERBICIDE (17) [noun] The deliberate distortion or misuse of a word, or the destruction of a word's meaning through incorrect usage. VERBIFIED (18) [verb] Converted into a verb or given verb-like qualities, typically referring to a noun that has been used as a verb. 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VERMINOUS (14) VERMOUTHS (17) [noun] A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks. | [noun] An aperitif wine that matches the general description of vermouth. VERNACLES (14) VERNALIZE (21) [verb] To subject to vernalization VERNATION (12) [noun] The appearance of new leaves. | [noun] The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud. | [noun] Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation. VERNICLES (14) [noun] A veronica (image of Jesus). VERONICAS (14) [noun] The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this. | [noun] A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull. | [noun] A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals. VERRUCOSE (14) VERSATILE (12) [adjective] Capable of doing many things competently. | [adjective] Having varied uses or many functions. | [adjective] Changeable or inconstant. VERSICLES (14) [noun] In poetry and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse. | [noun] In liturgy, the verse said by the officiant. VERSIFIED (16) [verb] To make or compose verses | [verb] To tell in verse; deal with in verse form | [verb] To turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form VERSIFIER (15) VERSIFIES (15) [verb] To make or compose verses | [verb] To tell in verse; deal with in verse form | [verb] To turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form VERSIONAL (12) VERTEBRAE (14) [noun] Any of the small bones which make up the backbone. VERTEBRAL (14) VERTEBRAS (14) VERTICALS (14) [noun] A vertex or zenith. | [noun] A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular. | [noun] An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds. 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VICARSHIP (19) VICENNIAL (14) VICEREGAL (15) [noun] (gender-neutral) a viceroy | [noun] (usually in plural) a viceroy or vicereine | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, a viceroy or viceroyalty. VICEREINE (14) [noun] The wife of a viceroy. | [noun] A woman who is a viceroy. VICINAGES (15) [noun] A surrounding district; a neighbourhood. | [noun] The people of a neighbourhood. | [noun] The state of living near something; proximity, closeness. VICIOUSLY (17) [adverb] In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously. VICTIMISE (16) [verb] To make someone a victim or sacrifice. | [verb] To punish someone unjustly. | [verb] To swindle or defraud someone. VICTIMIZE (25) [verb] To make someone a victim or sacrifice. | [verb] To punish someone unjustly. | [verb] To swindle or defraud someone. VICTORIAS (14) [noun] A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front. VICTORIES (14) [noun] An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort. | [noun] The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort. | [noun] A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory. VICTUALED (15) [verb] To provide with food; to provision. | [verb] To lay in food supplies. | [verb] To eat. VICTUALER (14) [noun] A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army. | [noun] An innkeeper. | [noun] One who deals in grain; a corn factor. VIDELICET (15) [adverb] Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic) VIDEODISC (16) [noun] An optical disc used to record video images on special equipment VIDEODISK (18) [noun] An optical disc used to record video images on special equipment VIDEOLAND (14) VIDEOTAPE (15) [noun] Magnetic tape used to record both video images and sound for subsequent playback or broadcasting | [verb] To make a recording of something on videotape VIDEOTEXT (20) [noun] Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request. VIDUITIES (13) VIEWPOINT (17) [noun] The position from which something is observed or considered; an angle, outlook or point of view. VIGESIMAL (15) [noun] A twentieth part. | [adjective] Occurring in intervals of twenty. | [adjective] To the base twenty. VIGILANCE (15) [noun] Alert watchfulness. | [noun] Close and continuous attention. | [noun] A guard; a person set to watch. VIGILANTE (13) [noun] A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction. VIGNERONS (13) [noun] A person who grows vines for wine production. | [noun] A labourer in a vineyard. VIGNETTED (14) [verb] To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away. VIGNETTER (13) VIGNETTES (13) [noun] A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. | [noun] A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position. | [noun] (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. VILIFIERS (15) VILIFYING (19) [verb] To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. | [verb] To belittle through speech; to put down. VILIPENDS (15) VILLADOMS (15) VILLAGERS (13) [noun] A person who lives in, or comes from, a village. | [noun] (strategy games) A worker unit. VILLAGERY (16) VILLENAGE (13) VILLIFORM (17) VILLOSITY (15) VINACEOUS (14) [adjective] Containing wine | [adjective] Of the colour of red wine VINCULUMS (16) VINDALOOS (13) [noun] A blend of chilis, tamarind, ginger, cumin, and mustard seeds, originally from Goa. | [noun] A hot curry made with this spice. VINDICATE (15) [verb] To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism. | [verb] To justify by providing evidence. | [verb] To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition. VINEGARED (14) VINEYARDS (16) [noun] A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine. VINIFERAS (15) VINIFYING (19) [verb] To convert the juice of a fruit (especially that of the grape) into wine by fermentation. VINTAGERS (13) [noun] One who gathers the vintage. VIOLATERS (12) VIOLATING (13) [verb] To break or disregard (a rule or convention). | [verb] To rape. | [verb] To cite (a person) for a parole violation. VIOLATION (12) [noun] The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated. VIOLATIVE (15) VIOLATORS (12) [noun] One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender | [noun] In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention. VIOLENCES (14) VIOLENTLY (15) [adverb] In a violent manner. | [adverb] To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely. 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VIVARIUMS (17) VIVERRIDS (16) [noun] Any member of the family Viverridae VIVIDNESS (16) VIVIFIERS (18) VIVIFYING (22) [verb] To bring to life; to enliven. | [verb] To impart vitality. VIVISECTS (17) [verb] To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. VIZCACHAS (28) VIZIERATE (21) VIZIERIAL (21) VIZIRATES (21) VOCABULAR (16) VOCALISED (15) [verb] To express with the voice, to utter. | [verb] (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat. | [verb] To sing without using words. VOCALISES (14) [verb] To express with the voice, to utter. | [verb] (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat. | [verb] To sing without using words. VOCALISMS (16) [noun] Speaking or singing. | [noun] The vowel sounds used in a language. VOCALISTS (14) [noun] A singer; a person who likes to sing. VOCALIZED (24) [verb] To express with the voice, to utter. | [verb] (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat. | [verb] To sing without using words. VOCALIZER (23) VOCALIZES (23) [verb] To express with the voice, to utter. | [verb] (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat. | [verb] To sing without using words. VOCATIONS (14) [noun] An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling. | [noun] An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified. VOCATIVES (17) [noun] (grammar) The vocative case | [noun] (grammar) A word in the vocative case | [noun] Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation. VOICELESS (14) [adjective] Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. | [adjective] Without a vote; having no input into a decision. | [adjective] (of a consonant) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd. Examples: [t], [s], [f]. VOIDANCES (15) [noun] The act of voiding, of defecating or removing. | [noun] The quality of being void. VOLATILES (12) [noun] A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily. | [noun] The volatile part of a petroleum fraction. | [noun] The volatile parts of a planet's atmosphere or crust. VOLCANICS (16) VOLCANISM (16) [noun] Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles VOLCANOES (14) [noun] A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface. | [noun] A form of firework. VOLITIONS (12) VOLKSLIED (17) VOLLEYERS (15) VOLLEYING (16) [verb] To fire a volley of shots | [verb] To hit the ball before it touches the ground | [verb] To be fired in a volley VOLPLANED (15) [verb] To make a volplane. VOLPLANES (14) [noun] A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off. VOLTAISMS (14) VOLTMETER (14) [noun] An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts. VOLUMETER (14) VOLUNTARY (15) [noun] A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument. | [noun] A volunteer. | [noun] A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist. VOLUNTEER (12) [noun] One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay. | [noun] One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army. | [noun] A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor. VOLUTIONS (12) [noun] A turning (rolling or revolving) motion. | [noun] A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist. VOMITIVES (17) VOMITUSES (14) VOODOOING (14) [verb] To bewitch someone or something using voodoo VOODOOISM (15) VOODOOIST (13) VORACIOUS (14) [adjective] Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. | [adjective] Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader). VORTICISM (16) [noun] A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism. VORTICIST (14) [noun] An artist who used this style. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to vorticism. VORTICITY (17) [noun] (fluid dynamics) A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field. VORTICOSE (14) VOTARISTS (12) VOTRESSES (12) VOUCHERED (18) VOUCHSAFE (20) [verb] To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge. | [verb] To receive or accept in condescension. | [verb] To disclose or divulge. VOUSSOIRS (12) [noun] One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault. VOWELIZED (25) [verb] To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to. | [verb] To insert a vowel or vowels into. VOWELIZES (24) [verb] To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to. | [verb] To insert a vowel or vowels into. VOYAGEURS (16) [noun] A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction. VOYEURISM (17) [noun] The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or engaging in sexual activity. | [noun] (by extension) The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects. VULCANIAN (14) VULCANISE (14) [verb] To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. | [verb] To undergo such treatment. VULCANISM (16) [noun] Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles | [noun] Alternative spelling of Vulcanism VULCANIZE (23) [verb] To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. | [verb] To undergo such treatment. VULGAREST (13) VULGARIAN (13) [noun] A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities. | [adjective] Having the characteristics of a vulgarian, vulgar. VULGARISE (13) [verb] To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. VULGARISM (15) [noun] (grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar. | [noun] A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication. 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VACANTNESS (15) [noun] The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness or the condition of being unoccupied. VACATIONED (16) [verb] To spend or take a vacation. VACATIONER (15) [noun] Someone who is on vacation VACCINATED (18) [verb] Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. VACCINATES (17) [verb] Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. VACCINATOR (17) [noun] A person who administers vaccines to patients. VACILLATED (16) [verb] To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. | [verb] To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. VACILLATES (15) [verb] To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. | [verb] To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. VACILLATOR (15) [noun] One who vacillates; a person who wavers or is indecisive. VACUOLATED (16) [adjective] Containing or characterized by vacuoles (small cavities or spaces in cells or tissues). VAGABONDED (18) [verb] To roam, as a vagabond VAGILITIES (14) [noun] Plural of vagility; the quality or state of being vagile, referring to the ability of an organism to move about or disperse readily. VAGINISMUS (16) [noun] A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it. VAGOTOMIES (16) [noun] The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers. VAGOTONIAS (14) [noun] Plural of vagotonia; a medical condition characterized by overactivity of the vagus nerve, resulting in symptoms such as low heart rate, low blood pressure, and increased digestive activity. VAGRANCIES (16) [noun] The state of being a vagrant VAINNESSES (13) [noun] The plural of vainness, meaning the quality or state of being vain, such as excessive pride in appearance or accomplishments. VALENTINES (13) [noun] An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th. | [noun] A person to whom a valentine is given or from whom it is received, especially on February 14th. VALIANCIES (15) [noun] Plural of valiancy; instances or displays of valor, bravery, or courageous deeds. VALIDATING (15) [verb] To render valid. | [verb] To check or prove the validity of; verify. | [verb] To have its validity successfully proven. VALIDATION (14) [noun] The act of validating something. | [noun] Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. | [noun] The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions. VALIDITIES (14) [noun] The state of being valid, authentic or genuine. | [noun] State of having legal force. | [noun] A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability). VALLECULAE (15) [noun] A depression or groove in the anatomy. VALLECULAR (15) [adjective] Relating to or situated in a vallecule (a groove or furrow, especially in anatomy). VALORISING (14) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALORIZING (23) [verb] To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. | [verb] To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. VALOROUSLY (16) [adverb] In a brave, courageous, or heroic manner; with valor. VALUATIONS (13) [noun] An estimation of something's worth. | [noun] The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability. | [noun] (propositional logic, model theory) An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas). VALVULITIS (16) [noun] Inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve. VAMPIRISMS (19) [noun] The plural of vampirism, referring to multiple instances or manifestations of the practice, belief, or condition of being a vampire, or the act of preying on others like a vampire. VANASPATIS (15) VANDALISED (15) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. | [adjective] Referring to something that has been struck by vandalism VANDALISES (14) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. VANDALISMS (16) [noun] Plural of vandalism; deliberate destruction or damage to property, or instances of such destructive behavior. VANDALIZED (24) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. | [adjective] Damaged by vandalism. VANDALIZES (23) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. VANITORIES (13) [noun] Plural of vanitorie, which is not a standard English word. However, "vanities" is the correct plural of "vanity," referring to excessive pride in appearance or belongings, or a small cabinet with a mirror and drawers for cosmetics. Actually, let me reconsider: VANITORIES is not a valid English word. The correct plural of "vanity" is "vanities," not "vanitories." UNKNOWN VANPOOLING (16) [noun] The practice of sharing a van with others to commute to work or travel to a common destination, reducing costs and environmental impact. VANQUISHED (26) [verb] To defeat, to overcome. | [adjective] Defeated. VANQUISHER (25) [noun] One who vanquishes or defeats an opponent or enemy. VANQUISHES (25) [verb] To defeat, to overcome. VAPIDITIES (16) [noun] The quality or state of being vapid; lack of liveliness, dullness, or lack of flavor. | [noun] Plural of vapidity, referring to multiple instances or aspects of being vapid. VAPORETTOS (15) [noun] A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice. VAPORISING (16) [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPORIZERS (24) [noun] A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid. | [noun] A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs. VAPORIZING (25) [verb] To turn into vapor. VAPOROUSLY (18) [adverb] In a vague, insubstantial, or vaporous manner; characterized by lack of clarity or substance. VAPORWARES (18) [noun] Software products that are announced but never released or become available much later than promised. | [noun] Plural of vaporware, referring to multiple such products or instances of vaporware. VARIATIONS (13) [noun] The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. | [noun] A related but distinct thing. | [noun] The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. VARICELLAS (15) [noun] Plural of varicella; the medical term for chickenpox, a highly contagious viral disease characterized by a distinctive rash of fluid-filled blisters. VARICOCELE (17) [noun] (andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum. VARICOSITY (18) [noun] An abnormally swollen or enlarged vein, typically occurring in the legs. | [noun] The quality or state of being varicose or abnormally dilated. VARIEGATED (15) [verb] To add variety to something. | [verb] To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour. | [verb] To dapple. VARIEGATES (14) [verb] To add variety to something. | [verb] To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour. | [verb] To dapple. VARIEGATOR (14) [noun] One who or that which variegates; something that causes variation or diversity in color or appearance. VARIOMETER (15) [noun] An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field. | [noun] A rate-of-climb indicator. VARLETRIES (13) [noun] Plural of varletry; the behavior, conduct, or practices characteristic of a varlet (a disreputable person or knave); dishonest or villainous conduct. VARNISHERS (16) [noun] Plural of varnisher; people who apply varnish to surfaces. | [noun] Tools or devices used for applying varnish. VARNISHING (17) [verb] To apply varnish. | [verb] To cover up with varnish. | [verb] To gloss over a defect. VASCULITIS (15) [noun] A group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels. VASOACTIVE (18) [adjective] Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine). VASOSPASMS (17) [noun] Sudden constrictions of blood vessels that reduce blood flow, often causing chest pain or other symptoms. VASOTOCINS (15) [noun] Plural of vasotocin, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland in non-mammalian vertebrates that functions similarly to vasopressin in mammals, regulating water balance and blood pressure. VASOTOMIES (15) [noun] Plural of vasotomy, a surgical incision of a blood vessel or the vas deferens. VASSALAGES (14) [noun] The state, condition, or relationship of being a vassal; the obligations or services owed by a vassal to a feudal lord. | [noun] Plural of vassalage; multiple instances or types of vassal relationships. VASTITUDES (14) VASTNESSES (13) [noun] The plural of vastness; the quality or state of being very great in size, extent, or degree. VATICINATE (15) [verb] To predict or foretell (future events). VAUDEVILLE (17) [noun] A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. | [noun] An entertainment in this style. VAULTINGLY (17) [adverb] In a vaulting manner; with a high leap or bound. | [adverb] In an excessively ambitious or presumptuous way. VAUNTINGLY (17) [adverb] In a boastful or bragging manner; with excessive pride or arrogance in speech or behavior. VEGETABLES (16) [noun] Any plant. | [noun] A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. | [noun] The edible part of such a plant. VEGETARIAN (14) [noun] A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. | [noun] An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore. | [adjective] Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). VEGETATING (15) [verb] (of a plant) To grow or sprout. | [verb] (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. | [verb] To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. VEGETATION (14) [noun] Plants, taken collectively. | [noun] An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth | [noun] The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. VEGETATIVE (17) [adjective] Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. | [adjective] Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction. | [adjective] Physically inactive. VEHEMENCES (20) [noun] An intense concentration, force or power. | [noun] A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury. | [noun] Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling. VEHEMENTLY (21) [adverb] In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude. VELARIZING (23) [verb] To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool. | [verb] To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar. VELLEITIES (13) [noun] The lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act. | [noun] A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain. VELOCIPEDE (18) [noun] An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground. | [noun] Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle. | [noun] A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle. VELOCITIES (15) [noun] A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component. | [noun] Rapidity of motion. | [noun] The rate of occurrence. VELODROMES (16) [noun] An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing. 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VENERATORS (13) [noun] Plural of venerator; people who venerate or show deep respect and reverence for someone or something. VENGEANCES (16) [noun] Plural of vengeance; instances or acts of inflicting harm in return for a perceived injury or insult. VENGEFULLY (20) [adverb] In a manner seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury or insult; with a desire for revenge. VENIALNESS (13) [noun] The quality or state of being venial; the characteristic of being forgivable or pardonable, especially in reference to minor sins or offenses. VENOGRAPHY (22) [noun] A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins. VENOMOUSLY (18) [adverb] In a manner that is spiteful, malicious, or poisonous; with venom. 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VISUALIZED (23) [verb] To envisage, or form a mental picture (of something). | [verb] To make (something) visible. | [adjective] Having been the subject of visualization; having had (its) appearance or existence imagined or designed. VISUALIZER (22) VISUALIZES (22) [verb] To envisage, or form a mental picture (of something). | [verb] To make (something) visible. VITALISING (14) [verb] To give life to something; to animate. | [verb] To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate. VITALISTIC (15) VITALITIES (13) VITALIZING (23) [verb] To give life to something; to animate. | [verb] To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate. VITELLUSES (13) VITIATIONS (13) VITRECTOMY (20) [noun] The surgical removal of some or all of the vitreous humour from the eye. VITREOUSES (13) VITRIFYING (20) [verb] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. | [verb] To be converted into glass, especially through heat. 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VULCANISMS (17) VULCANIZED (25) [verb] To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. | [verb] To undergo such treatment. VULCANIZER (24) VULCANIZES (24) [verb] To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. | [verb] To undergo such treatment. VULGARIANS (14) [noun] A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities. VULGARISED (15) [verb] To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. VULGARISES (14) [verb] To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. VULGARISMS (16) [noun] (grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar. | [noun] A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication. VULGARIZED (24) [verb] To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. VULGARIZER (23) VULGARIZES (23) [verb] To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. 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VACATIONERS (16) [noun] Someone who is on vacation VACATIONING (17) [verb] To spend or take a vacation. VACATIONIST (16) [noun] Someone who is on vacation VACCINATING (19) [verb] Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. VACCINATION (18) [noun] Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease. VACCINATORS (18) [noun] People who administer vaccines to individuals. VACILLATING (17) [verb] To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. | [verb] To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. | [noun] Vacillation VACILLATION (16) [noun] Indecision in speech or action. | [noun] Changing location by moving back and forth. VACILLATORS (16) [noun] Plural of vacillator; people who waver or hesitate in decision-making or action. VACUOLATION (16) [noun] The formation of vacuoles or small cavities in cells or tissues. | [noun] The process or condition of becoming vacuolated or forming vacuoles. VACUOUSNESS (16) [noun] The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness of mind or lack of intelligence. VAGABONDAGE (19) [noun] The act or practice of wandering from place to place without a permanent home; vagrancy. | [noun] A wandering or vagrant life; the state of being a vagabond. VAGABONDING (19) [verb] To roam, as a vagabond | [adjective] Wandering, unfixed. VAGABONDISH (21) VAGABONDISM (20) VAGARIOUSLY (18) VAGINITISES (15) [noun] Plural of vaginitis, an inflammation of the vagina. VAGUENESSES (15) [noun] The plural of vagueness; the quality or state of being vague, unclear, or indefinite. VAINGLORIES (15) [noun] Plural of vainglory; excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements. | [noun] Instances or displays of boastful or conceited behavior. VALEDICTION (17) [noun] A speech made when leaving or parting company. | [noun] The act of parting company. | [noun] A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving. VALEDICTORY (20) [noun] A speech given by a valedictorian at a graduation or commencement ceremony. | [noun] A farewell or parting address. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, a valedictorian. VALIANTNESS (14) [noun] The quality or state of being valiant; courage and determination in the face of danger. VALIDATIONS (15) [noun] The act of validating something. | [noun] Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. | [noun] The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions. VALUATIONAL (14) VANDALISING (16) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. VANDALISTIC (17) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of vandalism; involving the deliberate destruction or defacement of property. VANDALIZING (25) [verb] To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism. 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VAGABONDISMS (21) VAGINISMUSES (18) [noun] Plural of vaginismus, a medical condition characterized by involuntary muscle contractions of the vagina in response to attempted penetration. VAINGLORIOUS (16) [adjective] With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride. VALEDICTIONS (18) [noun] A speech made when leaving or parting company. | [noun] The act of parting company. | [noun] A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving. VALETUDINARY (19) [noun] A sickly, infirm person. | [adjective] Sickly, infirm, valetudinarian VALORIZATION (24) [noun] The act of increasing or raising the value or price of something, especially artificially or through deliberate effort. | [noun] In economics, the process of converting something into capital or making it valuable. VALPOLICELLA (19) [noun] A light red wine produced in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. VALUABLENESS (17) [noun] The quality or state of being valuable; worth or usefulness. 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VASODILATORS (16) [noun] A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure. VASOPRESSINS (17) [noun] Plural of vasopressin, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that regulates water retention and blood pressure in the body. VASOPRESSORS (17) [noun] An agent that causes such constriction. VATICINATING (18) [verb] To predict or foretell (future events). VATICINATION (17) [noun] The act of prophesying or making predictions about the future. | [noun] A prophecy or prediction, especially one that is solemn or portentous. VATICINATORS (17) [noun] One who vaticinates; a prophet. VAUDEVILLIAN (19) [noun] A performer in vaudeville, a form of theatrical entertainment popular in the early 20th century featuring a variety of acts such as comedy, music, and dance. | [adjective] Of or relating to vaudeville or its performers and style. VEGETATIONAL (16) [adjective] Relating to or consisting of vegetation; of or pertaining to plants or plant life. | [adjective] Growing or developing in the manner of plants; having characteristics of plant growth. VEGETATIVELY (22) [adverb] In a manner relating to plant growth or reproduction without seeds; in a way characteristic of vegetation or plant life. VELARIZATION (24) [noun] The act or process of velarizing. VELOCIMETERS (19) [noun] A device used to measure the speed of sound in a liquid. VELOCIRAPTOR (19) [noun] A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya) VENERABILITY (20) [noun] The quality or state of being venerable; the condition of deserving respect or reverence due to age, dignity, or character. VENESECTIONS (17) [noun] Cutting open or exposing a vein; phlebotomy. VENGEFULNESS (19) [noun] The quality or state of being vengeful; a tendency to seek revenge. VENIALNESSES (15) [noun] The plural of venialness; the quality or state of being venial (forgivable or pardonable, especially in reference to minor sins or faults). VENIPUNCTURE (19) [noun] The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line. | [verb] To puncture a vein in order to collect blood VENOGRAPHIES (21) [noun] Plural of venography; radiographic examinations of veins after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium. VENOMOUSNESS (17) [noun] The quality or state of being venomous; the characteristic of containing or producing venom. | [noun] The quality of being malicious or spiteful in nature or expression. 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VENTRILOQUIAL (25) [adjective] Of or relating to ventriloquism, the art of throwing one's voice to make it appear to come from another source. VENTRILOQUIES (25) [noun] The plural of ventriloquy, the art of speaking in such a way that the voice appears to come from a dummy or other source rather than the speaker. VENTRILOQUISM (27) [noun] The art or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come from a source other than the speaker, typically a dummy or puppet. | [noun] The use of deceptive language or misleading statements to disguise one's true meaning or intentions. VENTRILOQUIST (25) [noun] A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism. VENTRILOQUIZE (34) [verb] To practice ventriloquism. | [verb] To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism. VENTROLATERAL (16) [adjective] Both ventral and lateral VENTURESOMELY (21) [adverb] In a venturesome manner; with boldness or willingness to take risks. 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VERISIMILARLY (21) VERITABLENESS (18) VERMICULATION (20) [noun] The process of being turned into a worm. | [noun] The state of being infested or consumed by worms. | [noun] A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc. VERNACULARISM (20) VERNALIZATION (25) [noun] (agrobiology) The treatment of seeds or bulbs by exposure to low temperatures so as to decrease the vegetative period or to cause the plant to flower or bear fruit more quickly. VERSATILENESS (16) VERSATILITIES (16) VERSIFICATION (21) VERTICALITIES (18) VERTIGINOUSLY (20) VESICULATIONS (18) VETERINARIANS (16) [noun] A medical doctor who treats animals. VEXATIOUSNESS (23) VEXILLOLOGIES (24) VEXILLOLOGIST (24) VIBRAHARPISTS (23) VIBRAPHONISTS (23) VIBRATIONLESS (18) VICARIOUSNESS (18) VICEGERENCIES (21) VICEROYALTIES (21) [noun] The office or term of service of a viceroy. | [noun] The place governed by a viceroy. 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VAINGLORIOUSLY (21) [adverb] In a manner characterized by excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements; boastfully or ostentatiously. VALEDICTORIANS (20) [noun] (properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades. | [noun] The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades. VALETUDINARIAN (18) [noun] A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health | [adjective] Sickly, infirm, of ailing health | [adjective] Being overly worried about one's health VALETUDINARIES (18) [noun] People who are constantly concerned about their health; sickly or infirm persons. | [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of someone who is chronically ill or preoccupied with illness. VALUABLENESSES (19) [noun] The plural form of valuableness, referring to the quality or state of being valuable or worthy of esteem. VANDALIZATIONS (27) [noun] Plural of vandalization; instances of deliberate destruction or damage to property. VAPORISHNESSES (22) [noun] The plural of vaporishness; the quality or state of being vaporish, characterized by vaporous, insubstantial, or hysterical behavior or conditions. VAPOROUSNESSES (19) [noun] The plural form of vaporousness, referring to multiple instances or qualities of being vaporous, insubstantial, or resembling vapor. VARIABLENESSES (19) [noun] The plural of variableness; the quality or state of being variable or subject to change. VASOACTIVITIES (22) VASODILATATION (18) [noun] Dilatation of a blood vessel VEGETARIANISMS (20) [noun] Plural of vegetarianism; the practice or principle of living on a diet of vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes, with or without dairy and eggs, excluding meat. VEGETATIVENESS (21) VENERABILITIES (19) [noun] The plural of venerability; the quality or state of being venerable or worthy of respect due to age, dignity, or religious significance. VENGEFULNESSES (21) [noun] The plural form of vengefulness; the quality or state of being vengeful or seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury. VENOMOUSNESSES (19) [noun] The plural form of venomousness, referring to multiple instances or types of the quality of being venomous or poisonous. VENTRILOQUISMS (28) [noun] The plural of ventriloquism, referring to multiple instances or forms of the art of throwing one's voice to make it appear to come from another source, typically a dummy or puppet. VENTRILOQUISTS (26) [noun] A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism. VENTRILOQUIZED (36) [verb] To practice ventriloquism. | [verb] To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism. VENTRILOQUIZES (35) [verb] To practice ventriloquism. | [verb] To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism. VERBALIZATIONS (28) [noun] Plural of verbalization; instances of expressing something in words or spoken form. | [noun] The act or process of converting thoughts or concepts into verbal expression. VERBIGERATIONS (20) VERIDICALITIES (20) VERIFIABLENESS (22) VERISIMILITUDE (20) [noun] The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism. | [noun] A statement which merely appears to be true. | [noun] Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion. VERMICULATIONS (21) VERNACULARISMS (21) VERNALIZATIONS (26) [noun] (agrobiology) The treatment of seeds or bulbs by exposure to low temperatures so as to decrease the vegetative period or to cause the plant to flower or bear fruit more quickly. VERSIFICATIONS (22) VERTICALNESSES (19) VESICULARITIES (19) VEXILLOLOGICAL (27) VEXILLOLOGISTS (25) VICTIMIZATIONS (30) [noun] An act that victimizes or exploits someone. | [noun] Adversity as a result of being a victim. VICTIMOLOGISTS (22) VICTORIOUSNESS (19) VIDEOCASSETTES (20) [noun] A cassette containing blank or recorded videotape; either in VHS or Betamax format. VIGOROUSNESSES (18) VILLAINOUSNESS (17) VINDICTIVENESS (23) VIOLABLENESSES (19) VIOLONCELLISTS (19) VIRTUOUSNESSES (17) VISUALIZATIONS (26) [noun] The act of visualizing, or something visualized. | [noun] A visual representation of data. VITELLOGENESES (18) VITELLOGENESIS (18) VITICULTURALLY (22) VITICULTURISTS (19) VITRIFICATIONS (22) VITUPERATIVELY (25) VIVISECTIONIST (22) VOCATIONALISMS (21) VOCATIONALISTS (19) VOCIFEROUSNESS (22) VOICEFULNESSES (22) VOIDABLENESSES (20) VOLATILENESSES (17) VOLATILIZATION (26) VOLCANOLOGICAL (22) VOLCANOLOGISTS (20) VOLUMETRICALLY (24) VOLUMINOSITIES (19) VOLUMINOUSNESS (19) VOLUPTUOUSNESS (19) VOUCHSAFEMENTS (27) VULCANISATIONS (19) VULCANIZATIONS (28) VULCANOLOGISTS (20) VULGARIZATIONS (27) VULNERABLENESS (19) VULVOVAGINITIS (24)

VALETUDINARIANS (19) [noun] A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health VALUELESSNESSES (18) [noun] The plural of valuelessness; the quality or state of being without value or worth. VASCULARIZATION (29) [noun] The process of forming new blood vessels in tissue or an organ. | [noun] The network of blood vessels that has formed in a tissue or organ. VASOCONSTRICTOR (22) [noun] A substance or agent that causes blood vessels to narrow, reducing blood flow and increasing blood pressure. VASODILATATIONS (19) [noun] Dilatation of a blood vessel VENERABLENESSES (20) [noun] The plural form of venerableness, referring to the quality or state of being venerable; the condition of being worthy of respect or reverence due to age, dignity, or historical significance. VENTRILOQUIALLY (30) [adverb] In the manner or style of ventriloquism; as a ventriloquist would speak or perform. VENTRILOQUISTIC (29) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of ventriloquism, the art of throwing one's voice to make it appear to come from elsewhere or from a dummy. VENTRILOQUIZING (37) [verb] To practice ventriloquism. | [verb] To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism. VENTURESOMENESS (20) [noun] The quality or state of being venturesome; willingness to take risks or engage in daring activities. VENTUROUSNESSES (18) [noun] The plural form of venturousness; the quality or state of being venturesome or daring; boldness or willingness to take risks. VERACIOUSNESSES (20) [noun] The plural form of veraciousness, referring to the quality or state of being truthful, honest, and accurate in speech or statement. VERIFIABILITIES (23) VERISIMILITUDES (21) VERITABLENESSES (20) VERSATILENESSES (18) VEXATIOUSNESSES (25) VICARIOUSNESSES (20) VICISSITUDINOUS (21) VIDEOCONFERENCE (26) [noun] A conference held by video link. An arranged video phone call between more than two parties. | [verb] To hold a conference or meeting via a remote video link VISCOELASTICITY (25) [noun] The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic. | [noun] The branch of rheology that studies such materials. VISIONARINESSES (18) VIVACIOUSNESSES (23) VIVISECTIONISTS (23) VOICELESSNESSES (20) VOLATILIZATIONS (27) VOLUNTARINESSES (18) VORACIOUSNESSES (20) VOYEURISTICALLY (26) [adverb] In a voyeuristic way. VULNERABILITIES (20) [noun] Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended. | [noun] A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something. | [noun] A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security