English words: V

307 words under V; 201–300 on this page.

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• vigorous adjective
  Vigorous means strong, energetic and active.
• vigorously adverb (vigorously; more vigorously, most vigorously)
  With a lot of energy, force or strength.
• vigour noun (vigour — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind.
• vii numeral (Roman numeral)
  VII is the Roman numeral for 7 (V = 5, plus I + I =.
• viii numeral (Roman numeral VIII)
  The Roman numeral for 8.
• viking noun (a Viking, Vikings); adjective (Viking)
  The Vikings were seafaring people from Scandinavia (now Norway, Denmark and Sweden) who long ago sailed far in longships to raid, trade…
• vile adjective (viler, vilest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vile means very nasty, disgusting or bad.
• vilely adverbJewish tradition
  In a very bad, shameful or disgusting way.
• vileness nounJewish tradition
  Being very bad, wicked or shameful.
• villa noun (a villa, villas)
  A villa is a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the country or by the sea, especially in a warm place.
• village noun (village, villages)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A village is a small group of houses and people in the country, smaller than a town.
• villager noun (a villager, villagers)
  A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside.
• villain noun (a villain, villains)
  A villain is a bad character in a story, play or film who does evil things and fights against the hero.
• villainous adjective
  Villainous means very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook.
• villainy nounJewish tradition
  Wicked or evil behaviour.
• vindicated verb, past form of vindicate…
  Shown to be right after other people doubted you or blamed you.
• vindictive adjective
  Vindictive means wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong done to you.
• vine noun (a vine, vines)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A vine is a plant with a long, thin, bendy stem that climbs up walls, fences or trees, or spreads along the ground.
• vinegar noun (vinegar — uncountable; vinegars for kinds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning.
• vineyard noun (a vineyard, vineyards)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A vineyard is a piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to make wine.
• vintage adjective (vintage); noun (a vintage, vintages)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vintage things are old but of good quality and valued, from an earlier time: vintage clothes, a vintage car.
• viola noun (a viola, violas)
  A viola is a string instrument like a violin but a little bigger, with a deeper, warmer sound; it is played with a bow and held under the…
• violated verbJewish tradition
  Broke a rule or law, or treated something holy without respect.
• violation noun (violations)
  A violation is breaking a rule, law or promise; an act that goes against what is allowed.
• violence noun (violence — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Violence is behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or kill someone or to damage something.
• violent adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Violent means using strong physical force to hurt or damage people or things.
• violently adverb (violently)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that uses strong physical force to hurt or damage: he pushed the door violently.
• violet noun (a violet, violets; violet — the colour); adjective…
  Violet is a bluish-purple colour.
• violin noun (a violin, violins)
  A violin is a musical instrument made of wood with four strings, which you hold under your chin and play with a bow or by plucking.
• violinist noun (a violinist, violinists)
  A person who plays the violin, a stringed musical instrument held under the chin and played with a bow.
• vip abbreviation (VIP, VIPs)
  A VIP is a «very important person»: someone famous or important who gets special treatment, such as a celebrity, a leader or an honoured…
• viper noun (a viper, vipers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A viper is a kind of venomous snake with long fangs that fold back, such as the adder.
• viral adjective (viral)
  Viral means caused by a virus: «a viral infection».
• virgin noun (a virgin, virgins; the Virgin Mary — church)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit while still a virgin.
• virginity nounJewish tradition
  The state of never having had sex.
• virgo noun (Virgo; a proper noun)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Virgo is a large constellation (a group of stars) whose name is Latin for «the virgin» or «young woman».
• virtual adjective (virtual)
  Made or seen on a computer or online, not in the real physical world, such as a virtual tour or a virtual classroom.
• virtually adverb (virtually)
  Almost; very nearly but not quite: «virtually empty» means almost completely empty.
• virtue noun (virtue, uncountable; a virtue, virtues)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Virtue is goodness and right behaviour.
• virtuous adjective (virtuous; more virtuous, most virtuous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very good and moral; behaving in an honest, kind and right way.
• virus noun (a virus, viruses)
  A virus is a tiny germ, much too small to see, that gets inside living cells and can make people, animals or plants ill.
• visa noun (a visa, visas); proper noun (Visa — a card company)
  A visa is an official stamp or document that lets you enter, stay in, study or work in a foreign country for a certain time.
• visage noun (old use; visages)Jewish tradition
  A visage is a face, especially one that shows a strong feeling.
• viscosity noun (viscosity, uncountable; viscosities in science)
  How thick and sticky a liquid is, and how slowly it flows.
• viscous adjectiveJewish tradition
  Thick and sticky, like syrup or glue.
• visibility noun (visibility; uncountable)
  How far or how clearly you can see, especially because of weather or light.
• visible adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Visible means able to be seen.
• visibly adverb (visibly)
  Visibly means in a way that can be seen or noticed easily: «she was visibly upset».
• vision noun (vision, uncountable; a vision, visions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vision is your ability to see; your eyesight.
• visit verb (visit, visits, visited, visiting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To visit means to go to see a person or a place for a while.
• visitation noun (visitations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A visitation is a visit, especially by someone important or by a god.
• visitor noun (a visitor, visitors)
  A visitor is a person who comes to see a person or a place for a while.
• vista noun (a vista, vistas)
  A vista is a beautiful, wide view, especially a long one seen between hills, trees or buildings.
• visual adjective (visual); noun (a visual, visuals)
  To do with seeing or sight.
• visually adverb (visually)
  In a way that has to do with seeing or how something looks: the poster is visually striking.
• vital adjective (vital; more vital, most vital)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Extremely important or necessary; something you cannot do without.
• vitality noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vitality is great energy and life; being full of strength and spirit.
• vitamin noun (a vitamin, vitamins)
  Vitamins are tiny natural substances in food that your body needs to stay healthy.
• vitreous adjective (vitreous)
  Like glass, or made of glass: hard, shiny and often see-through.
• vivid adjective (vivid, more vivid, most vivid); adverb vividly…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very bright and strong in colour.
• vividly adverb (vividly)
  Vividly means very clearly and in a lively way, so you can almost see, feel or remember it: «I vividly remember my first day at school.».
• vivify verb (vivifies, vivified, vivifying)
  To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales).
• vixen noun (vixens)
  A vixen is a female fox.
• vizier noun (viziers)
  A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands.
• vocabulary noun (a vocabulary, vocabularies — usually singular)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Vocabulary is all the words a person knows or uses.
• vocal adjective (vocal, more vocal); noun (vocals)
  Vocal means about the voice or using the voice.
• vocalisation noun (vocalisation, a vocalisation, vocalisations)
  A vocalisation is a sound made with the voice, especially by an animal, like a bark, a howl, a song or a call.
• vocalist noun (a vocalist, vocalists)
  A vocalist is a singer, especially one who sings with a band or group.
• vocalize verbJewish tradition
  To give a Hebrew word its vowel sounds, or to decide how it should be read aloud by adding vowels.
• vocally adverb (vocally)
  By speaking out loudly and openly, so others clearly hear your opinion.
• vocation noun (vocations)
  A vocation is the work or calling that a person feels is right for them, such as teaching or healing.
• vocational adjective
  Vocational means to do with the skills needed for a particular job or trade.
• vocative noun (the vocative, vocatives); adjective (vocative)
  In grammar, the vocative is the word or name used to speak directly to someone, as in «Tom, come here!».
• vodka noun (vodka, vodkas)
  Vodka is a strong, clear alcoholic drink, first made in Russia and Poland, from grain or potatoes.
• vogue nounJewish tradition
  A fashion that is popular at a certain time.
• voice noun (a voice, voices); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing.
• void noun (a void, voids); adjective (void); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A void is a completely empty space.
• voile noun (voile, uncountable; voiles for kinds)
  A thin, light, see-through cloth made of cotton, silk or polyester, used for curtains, dresses and blouses.
• volatile adjective (volatile)
  In science, a volatile liquid turns into a gas (evaporates) very easily, like petrol or nail-polish remover.
• volatilize verbJewish tradition
  To turn into vapor, or to make something rise like steam or gas.
• volcanic adjective (volcanic; not compared)
  Volcanic means made by, coming from or to do with a volcano, like volcanic rock or volcanic ash.
• volcanically adverb (volcanically)
  Volcanically means because of volcanoes or in the way of a volcano: «volcanically active», «formed volcanically».
• volcano noun (a volcano, volcanoes or volcanos)
  A volcano is a mountain or opening in the Earth's surface where hot melted rock (lava), ash and gases come out from deep inside.
• vole noun (a vole, voles)
  A vole is a small, plump rodent like a mouse, with a short tail, small ears and a blunt nose, that lives in fields, woods and riverbanks.
• volleyball noun…
  A team game in which two teams hit a ball with their hands over a high net, trying to make it land on the other side.
• volt noun (a volt, volts)
  A volt is the unit used to measure voltage, the "push" that makes electricity flow around a circuit.
• voltage noun (voltage, voltages)
  Voltage is the push that makes electric current flow around a circuit.
• voluble adjective (voluble)
  Talking a lot, quickly and easily, often with feeling.
• volume noun (volume — countable and uncountable; volumes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  How loud a sound is (turn the volume up or down).
• voluminous adjectiveJewish tradition
  Very large, or filling many pages or books.
• voluntarily adverb (voluntarily)
  Because you choose to, without being forced or paid.
• voluntary adjective (voluntary); adverb voluntarily; noun volunteer
  Voluntary means done because you want to, not because you are forced: voluntary help, voluntary work.
• volunteer noun (a volunteer, volunteers); verb…
  A volunteer is someone who does a job without being paid, because they want to help.
• vomit verb (vomit, vomits, vomited, vomiting); noun (vomit)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To vomit is to be sick: food and liquid come back up from your stomach and out of your mouth.
• vote verb (vote, votes, voted, voting); noun (a vote, votes)
  To vote is to choose someone or something by showing your hand, ticking a paper or pressing a button, so a group can decide.
• voter noun (a voter, voters)
  A voter is a person who votes in an election or is allowed to vote.
• vouch verb (vouch, vouches, vouched, vouching), used as "vouch…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say that you know someone is honest, good or telling the truth, and you will take responsibility for that.
• voucher noun (a voucher, vouchers)
  A voucher is a piece of paper or code you can exchange for goods or services, or that gives a discount.
• vouchsafe verb (vouchsafe, vouchsafes, vouchsafed, vouchsafing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To give or tell something kindly, as a favour, or as if from a high position: he vouchsafed no answer.
• vow noun (a vow, vows); verb (vow, vows, vowed, vowing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A vow is a serious promise, often a solemn or religious one.

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