| vanisher | (noun) a person who disappears | - |
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| vanishing | (noun) a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
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| (noun) a sudden or mysterious disappearance | - |
| vanity | (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dresser, dressing table, toilet table |
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| (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceit, conceitedness |
| (noun) the quality of being valueless or futile | Synonyms: emptiness |
| (noun) feelings of excessive pride | Synonyms: amour propre, conceit, self-love |
| vanquisher | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: conqueror |
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| vantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: advantage |
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| (noun) place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) | - |
| vape | (noun) an electronic cigarette, that produces a nicotine containing vapor | - |
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| vapidity | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidness |
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| vapidness | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity |
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| vaping | (noun) consumption of a vaporized nicotine solution | - |
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| vapor | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour |
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| (noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance | Synonyms: vapour |
| vaporing | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting |
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| vaporisation | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporization |
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| (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporization, vapour |
| vaporiser | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporizer |
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| vaporization | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporisation |
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| (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vapour |
| vaporizer | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporiser |
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| vaporousness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vapourousness |
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| vapors | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapours |
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| vapour | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization |
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| (noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance | Synonyms: vapor |
| vapourousness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness |
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| vapours | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors |
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| vaquero | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckaroo, buckeroo |
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| vaquita | (noun) a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species | Synonyms: Phocoena sinus |
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| var | (noun) a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere | Synonyms: volt-ampere |
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| vara | (noun) a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities | - |
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| varan | (noun) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles | Synonyms: monitor, monitor lizard |
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| vardenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: Levitra |
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| variability | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variableness, variance |
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| (noun) the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity | Synonyms: unevenness |
| variable | (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | Synonyms: variable quantity |
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| (noun) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity | - |
| (noun) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation | - |
| (noun) a star that varies noticeably in brightness | Synonyms: variable star |
| variableness | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variance |
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| variance | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | Synonyms: variation |
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| (noun) an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) | - |
| (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence |
| (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variableness |
| (noun) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value | - |
| (noun) discord that splits a group | Synonyms: division |
| (noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: discrepancy, variant |
| variant | (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate |
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| (noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: edition, variation, version |
| (noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: discrepancy, variance |
| (noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | Synonyms: form, strain, var. |
| variate | (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant |
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| variation | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | Synonyms: variance |
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| (noun) the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard | - |
| (noun) (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure | Synonyms: pas seul |
| (noun) an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard | - |
| (noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: edition, variant, version |
| (noun) a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished | - |
| (noun) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | Synonyms: fluctuation |
| (noun) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | Synonyms: mutant, mutation, sport |
| (noun) (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) | - |
| (noun) the process of varying or being varied | - |
| (noun) the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north | Synonyms: magnetic declination, magnetic variation |
| varicella | (noun) an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body | Synonyms: chickenpox |
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| varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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| varicosis | (noun) pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins | - |
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| varicosity | (noun) varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous | - |
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| variedness | (noun) characterized by variation | - |
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| variegation | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | Synonyms: diversification |
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| (noun) variability in coloration | - |
| varietal | (noun) a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape | Synonyms: varietal wine |
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| variety | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness |
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| (noun) a difference that is usually pleasant | Synonyms: change |
| (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: form, kind, sort |
| (noun) a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances | Synonyms: variety show |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics | - |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord |
| variola | (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | Synonyms: smallpox, variola major |
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| variolation | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolization |
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| variolization | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolation |
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| variometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field | - |
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| variorum | (noun) an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors | Synonyms: variorum edition |
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| varix | (noun) abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel | - |
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| varlet | (noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood | Synonyms: page |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag |
| varment | (noun) any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | Synonyms: varmint |
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| varmint | (noun) any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | Synonyms: varment |
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| (noun) an irritating or obnoxious person | Synonyms: vermin |
| varna | (noun) (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | - |
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| varnish | (noun) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface | - |
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| varnisher | (noun) someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish | - |
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| varsity | (noun) a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University | - |
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| (noun) a team representing a college or university | Synonyms: first team |
| varus | (noun) a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree | - |
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| vas | (noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vessel |
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| vascularisation | (noun) the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries | Synonyms: vascularization |
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| vascularity | (noun) the property being vascular | - |
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| vascularization | (noun) the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries | Synonyms: vascularisation |
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| vasculitis | (noun) inflammation of a blood vessel | - |
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| vase | (noun) an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers | - |
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| vasectomy | (noun) surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible | - |
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| vasoconstriction | (noun) decrease in the diameter of blood vessels | - |
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| vasoconstrictive | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictor |
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| vasoconstrictor | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictive |
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| vasodilation | (noun) dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries) | - |
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| vasodilative | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilator |
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| vasodilator | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilative |
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| vasopressin | (noun) hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules | Synonyms: ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin |
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| vasopressor | (noun) any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure) | - |
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| vasosection | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasotomy |
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| vasotomy | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasosection |
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| vasovasostomy | (noun) a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy | - |
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| vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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| vassal | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman |
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| vassalage | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfdom, serfhood |
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| vastness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, wideness |
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| vat | (noun) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids | Synonyms: tub |
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| vaticination | (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | Synonyms: prognostication, prophecy |
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| vaticinator | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer |
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| vaudeville | (noun) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. | Synonyms: music hall |
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| vaudevillian | (noun) a performer who works in vaudeville | - |
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| vault | (noun) the act of jumping over an obstacle | Synonyms: hurdle |
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| (noun) an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof | - |
| (noun) a burial chamber (usually underground) | Synonyms: burial vault |
| (noun) a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | Synonyms: bank vault |
| vaulter | (noun) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Synonyms: pole jumper, pole vaulter |
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| vaulting | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: curvet |
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| (noun) (architecture) a vaulted structure | - |
| vaunt | (noun) extravagant self-praise | - |
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| vaunter | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter |
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| veal | (noun) meat from a calf | Synonyms: veau |
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| veau | (noun) meat from a calf | Synonyms: veal |
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| vector | (noun) (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell | - |
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| (noun) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components | - |
| (noun) any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease | Synonyms: transmitter |
| (noun) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction | - |
| vedalia | (noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects | Synonyms: Rodolia cardinalis |
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| veering | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, swerving |
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| veery | (noun) tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush |
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| veg | (noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | Synonyms: vegetable, veggie |
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| vegan | (noun) a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products; may also avoid using animal products (e.g. leather) | - |
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| vegetable | (noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | Synonyms: veg, veggie |
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| (noun) any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | - |
| vegetarian | (noun) eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products | - |
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| vegetarianism | (noun) a diet excluding all meat and fish | - |
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| vegetation | (noun) inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life | - |
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| (noun) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) | - |
| (noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: botany, flora |
| (noun) the process of growth in plants | - |
| veggie | (noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | Synonyms: veg, vegetable |
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