| valance | (noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | Synonyms: cornice, pelmet, valance board |
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| valdecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract | Synonyms: Bextra |
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| vale | (noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | Synonyms: valley |
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| valediction | (noun) the act of saying farewell | - |
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| (noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) | Synonyms: valedictory, valedictory address, valedictory oration |
| valedictorian | (noun) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement | Synonyms: valedictory speaker |
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| valedictory | (noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) | Synonyms: valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration |
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| valence | (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | Synonyms: valency |
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| (noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | Synonyms: valency |
| valency | (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | Synonyms: valence |
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| (noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | Synonyms: valence |
| (noun) the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds | - |
| valentine | (noun) a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day | - |
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| valerian | (noun) a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers | - |
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| valet | (noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | Synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, gentleman, man, valet de chambre |
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| valetudinarian | (noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health | - |
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| valetudinarianism | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity |
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| valgus | (noun) a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body | - |
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| valiance | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| valiancy | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| validation | (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: proof, substantiation |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: establishment |
| validity | (noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness | Synonyms: validness |
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| (noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: cogency, rigor, rigour |
| validness | (noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness | Synonyms: validity |
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| valine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults | - |
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| valise | (noun) a small overnight bag for short trips | - |
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| vallecula | (noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | Synonyms: groove |
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| valley | (noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | Synonyms: vale |
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| valor | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valorousness, valour |
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| valorousness | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valour |
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| valour | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness |
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| valsartan | (noun) an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Diovan |
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| valse | (noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat | Synonyms: waltz |
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| valuable | (noun) something of value | - |
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| valuableness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness |
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| valuation | (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, rating |
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| (noun) assessed price | - |
| valuator | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: appraiser |
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| value | (noun) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable | - |
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| (noun) relative darkness or lightness of a color | - |
| (noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed | - |
| (noun) an ideal accepted by some individual or group | - |
| (noun) the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else | Synonyms: economic value |
| (noun) (music) the relative duration of a musical note | Synonyms: note value, time value |
| valuelessness | (noun) having none of the properties that endow something with value | - |
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| valuer | (noun) someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions | - |
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| values | (noun) beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) | - |
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| valve | (noun) one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods | - |
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| (noun) the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs | - |
| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | - |
| (noun) device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone | - |
| (noun) a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | - |
| valvelet | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvula, valvule |
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| valvotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvulotomy |
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| valvula | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvule |
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| valvule | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvula |
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| valvulitis | (noun) inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever) | - |
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| valvulotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvotomy |
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