| vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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| vesicant | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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| vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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| vesicatory | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
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| vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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| vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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| vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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| vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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| vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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| vesper | (noun) a late afternoon or evening worship service | - |
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| vespers | (noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays | Synonyms: evensong |
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| vespertilionid | (noun) a variety of carnivorous bat | Synonyms: vespertilian bat |
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| vespid | (noun) mostly social nest-building wasps | Synonyms: vespid wasp |
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| vessel | (noun) a craft designed for water transportation | Synonyms: watercraft |
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| (noun) an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | - |
| (noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vas |
| vest | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, undershirt |
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| (noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: waistcoat |
| vestal | (noun) a chaste woman | - |
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| vestibule | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby |
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| (noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) | - |
| vestige | (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, tincture, trace |
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| vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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| vestment | (noun) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | - |
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| vestry | (noun) a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | Synonyms: sacristy |
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| (noun) in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church | - |
| vestryman | (noun) a man who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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| vestrywoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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| vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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| (noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
| vesuvian | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvianite |
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| vesuvianite | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvian |
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