| valuableness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness |
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| valuate | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, value |
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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 |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, respect |
| (verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: rate |
| (verb) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to | - |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, treasure |
| valued | (adjective) (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind | - |
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| (adjective) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature | Synonyms: precious |
| valueless | (adjective) of no value | - |
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| 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 | - |
| valved | (adjective) (of brass instruments) having valves | - |
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| 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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| valvular | (adjective) relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
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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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| vambrace | (noun) cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm | Synonyms: lower cannon |
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| vamoose | (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: decamp, skip |
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| vamp | (noun) piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe | - |
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| (noun) an improvised musical accompaniment | - |
| (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamper |
| (verb) provide (a shoe) with a new vamp | Synonyms: revamp |
| (verb) act seductively with (someone) | - |
| (verb) piece (something old) with a new part | Synonyms: vamp up |
| (verb) make up | Synonyms: vamp up |
| vamper | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp |
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| vampire | (noun) (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | Synonyms: lamia |
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| vampirism | (noun) the actions or practices of a vampire | - |
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| (noun) belief in the existence of vampires | - |
| van | (noun) a truck with an enclosed cargo space | - |
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| (noun) a camper equipped with living quarters | Synonyms: caravan |
| (noun) (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight | - |
| (noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army | Synonyms: vanguard |
| (noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) | Synonyms: avant-garde, new wave, vanguard |
| vanadate | (noun) a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium | - |
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| vanadinite | (noun) a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium | - |
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| vanadium | (noun) a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite | Synonyms: atomic number 23, V |
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| vancomycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections | Synonyms: Vancocin |
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| vanda | (noun) any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes | - |
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| vandal | (noun) someone who willfully destroys or defaces property | - |
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| vandalise | (verb) destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | Synonyms: vandalize |
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| vandalism | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | Synonyms: hooliganism, malicious mischief |
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| vandalize | (verb) destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | Synonyms: vandalise |
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| vandyke | (noun) a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) | Synonyms: vandyke beard |
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| vane | (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | Synonyms: web |
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| (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: weather vane, weathervane, wind vane |
| (noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | Synonyms: blade |
| (noun) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it | - |
| vaned | (adjective) (of an arrow) equipped with feathers | Synonyms: fledged |
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| vanguard | (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field | Synonyms: cutting edge, forefront |
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| (noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army | Synonyms: van |
| (noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) | Synonyms: avant-garde, new wave, van |
| vanilla | (adjective) flavored with vanilla extract | - |
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| (adjective) plain and without any extras or adornments | - |
| (noun) a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans | - |
| (noun) a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) | Synonyms: vanilla extract |
| (noun) any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers | - |
| vanillin | (noun) a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings | - |
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| vanish | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
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| (verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vaporize |
| (verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: disappear |
| (verb) pass away rapidly | Synonyms: fell, fly |
| (verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
| vanished | (adjective) having passed out of existence | - |
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| 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 | - |
| vanishingly | (adverb) so as to disappear or approach zero | - |
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| 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 |
| vanquish | (verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce |
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| vanquishable | (adjective) susceptible to being defeated | Synonyms: beatable, vincible |
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| 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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| (verb) to use an electronic cigarette | - |
| vapid | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless |
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| (adjective) lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest | - |
| vapidity | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidness |
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| vapidly | (adverb) in a vapid manner | - |
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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 |
| vaporific | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous |
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| (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
| 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 |
| vaporise | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporize |
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| (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporize |
| (verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
| (verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
| 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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| vaporish | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous |
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| vaporizable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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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 |
| vaporize | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporise |
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| (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporise |
| (verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vanish |
| (verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: zap |
| vaporized | (adjective) converted into a gas or vapor | Synonyms: gasified, vapourised, volatilised, volatilized |
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| 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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| vaporous | (adjective) filled with vapor | Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous |
| (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous |
| 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 |
| vapourific | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourish, vapourous |
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| (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
| vapourisable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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| vapourised | (adjective) converted into a gas or vapor | Synonyms: gasified, vaporized, volatilised, volatilized |
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| vapourish | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourous |
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| vapourous | (adjective) filled with vapor | Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vaporous |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish |
| (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous |
| 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 | (adjective) liable to or capable of change | - |
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| (adjective) (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied | - |
| (adjective) marked by diversity or difference | Synonyms: varying |
| (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | Synonyms: variable quantity |
| (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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| variably | (adverb) with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree | - |
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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 | (adjective) differing from a norm or standard | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting variation and change | - |
| (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate |
| (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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| varicelliform | (adjective) resembling the rash of chickenpox | - |
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| varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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| varicolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicoloured |
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| (adjective) having a variety of colors | Synonyms: varicoloured, variegated |
| varicoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored |
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| (adjective) having a variety of colors | Synonyms: varicolored, variegated |
| varicose | (adjective) abnormally swollen or knotty | - |
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