| viraemia | (noun) the presence of a virus in the blood stream | Synonyms: viremia |
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| virago | (noun) a noisy or scolding or domineering woman | - |
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| (noun) a large strong and aggressive woman | Synonyms: amazon |
| viral | (adjective) relating to or caused by a virus | - |
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| viremia | (noun) the presence of a virus in the blood stream | Synonyms: viraemia |
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| vireo | (noun) any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color | - |
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| virga | (noun) light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity) | - |
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| virgin | (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virginal, virtuous |
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| (adjective) being used or worked for the first time | - |
| (noun) a person who has never had sex | - |
| virginal | (adjective) characteristic of a virgin or virginity | - |
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| (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous |
| (adjective) untouched or undefiled | - |
| (noun) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pair of virginals |
| virginity | (noun) the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
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| virgule | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke |
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| viricidal | (adjective) tending to destroy viruses | Synonyms: virucidal |
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| viricide | (noun) an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses | Synonyms: virucide |
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| viridity | (noun) green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass | Synonyms: green, greenness |
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| virile | (adjective) (of a male) capable of copulation | Synonyms: potent |
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| (adjective) characteristic of a man | Synonyms: male, manful, manlike, manly |
| (adjective) characterized by energy and vigor | - |
| virilisation | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, masculinization, virilization |
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| virilise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilize |
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| virilism | (noun) the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy) | - |
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| virility | (noun) the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | Synonyms: manfulness, manliness |
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| (noun) the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation | - |
| virilization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation |
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| virilize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilise |
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| virino | (noun) (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins | - |
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| virion | (noun) (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses) | - |
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| viroid | (noun) the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat | Synonyms: virusoid |
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| virological | (adjective) of or relating to the science of virology | - |
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| virologist | (noun) a specialist in virology | - |
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| virology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases | - |
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| virtu | (noun) objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques) | - |
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| (noun) artistic quality | Synonyms: vertu |
| (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: connoisseurship, vertu |
| virtual | (adjective) existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact | - |
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| (adjective) being actually such in almost every respect | Synonyms: practical |
| virtually | (adverb) in essence or effect but not in fact | - |
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| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, well-nigh |
| virtue | (noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong | Synonyms: moral excellence, virtuousness |
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| (noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: chastity, sexual morality |
| (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: merit |
| (noun) a particular moral excellence | - |
| virtuosity | (noun) technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso | - |
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| virtuoso | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, masterly |
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| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (noun) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry | - |
| virtuous | (adjective) morally excellent | - |
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| (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal |
| virtuously | (adverb) in a chaste and virtuous manner | Synonyms: chastely |
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| (adverb) in a moral manner | Synonyms: morally |
| virtuousness | (noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong | Synonyms: moral excellence, virtue |
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| virucidal | (adjective) tending to destroy viruses | Synonyms: viricidal |
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| virucide | (noun) an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses | Synonyms: viricide |
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| virulence | (noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) | Synonyms: virulency |
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| (noun) extreme hostility | Synonyms: virulency |
| virulency | (noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) | Synonyms: virulence |
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| (noun) extreme hostility | Synonyms: virulence |
| virulent | (adjective) infectious; having the ability to cause disease | - |
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| (adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom | Synonyms: deadly, venomous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, vitriolic |
| virulently | (adverb) in a virulent manner | - |
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| virus | (noun) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein | - |
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| (noun) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | Synonyms: computer virus |
| (noun) a harmful or corrupting agency | - |
| virusoid | (noun) the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat | Synonyms: viroid |
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