Words starting with v

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

v means: the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet

v means: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it

v means: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

v means: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

v means: being one more than four

v neck means: the neck of a garment has the shape of the letter V

v sign means: a sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers

v-1 means: a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

v-8 juice means: brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices

v-day means: the day of a victory

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

academically means: in regard to academic matters

air-conditioner means: an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it

alight means: come down

alight means: to come to rest, settle

alight means: lighted up by or as by fire or flame

ardisia crenata means: shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

bufo microscaphus means: a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States

concavity means: the property possessed by a concave shape

concavity means: a shape that curves or bends inward

cornelis jansen means: a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638)

habenaria chlorantha means: south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

hypsiglena means: night snakes

lucius licinius luculus means: Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)

normally means: under normal conditions

north-west means: to, toward, or in the northwest

oncidium papilio means: orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

ramphastidae means: toucans

rear of barrel means: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

revetement means: a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

rusticate means: lend a rustic character to