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

befit means: accord or comport with

bowling green means: a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls

bowling green means: a town in southern Kentucky

canonical hour means: (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer

common murre means: the most frequent variety of murre

compartmented means: divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units

crowded means: overfilled or compacted or concentrated

cyanide means: an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid

cyanide means: any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

domoic acid means: a neurotoxin that is deadly for humans; found in various marine algae

ephesian means: a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus

ephesian means: of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture

exonerate means: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

gottfried wilhelm leibniz means: German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)

inlet manifold means: manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders

kat means: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant

landsteiner means: United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)

lantern means: light in a transparent protective case

nucleosynthesis means: (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom

space-reflection symmetry means: (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system