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

affaire d'honneur means: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

braising means: cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture

cheshire cat means: a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll

compassionate leave means: (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death

downmarket means: designed for low-income consumers

downright means: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

downright means: characterized by plain blunt honesty

downright means: thoroughgoing

edible fat means: oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

fertilization means: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

fertilization means: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

harpullia means: any of various tree of the genus Harpullia

hypo-eutectoid steel means: a steel that contains less that 0.9% carbon

hypopnea means: slow or shallow breathing

ketone group means: a group having the characteristic properties of ketones

mahdi means: (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion

overhasty means: done with very great haste and without due deliberation

oyster fungus means: edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood

planck's radiation law means: (physics) an equation that expresses the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of an ideal black body

rawboned means: having a lean and bony physique