Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.
plural of v
a variable star
Referring to an internal combustion engine piston cylinder configuration, where the cylinders are aligned in a V-like shape, in which there is an acute angle between the cylinders, and the bottom of the cylinder, where the crank is, is the bottom of the V, and the top of the cylinder is where the fuel, intake and exhaust ports are located.
An early cruise missile, powered by a pulsejet, used by Germany in the Second World War.
Alternative spelling of V10.
Alternative spelling of V12.
plural of V-1
An early long-range liquid-fuel ballistic missile used by Germany during the Second World War.
Ellipsis of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.
plural of V-2
Alternative spelling of V6.
Alternative spelling of V8.
Victory (in) Europe (from World War II)
Abbreviation of very.
Alternative form of VA (“United States Department of Veteran Affairs”).
Abbreviation of vice chancellor.
Alternative form of VD.
Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed.
verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
Alternative form of VJ.
Abbreviation of varia lectio.
Alternative form of VR.
vide supra
Initialism of verb transitive or transitive verb; often appears in dual language dictionaries.
Initialism of vice versa.
Initialism of various artists.
volume-percent
Initialism of very respectfully.
Abbreviation of volume per volume / volume by volume, the proportion of a particular substance within a mixture, as measured by space occupied.
The speed by which a pilot must have decided whether to continue a takeoff or to abort.
An internal combustion engine with ten cylinders arranged in two banks that form a V shape.
An internal combustion engine with twelve cylinders arranged in two banks that form a V shape.
An internal combustion engine with sixteen cylinders in two banks of eight in a V-formation.
plural of V16
plural of V1
The airspeed at which an aircraft leaves the runway on takeoff.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-grid technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-home technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-infrastructure (communication between vehicles and the road).
plural of V2I
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-load.
plural of V2
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-vehicle (communication between road vehicles).
plural of V2V
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-X (communication between road vehicles and other features, such as other vehicles or road infrastructure).
plural of V2X
The four Visegrád countries of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, who have a European political alliance.
plural of V4
A subdivision of the human color center, located in the anterior fusiform gyrus, that works alongside the more posterior V4 (in the lingual gyrus) to process color; more involved in higher-level color perception and manipulation, contributing to the variability seen in acquired color blindness (cerebral achromatopsia) when damaged.
An internal combustion engine with six cylinders arranged in two banks that form a V shape.
An internal combustion engine with eight cylinders arranged in two banks that form a V shape.
plural of V8
Initialism of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Abbreviation of Virginia: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
A Hebrew council.
A river in South Africa.
A stepwell.
Initialism of vehicle assembly building.
plural of VAB
To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
Abbreviation of vacat.
A surname from Spanish.
An unoccupied position or job.
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
Someone who is on vacation
An area that is often the site of vacations, or well suited for vacations.
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.
plural of vac
To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
Initialism of Voluntary Aid Detachment: a women′s first-aid organisation active during World War I and World War II, or a member of this detachment; also V.A.D.
A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
To fade; to vanish.
The tonic note of a given raga.
UK Abbreviation of vice-admiral.
A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.
plural of VAD
Alternative form of voe (“sea inlet”).
plural of vae
Turf used as fuel.
plural of vagus
third-person singular simple present indicative of vag
Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
A surname from Punjabi.
Alternative spelling of Vayk.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
plural of VAI
A river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
A male given name, a short form of Valentine and Valerius.
An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.
Alternative form of wali.
An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
plural of val
Alternative form of value: Pertaining to value for money, or being discounted.
Having a great value.
The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
initialism of velocità ascensionale media (“average ascent velocity”); the rate of vertical ascent, typically measured in meters per hour (m/h).
Various villages and communes of Romania.
To drain of energy or resources.
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
Abbreviation of Vancouver.
A surname.
A Hmong surname from the Hmong languages of Chinese origin.
A custom in parts of Pakistan where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation for a dispute, often over murder.
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
That vanishes.
A surname.
plural of van
Pronunciation spelling of want.
A fairy chess piece which moves analogously to the xiangqi cannon and bishop, moving diagonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.
Abbreviation of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Clipping of vaporizer (“device in electronic cigarettes”)
Initialism of vaping-associated pulmonary injury.
Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
A sudden, strong urge to do something.
Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support.
Abbreviation of variable.
A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
The ring-tailed lemur.
A deviation or difference.
A surname.
Acronym of Veterans' Affairs Regional Office.
plural of var
To change with time or a similar parameter.
vas deferens
Any parrot of the genus Coracopsis, native to Madagascar.
An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
A surname.
Any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.
The dosha representing air or wind.
A surname.
A pill
A Hispanic youth; a guy; a dude.
plural of vat
The national currency of Vanuatu.
Alternative spelling of vav.
A canton of Switzerland.
plural of vau
A vault; a leap.
A surname.
The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
plural of vav
Alternative form of vav.
Acronym of Violence Against Women Act.
Initialism of violence against women and girls.
plural of vaw
Initialism of vertical-axis wind turbine.
An electronic computer of a line of computers from the late 20th century.
Pronunciation spelling of way.
Obsolete spelling of way.
one of the cantons of Syunik province of Greater Armenia
plural of vay
The god of wind in Hindu and Vedic religion. A primary deity, father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.
A surname.
Initialism of Victoria Bitter (an Australian brand of beer).
Alternative form of vb (verb)
Initialism of Visual Basic for Applications.
A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.
Initialism of Vintage Baseball Association.
Initialism of vertical blanking interval.
Abbreviation of vinblastine.
Abbreviation of variable.
Initialism of vote-by-mail.
Initialism of variable bitrate.
Abbreviation of VBScript.
Initialism of violation of the basic speed law.
plural of VBS
Initialism of Visva-Bharati University, a central university in India.
Initialism of Victoria Cross.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
A vacuum circuit breaker.
plural of VCB
Common Collector Voltage; the positive supply voltage for an integrated circuit containing bipolar junction transistors.
Initialism of video CD.
plural of VCD
Initialism of variable cycle engine.
simple past and past participle of VC
Initialism of vertebral compression fracture.
Initialism of Ventura County Fire Department (California, USA).
Initialism of vertical clitoral hood (piercing).
plural of VCH
Initialism of Video Collection International.
Initialism of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Initialism of Visual Component Library.
Initialism of vinyl chloride monomer.
plural of VCM
Initialism of voltage controlled oscillator.
Alternative spelling of VCO₂.
Abbreviation of carbon dioxide production.
Initialism of vitrified clay pipe.
Initialism of Virtual Control Program Interface.
Abbreviation of videocassette recorder.
plural of VCR
plural of VC
Initialism of voluntary, community or social enterprise.
Initialism of venture capital trust.
plural of VCT
Initialism of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Abbreviation of voiding cystourethrography.
plural of VCU
The design diving speed of an aircraft; the highest speed which the aircraft is planned to reach during flight testing. Always higher than VNE (the speed that must not be exceeded in service).
Initialism of Verband der Automobilindustrie (“Association of the Automotive Industry”).
Initialism of volt of direct current.
The station code of Vadnagar railway station in India.
Initialism of valvular disease of the heart.
Initialism of virtual desktop infrastructure.
plural of VDI
Initialism of vernier delay line.
plural of VDL
Initialism of Vienna Development Method.
Abbreviation of Val-d'Or (Golden Vale; Goldvale).
plural of vdo
Initialism of Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Initialism of vaccine-derived poliovirus.
Initialism of voyage data recorder.
Initialism of Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test.
plural of VDR
plural of VD
Initialism of video display terminal.
plural of VDT
Initialism of visual display unit.
plural of VDU
the Russian Airborne Forces.
Initialism of voice-directed warehousing.
Initialism of van der Woude syndrome
Initialism of virtual document exchange.
The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
A surname.
plural of Vea
Initialism of valued environmental component.
plural of VEC
Abbreviation of vehicle excise duty.
Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).
The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
simple past and past participle of vee
Obsolete spelling of veal.
plural of vee
Vegetarian.
The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Initialism of vascular endothelial growth factor.
plural of veg
Clipping of vehicle.
A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
A Westphalian tribunal system during the Middle Ages.
plural of veh
Volcanic Explosivity Index: a scale used to measure the explosiveness of volcanic events, based on the amount of material which is erupted.
In ancient times, an important Etruscan city 16 km (9.9 mi) NNW of Rome, Italy.
A surname.
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
Initialism of vent, enter, isolate, search (“a firefighting and rescue strategy”).
A surname from German.
A tributary of the Sacovăț river in Romania.
The ∨ symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.
Abbreviation of velocity
plural of velum
The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
Obsolete form of veil.
To cut the turf from, as for burning.
Initialism of Victorian Essential Learning Standards, a school curriculum framework used in Victoria, Australia.
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
Initialism of variable entrant map.
plural of VEM
Abbreviation of venerable.
Alternative form of veno- (with -i- as interconsonantal instead of -o-)
Abbreviation of venerable (used respectfully before the name of a monk or nun).
Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
A surname.
A surname.
An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.
Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom (“a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use”) which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom.
A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
One of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.
A strike or blow.
Initialism of virtual environment operating shell.
Visual evoked potential.
The Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belonging to the Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
Abbreviation of version.
Abbreviation of verification.
A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
Of or relating to words.
The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
A surname.
vertex figure
A diminutive of the male given name Vernon.
Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
A specific form or variation of something.
A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
plural of ve
Acronym of Video Electronics Standards Association.
A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
Abbreviation of veteran, as used in case citations in the United States.
A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of theta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.
Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.
Synonym of begar (“forced labour system in India”).
plural of vet
Initialism of vacuum expectation value.
Any of various symbols, like line diagrams, that have religious significance in voodoo, serving as a representation of the loa.
plural of VEV
Obsolete form of view.
plural of vew
Pronunciation spelling of very.
Obsolete spelling of vex.
simple past and past participle of vex
Initialism of ventricular fibrillation.
Initialism of Victorian Football Association, now known as the Victorian Football League.
Initialism of virtual file allocation table: the method used by Windows 9x and Windows NT to allow the use of long filenames on FAT16 and FAT32 file systems while still providing 8.3 aliases of these filenames for backwards compatibility with systems not supporting long filenames.
Initialism of vacuum fluorescent display.
Initialism of very fast death factor.
plural of VFD
Abbreviation of ventricular fibrillation.
Initialism of Victorian Football League, an Australian rules football league formed in Victoria, Australia, in 1896; renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 after expansion to other states starting in the 1980s.
Initialism of value for money.
Initialism of variable-frequency oscillator.
plural of VFO
Abbreviation of Visual FoxPro.
Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments.
plural of VFR
plural of VF
Initialism of Veterans of Foreign Wars (“a large voluntary association of war veterans”).
Abbreviation of visual effects.
third-person singular simple present indicative of VFX
Initialism of video game.
Initialism of Video Graphics Array, an obsolete computer display standard that superseded CGA and EGA, with a resolution of 640 × 480 pixels, and supporting up to 256 colours on screen from a palette of 262,144.
plural of VGA
Initialism of very good condition.
Abbreviation of Vegas Golden Knights.
Initialism of video game music.
plural of VG
Initialism of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas) in Lithuania.
Initialism of virtual human.
Initialism of volumetric heat capacity.
Initialism of video high density, a videodisc format.
Initialism of VHSIC Hardware Description Language.
Initialism of very high frequency.
Initialism of very high-level language.
Initialism of Virtual Human Markup Language, an XML-based language used to accommodate the various aspects of human-computer interaction.
Abbreviation of vaporous hydrogen peroxide.
Initialism of verbatim hearing reporter.
plural of VHR
A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
A substance laid down atop the surface of a drag strip to increase the surface grip available to a dragster's tires, to enable quicker acceleration, faster speed, and lower strip times.
Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb, often in dictionaries.
Alternative form of vi (“intransitive verb”).
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
plural of via
Initialism of Virtual International Authority File.
A surname from Italian.
A surname.
plural of via
A surname from French.
Initialism of Virtual Instrumentation Bean.
The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.
plural of VIB
Alternative spelling of vibey.
Abbreviation of Victoria: a state of Australia.
Abbreviation of Victoria: a state of Australia.
Pronunciation spelling of which.
plural of vicus
A surname.
A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France.
plural of vic
The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
Pronunciation spelling of with.
Abbreviation of vide (= see (singular imperative)).
A surname.
divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder)
Television, a television show, or a movie.
A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.
plural of vid
Alternative spelling of vide (“see”).
simple past and past participle of vie
A surname.
A surname.
One who vies for something.
third-person singular simple present indicative of vie
To look at.
present participle and gerund of view
Initialism of vehicle integration facility.
Pronunciation spelling of wife.
To change direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).
A surname.
A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
A city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain.
plural of vig
Initialism of verb inanimate intransitive.
a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
A diminutive of the male given names Viktor and Vikram.
A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
Abbreviation of village.
A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.
vile
A Bantu language spoken in Gabon.
A surname from Polish.
The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
A vile, wicked person.
A town on the German border in Reutte district, Tyrol, Austria.
Obsolete form of vilely.
Acronym of vehicle identification number.
Used to form names of vinca alkaloids.
Alternative form of veena.
Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
A city, the provincial capital of Nghệ An Province, Vietnam.
A surname.
plural of VIN
To make wine from fruit.
Resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.
Extreme force.
Involving extreme force or motion.
A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
Initialism of very important person.
plural of VIP
Initialism of Virginia International Raceway.
Abbreviation of Virginia.
plural of virus
To transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.
plural of virus
A surname from Punjabi.
ferrule
Initialism of vertical interval reference signal.
Force; energy; might; power.
Abbreviation of Viscount.
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
Able to be seen.
The sense or ability of sight.
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Synonym of Monte Viso
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.
A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).
visa.
Initialism of vitality point.
Abbreviation of vitamin.
To fortify with vitamins.
A surname.
Pronunciation spelling of with.
A language spoken in Nigeria.
A barangay of Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines.
Initialism of vertical interval test signal.
A surname.
A surname.
joke
plural of vita
A diminutive of the unisex given name Vivian.
lively, animated
plural of viv
Abbreviation of victim/informant/witness.
Acronym of Cboe volatility index.
The twentieth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Alternative form of viz..
Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say, specifically, as an illustration.
Dated form of via.
Ellipsis of Viña del Mar: a city in Chile.
Initialism of video jockey.
A proposed method for calculating target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 cricket matches.
simple past and past participle of VJ
plural of VJ
Abbreviation of votekick.
Initialism of Vitamin K antagonist.
plural of VKA
Alternative form of v-kei.
Initialism of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Initialism of Vocabulary Knowledge Scale.
plural of VKS
Initialism of Veer Kunwar Singh University (a university in Arrah, Bihar).
Initialism of vehicle kilometers travelled.
Initialism of Vulgar Latin.
Abbreviation of violin.
Initialism of Very Large Array (the large interferometer in New Mexico used for radio astronomy).
Abbreviation of viola.
Acronym of Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment, a series of anti-bikie laws.
Initialism of virtual local area network.
Acronym of very large air tanker, a class of waterbomber.
Initialism of VESA Local Bus, an expansion bus for i486 PCs.
Initialism of very large bulk carrier.
Initialism of very-large black hole.
Initialism of very-long-baseline interferometry.
plural of VLB
Initialism of very low birth weight.
Initialism of very-long-chain.
Abbreviation of very large crude carrier (the second largest category of crude carrier or oil tanker).
Abbreviation of Virginia League of Conservative Voters
Initialism of very large database.
Initialism of very low-density lipoprotein.
Initialism of virtual learning environment.
A shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.
Acronym of very low Earth orbit.
plural of VLE