5 Letter Words That Start With V

value

Noun : The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

Noun : (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.

Noun : That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.

vapid

Adjective : Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Adjective : Lifeless, dull, or banal.

Adjective : Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

virus

Noun : A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.

Noun : (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents

Noun : (informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.

venue

Noun : A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.

Noun : (law) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.

Noun : (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn.

valve

Noun : A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.

Noun : A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.

Noun : (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction

vague

Adjective : Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

Adjective : Not having a precise meaning.

Adjective : Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.

vital

Adjective : Relating to, or characteristic of life.

Adjective : Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

Adjective : Invigorating or life-giving.

vault

Noun : An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

Noun : Any arched ceiling or roof.

Noun : (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

vivid

Adjective : (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

Adjective : (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

Adjective : Full of life, strikingly alive.

voice

Noun : Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

Noun : (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

Noun : The tone or sound emitted by an object

venal

Adjective : Venous; pertaining to veins.

Adjective : (archaic) For sale; available for purchase.

Adjective : Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.

verse

Noun : A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

Noun : Poetic form in general.

Noun : One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

valid

Adjective : Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

Adjective : Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

Adjective : Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.

vogue

Noun : The prevailing fashion or style.

Noun : Popularity or a current craze.

Noun : (dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.

video

Noun : Television, television show, movie.

Noun : A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

Noun : Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.

vista

Noun : A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.

Noun : A site offering such a view.

Noun : (figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

versa

vegan

Adjective : (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.

Adjective : (of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.

Adjective : Relating to vegans or veganism.

visit

Verb : (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.

Verb : (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)

vigor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of vigour [Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.]

valet

Noun : A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.

Noun : A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.

Noun : (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.

viral

Adjective : (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

Adjective : (virology) Caused by a virus.

Adjective : (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.

verge

Noun : A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

Noun : (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

Noun : An edge or border.

vexed

Adjective : annoyed, irritated or distressed

Adjective : much debated, discussed or disputed

valor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of valour [Individually sustained verve or passion.]

verve

Noun : Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

Noun : (obsolete) A particular skill in writing.

vitae

Noun : A hagiography; a biography of a saint.

Noun : A curriculum vitae.

Noun : (video games) PlayStation Vita

vixen

Noun : A female fox.

Noun : A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.

Noun : (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman who is sexually attractive.

vouch

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.

Verb : To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.

vigil

Noun : An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

Noun : A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

Noun : The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

voila

vicar

Noun : In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

Noun : In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

Noun : A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

vinyl

Noun : (chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.

Noun : (countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.

Noun : (music, collectively, uncountable) Phonograph records as a medium.

viola

Noun : (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Noun : A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Noun : A person who plays the viola.

vapor

Noun : Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

Noun : The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Noun : Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

vetch

Noun : Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.

Noun : Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

venus

Noun : (astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.

Noun : A female given name

viper

Noun : A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

Noun : (informal) Any venomous snake.

Noun : (figurative) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

venom

Noun : 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.

Noun : (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

Verb : (obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

vulva

Noun : (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.

Noun : (biology) A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

vocal

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.

Adjective : (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.

Adjective : (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.

veins

Noun : the seventh studio album by Queens, New York rapper Homeboy Sandman.

vying

Noun : The act of one who vies; rivalry.

vowel

Noun : (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

Noun : (orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Verb : (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).

vaunt

Verb : (intransitive) To speak boastfully.

Verb : (transitive) To speak boastfully about.

Verb : (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

visor

Noun : 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.

Noun : A mask for the face.

Noun : The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.

vodka

Noun : A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

Noun : A serving of the above beverage.

Noun : (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.

vomit

Verb : (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Verb : (transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

Verb : To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

villa

Noun : (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.

Noun : (UK, plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.

Noun : (Ancient Rome, plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

vibes

Noun : a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato soun

verso

Noun : The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;

Noun : (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

vesta

Noun : (Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

Noun : A female given name from Latin in occasional use.

Noun : (astronomy) The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.

vroom

Noun : The sound of an engine revving up.

Verb : (informal) To move with great speed; to zoom.

Noun : A surname from Dutch.

vitro

Noun : the largest glass producer in Mexico and one of the world's largest organizations in the glass industry.

volta

Noun : (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).

Noun : (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.

Noun : (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

vines

Noun : The climbing plant that produces grapes.

Noun : Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Noun : (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant.

voile

Noun : A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.

veldt

Noun : Dated spelling of veld.

viand

Noun : An item of food.

Noun : A choice dish.

Noun : (Philippines) side dish; rice topping (item of food eaten with rice.)

virgo

Noun : (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.

Noun : (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).

Noun : A surname.

verde

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : (finance, of an option) That can be exercised on dates less-frequently than quarterly (usually annually), a set time period (usually one year) after the issue date, and before the expiry date.

vireo

Noun : Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.

Noun : Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets and peppershrikes.

villi

Noun : (biology) A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.

Noun : (botany) One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.

virtu

Noun : Alternative form of vertu. [(art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.]

vitoe

velum

Noun : a thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain, such as:

Noun : (anatomy) the soft palate

Noun : (botany) a thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives

vatic

Adjective : Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.

vinci

vespa

Noun : An Italian motor scooter.

Noun : A surname from Italian.

volar

Adjective : (anatomy) Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

ville

Noun : the French word nowadays meaning "city" or "town", but its meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" (from Gallo-Romance VILLA < Latin villa rustica) and then "village".

Noun : a Finnish and Swedish male given name.

Noun : a French word and English suffix meaning "city" or "town".

valse

Noun : Archaic form of waltz. [A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.]

Verb : Archaic form of waltz. [(intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).]

velar

Adjective : (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.

Adjective : (mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.

Noun : (phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.

vegas

Noun : (informal) Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.

Noun : (metonymically) Gambling, especially sports betting.

vette

Noun : (informal) A Corvette automobile.

vivre

vance

Noun : A habitational surname from Old English.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

vichy

Noun : A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.

Noun : (historical, figurative, metonymically) Vichy France; the Vichy French government.

Noun : (derogatory, attributive) Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory.

virga

Noun : (music) A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.

Noun : (meteorology, countable) A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.

Noun : (measurement, countable) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.

vomer

Noun : (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.

vasty

Adjective : (archaic, literary) vast

venge

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.

vedic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the Vedas

Adjective : Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas

voter

Noun : Someone who votes.

vader

Noun : a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn.

Noun : the unofficial name given to a dark crater on Pluto's largest moon Charon.

vagus

Noun : (Roman Catholicism) A homeless person or vagrant.

Noun : (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of vagus nerve.. [(neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.]

verst

Noun : A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.

viole

Verb : To violate, especially to rape.

vires

Noun : (law) the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court or legislature's jurisdiction to do something.

varix

Noun : (medicine) A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.

Noun : (zoology) In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.

vices

Noun : Bad or immoral behaviour.

Noun : (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

Noun : A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

voxel

Noun : (computer graphics) The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.

veery

Noun : An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.

volte

Noun : (telecommunications) voice over long term evolution

Noun : Alternative form of volta [(music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).]

views

Noun : (physical) Visual perception.

Noun : The act of seeing or looking at something.

Noun : The range of vision.

varus

Noun : A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.

Noun : Acne.

Noun : a Roman cognomen

varan

Noun : The monitor lizard.

verbs

Noun : (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

Noun : (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.

Noun : (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

voltz

Noun : A surname.

vince

Noun : Short form of the male given name Vincent.

Noun : An English surname originating as a patronymic.

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