7 Letter Words That Start With V

vacuous

Adjective : Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

Adjective : Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.

vestige

Noun : (by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.

Noun : A mark left on the earth by a foot.

Noun : (biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.

vitiate

Verb : (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.

Verb : (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

Verb : (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt.

vitriol

Noun : (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.

Verb : (transitive) To subject to bitter verbal abuse.

Noun : (dated) oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid).

vagrant

Noun : (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.

Adjective : Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.

Noun : (dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

vibrant

Adjective : Pulsing with energy or activity.

Adjective : Lively and vigorous.

Adjective : (of a color) Bright.

vicious

Adjective : Violent, destructive and cruel.

Adjective : Savage and aggressive.

Adjective : (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

verdant

Adjective : Green in colour.

Adjective : Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

Adjective : Fresh.

veranda

Noun : A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.

vantage

Noun : A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

Noun : A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.

Noun : (archaic) An advantage.

vesture

Noun : A covering of, or like, clothing.

Verb : (archaic) To clothe.

viscera

Noun : Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.

Noun : The intestines.

various

Adjective : Having a broad range (of different elements).

Adjective : (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

venture

Noun : A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

Verb : (transitive) To risk or offer.

Verb : (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.

valiant

Adjective : Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.

Adjective : Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

Noun : (obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

vacuity

Noun : Emptiness.

Noun : An empty or inane remark or thing.

Noun : Idleness; listlessness.

velvety

Adjective : (also figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

verbose

Adjective : Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from 17th c.]

Adjective : (computing) Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

variety

Noun : (countable) A collection or number of different things.

Noun : (uncountable) The quality of being varied; diversity.

Noun : (countable) A specific variation of something.

verdure

Noun : The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

Noun : (by extension) A condition of health and vigour.

Verb : (transitive) To cover with verdure.

verdict

Noun : (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Noun : An opinion or judgement.

vedette

Noun : (entertainment) A cabaret performer, usually the main female artist of a show.

Noun : (historical, military) A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.

viscous

Adjective : Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

Adjective : (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.

voluble

Adjective : (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

Adjective : Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.

Adjective : Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

violent

Adjective : Involving physical conflict.

Adjective : Likely to use physical force.

Adjective : Involving extreme force or motion.

versant

Adjective : Conversant.

Noun : A slope of a mountain or mountain ridge.

Noun : The overall slope of a region.

vivific

Adjective : (obsolete) Giving life or vigor; reviving; enlivening.

vermeil

Noun : Silver gilt or gilt bronze.

Noun : A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.

Noun : (poetic) Vermilion; bright red.

varmint

Noun : A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.

Noun : (by extension) An obnoxious person or troublemaker.

vertigo

Noun : A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

Noun : A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.

Noun : The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.

vehicle

Noun : A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

Verb : To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.

Verb : To travel in a vehicle.

vivency

Noun : (obsolete) liveliness, vitality, or manner of living.

village

Noun : A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

Noun : (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

Noun : (Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

vaulted

Adjective : (architecture) Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.

vanilla

Noun : (uncountable) The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

Noun : (countable) Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

Noun : (countable) The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

version

Noun : A specific form or variation of something.

Noun : (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).

Noun : An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.

villain

Noun : (fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.

Noun : A vile, wicked person.

Noun : An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.

vintage

Noun : Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.

Noun : The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

Noun : The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.

vacancy

Noun : An unoccupied position or job.

Noun : An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.

Noun : Empty space.

viceroy

Noun : One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.

Noun : An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.

Noun : A zongdu.

viaduct

Noun : (transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.

voguish

Adjective : Trendy.

Adjective : Elegant, fashionable or chic.

valence

Noun : (countable, chemistry) The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.

Noun : (countable, chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.

Noun : (countable, linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.

variant

Adjective : Showing variety, diverse.

Noun : Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

Adjective : Showing deviation or disagreement.

vulture

Noun : Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

Noun : (figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Verb : (figurative, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

veteran

Noun : A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.

Noun : A person with long experience of a particular activity.

Adjective : Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

victual

Verb : (intransitive) To eat.

Verb : (transitive, reflexive, chiefly military, nautical) To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly military, nautical) To lay in or procure food supplies.

valance

Noun : A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.

Noun : A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.

Noun : A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from a bed, from beneath the mattress to the floor, used to conceal the box spring or space under the bed and prevent dust from accumulating there.

vaunted

Adjective : Highly or widely praised or boasted about.

vanward

Adjective : On or towards the front.

Verb : Towards the front.

Noun : (archaic) The vanguard of an army.

visible

Adjective : Able to be seen.

villein

Noun : (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.

vulpine

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Adjective : Pertaining to a fox.

Noun : Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.

variate

Noun : (statistics) Random variable.

Noun : A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.

Noun : A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.

vidette

Noun : Alternative form of vedette. [(historical, military) A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.]

virtual

Adjective : (computing) Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.

Adjective : In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.

Adjective : For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.

victory

Noun : (uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete or rare) To defeat or triumph over (someone or something).

Noun : (uncountable, Roman mythology) Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman.

vandyke

Noun : A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.

Noun : A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.

Noun : An edge with ornamental triangular points.

vaunter

Noun : Someone who vaunts, who brags; a braggart.

vitrine

Noun : A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.

vastity

Noun : Vastness.

Noun : (obsolete) Emptiness or desolation.

vidimus

Noun : An inspection or audit.

Noun : A preliminary drawing of something to be designed and constructed.

vesania

Noun : Madness, insanity, mental derangement.

vortice

Noun : (nonstandard) Alternative form of vortex. [A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.]

violate

Verb : (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

Verb : (transitive) To rape.

Verb : (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.

vulgate

Noun : A particular Latin translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome in the late 4th century CE.

Noun : (of a text, especially the Bible) A common version or edition.

Adjective : (of a text, especially the Bible, not comparable) In or pertaining to the common version or edition.

vaquero

Noun : (Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

vection

Noun : (neurology) The illusion of self-motion.

Noun : (medicine, dated) The transference of the germs of disease from those who are sick to those who are well; infection.

Noun : (obsolete) Transport (act of transporting).

vespine

Adjective : Of, relating to, or characteristic of wasps.

Noun : (zoology) Any wasp of the subfamily Vespinae.

vampire

Noun : A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.

Noun : (colloquial, usually humorous) A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.

Noun : (figurative, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.

vibrate

Verb : (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.

Verb : (intransitive) To resonate.

Verb : (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

viewing

Noun : An instance of viewing something.

Adjective : Related to or for viewing.

Noun : A wake.

voltaic

Adjective : of or relating to electricity.

Adjective : producing electricity by chemical action.

Adjective : (figurative) reminiscent of the action of electricity: thrilling, shocking, dramatic.

veering

Noun : A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.

veiling

Noun : The act of covering with a veil.

Noun : Material for making veils.

venting

Noun : The act by which something is vented.

Noun : (oil industry) The release of unwanted gas directly into the atmosphere.

vamoose

Verb : (ambitransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.

Verb : (intransitive, slang) To hurry.

villous

Adjective : Hairy, covered with soft long hair.

Adjective : (biology) Covered with villi.

veritas

Noun : Truth, particularly of a transcendent character.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The Goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn, and the mother of Virtus, also sometimes considered the daughter of Jupiter, or a creation of Prometheus; she is equivalent to Aletheia in Greek mythology

vapored

Adjective : Wet with vapors; moist.

Adjective : Affected with the vapors (hysterical disorder)

virtues

Noun : the third full-length studio album by pop-punk band Amber Pacific, released on April 13, 2010.

vampish

Adjective : Like a vamp (flirtatious woman).

versute

Adjective : crafty; wily; artful

vagitus

Noun : The crying of a newborn baby.

venerer

Noun : A hunter.

Noun : A gamekeeper.

vitious

Adjective : Obsolete form of vicious. [Violent, destructive and cruel.]

voyeuse

Noun : A female voyeur; a woman who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people.

venomer

Noun : (dated, rare) One who or that which poisons.

varnish

Noun : A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.

Noun : Anything resembling such a coating; a glossy appearance.

Verb : (transitive) To make something superficially or deceptively attractive

ventral

Adjective : Related to the abdomen or stomach.

Adjective : (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.

Adjective : (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.

visitor

Noun : Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

Noun : Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.

Noun : (sports, usually in the plural) Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.

voyager

Noun : A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

vegetal

Adjective : Pertaining to vegetables or plants.

Adjective : (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Adjective : (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).

verbena

Noun : Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.

vocable

Noun : (linguistics) A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.

Noun : (music) A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song.

Adjective : (linguistics) Able to be uttered.

voiding

Noun : An act by which something is voided, such as urination.

Noun : That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.

viscose

Noun : A fabric made from this material.

Noun : A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.

valvule

Noun : A small valve.

Noun : A structure similar to a small valve.

valuate

Verb : To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation.

voluted

Adjective : Having a volute, or spiral scroll.

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