| vetiver |
a tropical Asian grass, cultivated for its root. [2 definitions] |
| veto |
the right or power of one official authority or body, esp. the chief executive, to reject or cancel something enacted by another, such as a law or budget authorization approved by a legislature. [5 definitions] |
| vex |
to annoy or irritate. [2 definitions] |
| vexation |
the act of annoying. [3 definitions] |
| vexatious |
causing annoyance or trouble. [2 definitions] |
| vexing |
causing vexation; irritating; perplexing. |
| VFW |
abbreviation of "Veterans of Foreign Wars." |
| VHF |
abbreviation of "very high frequency," any radio frequency ranging between thirty and three hundred megahertz. |
| VHS |
abbreviation of "video home system." |
| VI |
abbreviation of "Virgin Islands," a group of islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico, comprising a territory of the United States and a colony of Great Britain. |
| via |
traveling through; by way of. [2 definitions] |
| viable |
capable of germinating, growing, or developing, as a living organism or social organization. [3 definitions] |
| viaduct |
a road or passageway built on a series of short spans or arches over a valley or lower routes. |
| vial |
a small, sometimes stoppered bottle of glass or plastic used for small amounts of liquid medicine, chemicals, perfume, or the like. |
| via media |
(Latin) a middle way; compromise between two extremes. |
| viand |
an article of food, esp. a delicacy. [2 definitions] |
| viaticum |
communion given to someone on the brink of death. [2 definitions] |
| vibe |
(often pl.; slang) an emotional quality believed to be detectable in a person or thing by intuition; vibration. |
| vibes |
(informal) vibraphone; vibraharp. |
| vibist |
a musician who plays the vibraphone. |
| vibraharp |
see "vibraphone." |