| violet ray |
light having the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum. [2 definitions] |
| violin |
a relatively small, high-pitched stringed instrument with an unfretted fingerboard, whose four strings are tuned in fifths, and that is played by being held horizontally out from chin and shoulder. |
| violinist |
one who plays the violin. |
| violist |
one who plays the viola. [2 definitions] |
| violoncello |
see "cello." |
| violone |
the largest and lowest-pitched stringed instrument in the viol group. |
| VIP |
abbreviation of "very important person." |
| viper |
any of various venomous snakes, often characterized by erectile fangs. [3 definitions] |
| viperous |
of, like, or suggestive of a venomous snake or viper; spiteful; malicious. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |
| viral |
of, relating to, or caused by a virus. [2 definitions] |
| vireo |
any of several small insect-eating birds that have gray or greenish plumage. |
| virescence |
the state or condition of becoming green, esp. the abnormal coloring of plant parts that are normally not green. |
| Virgil |
a Roman poet (70-19 B.C.). |
| virgin |
one who has never had sexual intercourse. [6 definitions] |
| virginal1 |
pertaining to or characteristic of a virgin. [2 definitions] |
| virginal2 |
(often pl.) a type of small harpsichord popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| virgin birth |
(often cap.) the Christian theological doctrine that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit having miraculously impregnated her. [2 definitions] |
| Virginia |
a southern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Maryland and North Carolina. (abbr.: VA) |
| Virginia cowslip |
a woodland perennial of eastern North America bearing clusters of blue or purple bell-shaped flowers; Virginia bluebell. |
| Virginia creeper |
a climbing vine of eastern North America that has palmately compound leaves and bears green flower clusters and bluish black, inedible berries; woodbine. |