| V2 |
in Roman numeral notation, 5. |
| v1 |
abbreviation of "verb," in grammar, a word that communicates a state of being or an action and that usu. has inflected forms to indicate tense, voice, mood, or agreement with a subject or object. |
| v2 |
abbreviation of "velocity," rate of speed or motion. |
| v3 |
the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet. [3 definitions] |
| v4 |
an abbreviation of "versus," in opposition to; against. |
| V-1 |
a self-propelled bomb or rocket used by Germany against Great Britain in World War II. |
| V-2 |
a liquid-fuel rocket used as a missile by Germany against Great Britain toward the end of World War II. |
| VA1 |
abbreviation of "Virginia," a southern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Maryland and North Carolina. |
| VA2 |
abbreviation of "Veterans Administration," a U.S. federal agency that administers the laws governing benefits for veterans of the armed forces. |
| vacancy |
vacant condition or quality; emptiness. [3 definitions] |
| vacant |
without contents or activity; unfilled; empty. [3 definitions] |
| vacate |
to make vacant or unoccupied by leaving. [2 definitions] |
| vacation |
a period of rest, leisure, recreation, or travel, esp. away from one's regular occupation. [3 definitions] |
| vacationer |
a person who is taking a vacation, esp. one traveling or enjoying leisure during a vacation. |
| vaccinate |
to inoculate with a vaccine to make immune to a particular disease. |
| vaccination |
the act or practice of inoculating persons or animals with modified, killed, or avirulent viruses or bacteria in order to protect against specific diseases. |
| vaccine |
a specimen of modified, killed, or avirulent viruses or bacteria, used to inoculate persons or animals in order to stimulate their immune systems to protect against virulent strains. [3 definitions] |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. [2 definitions] |
| Václav Havel |
Czech author, playwright, and politician, who was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic (b.1936). |
| vacuity |
the state of being empty; emptiness. [4 definitions] |
| vacuole |
a membranous enclosure within a cell that contains substances isolated from the protoplasm, such as dissolved acids. [2 definitions] |