| 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." |
| vibrancy |
the quality or appearance of being full of energy; liveliness. |
| vibrant |
full of energy or constant activity as if vibrating or pulsing. [3 definitions] |
| vibraphone |
a percussion instrument similar to a marimba but with metal instead of wooden bars and electrically operated resonators that sustain the tone and produce a vibrato. |
| vibrate |
to move back and forth very rapidly and steadily; oscillate. [6 definitions] |
| vibratile |
of, pertaining to, or characterized by vibration. [3 definitions] |
| vibration |
an act or instance of vibrating. [4 definitions] |
| vibrationless |
combined form of vibration. |