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." |
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] |