English words: vacuum distillation to valaciclovir

300 English words, part 2 of 34 of the words starting with V, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words vacuum distillation to valaciclovir

vacuum distillation noun: Distillation under reduced pressure, and thus at a reduced temperature with less risk of thermal degradation
vacuum energy noun: The underlying background energy of empty space associated with constant vacuum fluctuations.
vacuum exercise noun: An exercise targeting mostly the Musculus transversus abdominis by keeping a straight spine, holding one's breath and lifting the organs into the rib cage.
vacuum flask noun: A Dewar vessel, a scientific instrument used to store liquified gases.
vacuum fluorescent display noun: A display device, based on a cathode and anode held in a high vacuum condition, that emits a bright light with high contrast and can display various colours.
vacuum gauge noun: An instrument that is used to measure very low pressures of gases.
vacuum pack noun, verb: To pack something in an airtight container from which some or all of the air is removed, creating a partial vacuum.
vacuum packed adjective, verb: Packed in an airtight container in a partial vacuum.
vacuum pan noun: A vessel for boiling saccharine juices in a partial vacuum in sugar-making.
vacuum pose noun: A pose in which the competitor stands upright and places the hands on the hips, expanding the chest, and completely exhales all the air out of the lungs.
vacuum pump noun: A piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.
vacuum sealer noun: A machine to vacuum pack (to pack something in an airtight container from which some or all of the air is removed, creating a partial vacuum)
vacuum tube noun: A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often...
vacuum up verb: Synonym of hoover up.
vacuum valve noun: A non-return valve allowing atmospheric air into a boiler, if a cold boiler reduces its internal pressure on cooling down.
vacuum workout noun: Synonym of vacuum exercise.
vacuumable adjective: Capable of being vacuum-cleaned.
vacuumed adjective, verb: Having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
vacuumer noun: One who, or that which, vacuums.
vacuuming noun, verb: An instance of vacuuming.
vacuumization noun: The process of vacuumizing.
vacuumize verb: To produce, or to subject to a vacuum
vacuumless adjective: Without a vacuum.
vacuumlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a vacuum (empty space).
vacuumous adjective: Resembling or consisting of vacuum.
VAD noun: Initialism of Voluntary Aid Detachment: a women′s first-aid organisation active during World War I and World War II, or a member of this detachment.
vada noun, verb /ˈvɑːdə/: A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
vada pav noun: A Maharashtrian vegetarian fast food consisting of batata vada between two slices of bread.
vadadustat noun: A drug used to treat symptomatic anemia associated with chronic kidney disease.
Vadagar noun: Alternative form of Badaga.
vadai noun /ˈvɑːdaɪ/: A type of fritter made from lentils or gram flour.
vadding noun /ˈvædɪŋ/: urban exploration
vade verb /veɪd/: To fade; to vanish.
vade mecum noun /ˌveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/: A referential book such as a handbook or manual, especially one that is pocketable.
vadelect noun: A personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff.
vademecum noun: Alternative form of vade mecum.
Vaden proper noun: A surname.
Vader noun: Ellipsis of Vader Jam.
Vader Jam noun: A BMX trick where the rider puts their front foot from the pedal onto the front tire/fork area, leans forward, presses their shin against the handlebars to...
Vader Slide noun: Synonym of Vader Jam.
Vaderesque adjective: Reminiscent of Darth Vader, the sinister deep-voiced villain of the Star Wars original trilogy.
Vaderjam noun: Alternative form of Vader Jam.
vadi noun: The tonic note of a given raga.
Vadim proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to English Bademus.
vadimezan noun: The anticancer agent 5,6-dimethylxantheonone-4-acetic acid
vadimonium noun: In Ancient Rome, a court settlement; a promise secured by bail.
vadimony noun: A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
vadium noun: A pledge or security; bail.
vadium vivum noun: A living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its proceeds.
vadm noun: UK Abbreviation of vice-admiral.
Vado proper noun: A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.
vadocaine noun: An anesthetic drug.
Vadodara proper noun: A large city and district of Gujarat, India (formerly Baroda).
vadose adjective: Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.
vadosity noun: The condition of being vadose.
vadouvan noun: A paste of burnt garlic and onion with herbs, from India; a type of masala.
vadralogue noun: Alternative spelling of bhadralok.
Vaduz proper noun /vəˈduːts/: A town and municipality, the capital of Liechtenstein.
Vadym proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to English Bademus.
vae noun: Alternative form of voe (“sea inlet”).
vaejovid noun: Any scorpion in the family Vaejovidae
vaesite noun: A nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.
vafrous adjective: Crafty; cunning; sly.
vag-lewd noun: Vagrancy and lewdness; loitering for the purpose of publicly soliciting sex.
vagabond adjective, noun, verb /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/: A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
vagabondage noun: The state or characteristic of being a vagabond.
vagabondical adjective: Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a vagabond.
vagabonding adjective, verb: Wandering, unfixed.
vagabondise verb: Alternative form of vagabondize.
vagabondish adjective: Like a vagabond.
vagabondism noun: Vagabondage.
vagabondismus noun: A dark brown discoloration of the skin resulting from uncleanliness and prolonged exposure to the weather.
vagabondize verb: To act as the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
vagabondizer noun: A vagabond or wanderer.
vagabondry noun: vagabondage (vagabond behavior)
vagacial noun: Alternative spelling of vajacial.
vagal adjective /ˈveɪɡəl/: Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
vagally adverb: With respect to the vagus nerve
vagancy noun: A wandering; vagrancy.
vagarian noun: One with ridiculous or whimsical ideas; a crackpot.
vagarious adjective /vəˈɡɛəɹi.əs/: Subject to vagaries; erratic.
vagariously adverb: In a vagarious manner.
vagarish adjective: capricious; whimsical; vagarious
vagarist noun: One whose thought wanders in many directions.
vagaristic adjective: vagarious; erratic or changeable
vagarity noun: The character or state of being vagarious; capriciousness; irregularity.
vagarous adjective: That is characterized by vagary.
vagary noun /vəˈɡɛɚ.i/: An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
vagation noun: The act of wandering, straying, or departing from the expected or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering; a rambling; a roaming; an...
vagedgie noun /vəˈd͡ʒɛ.dʒ.i/: A situation where a person's clothing is stuck uncomfortably in their crotch.
Vaghela noun: A member of a Rajput clan descended from the Vaghela dynasty of Gujarat, which was an offshoot of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty, ruling Gujarat in the...
vagient adjective /ˈveɪd͡ʒiənt/: Crying like a child.
vagiform adjective: Of no certain shape.
vagile adjective /ˈvadʒʌɪl/: Free to move about.
vagility noun: The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment.
vagin- prefix: Alternative form of vagino-.
vagina noun /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/: A sex organ for copulation and birth, found in female therian mammals, consisting of a passage between the vulval vestibule and the cervix of the uterus.
vagina dentata noun: The mythical toothed vagina; often related to castration anxiety.
vagina envy noun: The theoretic counterpart to penis envy; the alleged unconscious desire of a man to possess a vagina.
vagina lips noun: The labia majora.
vagina tendinis noun: A synovium.
vaginaed adjective: Having a (specified kind of) vagina.
vaginal adjective /vəˈd͡ʒʌɪ.nəl/: Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.
vaginal birth noun: Birth via the vagina (as opposed to caesarean section).
vaginal discharge noun: Synonym of vaginal fluid.
vaginal epithelium noun: The inner lining of the vagina, consisting of several layers of squamous cells.
vaginal flatulence noun: An emission or expulsion of air from the vagina.
vaginal fluid noun: Any liquid discharge from a vagina.
vaginal introitus noun: Synonym of introitus vaginæ.
vaginal lubrication noun: A naturally produced fluid that lubricates the vagina.
vaginal opening noun: The entrance to the vagina.
vaginal process noun: A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the...
vaginal ring noun: A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception.
vaginal seeding noun: The use of swabs to transfer bacteria from the mother's vagina to the newborn baby, supposed to aid the infant's microbiome.
vaginal sex noun: Sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the vagina.
vaginal vault noun: The expanded region of the vaginal canal at the internal end of the vagina.
vaginaless adjective: Without a vagina.
vaginalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a vagina.
vaginalism noun: The preeminence of penovaginal copulation over other forms of sexual expression.
vaginalist noun: A gynecological surgeon who specializes in surgery that enters the body through the vagina (as opposed to laparoscopic surgery, for example).
vaginalitis noun: Vaginitis of the tunica vaginalis testis.
vaginality noun: The quality of being vaginal.
vaginalize verb: To give vaginalike features to
vaginally adverb: Via the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
vaginant adjective: Serving as a sheath.
vaginaphobia noun: Fear or hatred of vaginas.
vaginaphobic adjective: Fearing or hating vaginas.
vaginate adjective, verb /ˈvædʒɪnət/: Alternative form of vaginated.
vaginated adjective /ˈvædʒɪneɪtɪd/: Having a sheath.
vaginatoid adjective: Of a mushroom: having free or finely adnexed gills and a volva, and without an annulus.
vaginectomy noun: The surgical removal of all or part of the vagina.
vaginiferous adjective: Producing or bearing a sheath.
vaginism noun: Archaic form of vaginismus.
vaginismus noun /væd͡ʒɪˈnɪzməs/: A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.
vaginistic adjective: Pertaining to vaginismus
vaginitis noun: Inflammation of the vagina.
vaginize verb: To emasculate.
vagino- prefix: Vagina.
vaginoabdominal adjective: Relating to the vagina and abdomen.
vaginocentric adjective: Focused on the vagina, sometimes as a symbol of feminism.
vaginocentrism noun: Focus on a female point of view.
vaginocervical adjective: Relating to the vagina and cervix.
vaginodynia noun: Pain in the vagina.
vaginofixation noun: suture of a prolapsed vagina to the abdominal wall
vaginoid adjective, noun /ˈvæd͡ʒɪnɔɪd/: A surgically-constructed vagina created in male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery.
vaginol noun: A chemical compound, with formula C₁₄H₁₄O₅, whose glucoside is apterin.
vaginolabial adjective: Relating to the vagina and labia.
vaginologist noun: Someone who studies or treats vaginas extensively or professionally.
vaginolysin noun: A cytolysin present in the bacterium Gardnerella vaginalis
vaginometer noun /ˌvædʒɪˈnɒmɪtə(ɹ)/: An instrument for measuring the vagina.
vaginometry noun: The measurement of the vagina.
vaginomycosis noun: Mycosis of the vagina.
vaginopathogenic adjective: pathogenic within the vagina
vaginopathogenicity noun: The condition of being vaginopathogenic
vaginoperineal adjective: Relating to the vagina and perineum.
vaginoperineoplasty noun: repair of the vagina and perineum
vaginoperineorrhaphy noun: repair of a laceration of the vagina and perineum
vaginoperineotomy noun: incision of the vagina and perineum
vaginoperitoneal adjective: Relating to the vagina and peritoneum.
vaginoplasty noun: A surgical procedure used to construct or reconstruct a vaginal canal and mucous membrane.
vaginorectal adjective: Relating to the vagina and rectum.
vaginoscope noun: An endoscope used in vaginoscopy.
vaginoscopy noun: An inspection of the vagina.
vaginosis noun: Any disease or infection of the vagina.
vaginosonographic adjective: Relating to vaginosonography.
vaginosonographical adjective: Alternative form of vaginosonographic.
vaginosonographically adverb: In a vaginosonographic manner.
vaginosonography noun: Ultrasonography of the vagina.
vaginotomy noun: Synonym of colpotomy.
vaginovesical adjective: Of or relating to the vagina and urinary bladder.
vaginovulvar adjective: Relating to the vagina and vulva.
vaginula noun: A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
vaginulate adjective: Having a vaginula; sheathed.
vaginule noun: Alternative form of vaginula.
vaginulid noun: Any slug in the family Vaginulidae, a synonym of the Veronicellidae.
vagitarian noun: A lesbian.
vagitarianism noun: A predilection for performing cunnilingus.
vagitate verb: To wander or move at random.
vagitus noun: The crying of a newborn baby.
vagitus uterinus noun: The crying of a foetus from within the womb following rupture of the membranes, which in some cases allows air to reach inside the womb.
vago- prefix: vagus
vagoaccessory adjective: Relating to the vagus nerve and the accessory nerve
vagoglossopharyngeal adjective: Relating to the vagus nerve, tongue, and pharynx.
vagolytic adjective: Relating to vagolysis.
vagomimetic adjective: That mimics the action of the vagus nerve
vagosplanchnic adjective: Relating to the vagus nerve and the viscera.
vagosympathetic adjective: Relating to the vagus nerve and the sympathetic nervous system
vagotomised adjective: Alternative form of vagotomized.
vagotomize verb: To perform vagotomy upon.
vagotomized adjective, verb: Modified by vagotomy
vagotomy noun: The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
vagotonia noun: irritability of the vagus nerve that adversely affects the function of the blood vessels, stomach, and muscles
vagotonic adjective: Of or pertaining to vagotonia
vagotropic adjective: Stimulating the vagus nerve.
vagous adjective: Wandering; unsettled.
vagovagal adjective: Relating to the vagus nerve and the vagal complex of the brain
vagrance noun: Vagrancy, wandering.
vagrancy noun /ˈveɪɡɹənsɪ/: the state of being a vagrant
vagrant adjective, noun /ˈveɪɡɹənt/: A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
vagrantise verb: Alternative form of vagrantize.
vagrantism noun: The condition of being a vagrant.
vagrantize verb: To wander freely, with no goal.
vagrantlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a vagrant.
vagrantly adverb: In a vagrant manner.
vagrantness noun: State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
vagrate verb: To wander randomly before settling in a new place to live.
vagring adjective, noun: Roaming, wandering.
vagrom adjective, noun: Vagrant.
vague adjective, noun, verb /veɪɡ/: Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
vagueblog verb: To post deliberately cryptic statements on a social media or blogging platform.
vaguebook verb /ˈveɪɡˌbʊk/: To post deliberately cryptic statements on social media (particularly Facebook) so as to elicit attention or requests for detail.
vagueish adjective: Quite vague.
vaguely adverb /ˈveɪɡli/: In a vague manner.
vaguen verb /ˈveɪɡən/: To make (something) vague or more vague; to blur, to obscure.
vaguened adjective, verb /ˈveɪɡənd/: Made vague; blurred, obscured.
vagueness noun: The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
vaguepost noun, verb: A cryptic or ambiguous social media post that is on the subject of a person or thing without explicitly mentioning them.
vaguery noun /ˈveɪɡəɹi/: Vagueness, the condition of being vague.
vaguish adjective: Somewhat vague.
vaguity noun: Vagueness.
vagulate verb: To wander in a vague manner
vagulous adjective: vague, wayward
vagus noun /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/: Ellipsis of vagus nerve.
vagus nerve noun: Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the...
vah interjection: Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
Vahan proper noun: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահան (Vahan).
vahana noun: vehicle, carriage; horse or other draught animal
Vahdat proper noun: A city in Tajikistan
Vahey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
vahine noun: Synonym of wahine (“a Polynesian woman”).
vahlkampfiid noun: Any member of the family Vahlkampfiidae of protozoans.
vai noun: Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
Vaibhav proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Vaid proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
Vaidehi proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Vaidic adjective: Alternative form of Vedic.
vaidya noun: A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
Vaikuntha proper noun: The Supreme abode or the celestial home of Vishnu.
vail noun, verb /veɪl/: Profit; return; proceeds.
Vaile proper noun: A surname.
vailer noun /ˈveɪlə(ɹ)/: one who vails
Vailite noun: A person from or resident of Vail, Colorado.
Vaillancourt proper noun: A surname from French.
vain adjective, noun, verb /veɪn/: Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Vainakhian adjective: Of or pertaining to the region of Vainakh.
vainful adjective: Vain.
vaingloriness noun: The state, quality, or condition of vainglory.
vainglorious adjective /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/: Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
vaingloriously adverb: In a vainglorious manner.
vaingloriousness noun: vainglory
vainglory noun, verb [veɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi]: Excessive vanity.
vainglorying noun, verb: Vainglorious behaviour.
vainly adverb /ˈveɪnli/: In a vain pursuit; to no avail.
vainness noun: The property of being vain.
vair noun /ˈvɛə/: A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
vairagi noun: One who has attained the state of vairagya.
vairagya noun: detachment from the material world
vaire adjective, noun: Alternative form of vair.
Vairocana proper noun: a celestial Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism
vairone noun: Any of several fish of the genus Telestes native to Europe.
vairy adjective: Divided into vair-bells of two or more tinctures.
Vaisakhi proper noun: The Sikh new year festival.
Vaisey proper noun: A surname.
Vaishali proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Vaishnava noun: A worshipper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
Vaishnavism proper noun: A branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu.
Vaishnavist noun: A follower of Vaishnavism.
Vaishnavite noun: Synonym of Vaishnavist.
vaishya noun /ˈvaɪʃ(j)ə/: The third caste of traditional Indian society, comprising merchants and landowners.
Vaisya noun: Alternative form of Vaishya.
vaivode noun /ˈveɪvəʊd/: Alternative form of voivode.
vaivodeship noun: Alternative spelling of voivodeship.
Vaizey proper noun: A surname.
vaj noun: The vagina.
vajacial noun /vəˈd͡ʒeɪ.ʃəl/: A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the vulva and bikini area.
vajajay noun: Alternative form of va-jay-jay.
vajay noun: A vagina; a vulva.
vajaycial noun: Alternative spelling of vajacial.
vajayjay noun: Alternative form of va-jay-jay.
vajazzle noun, verb [vəˈd͡ʒæzl̩]: A cosmetic treatment in which jewels are placed on a woman's vulva and/or pubic area.
vajazzled adjective, verb: Having the vulva and/or pubic area decorated with jewels.
vajazzling noun, verb: The practice of decorating a woman's vulva and/or pubic area with jewels.
Vajda proper noun: A surname from Hungarian.
vajdakite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.
vajra noun: A Buddhist ceremonial mace and symbol, usually interpreted as both a diamond and a thunderbolt.
vajrasana noun: A kneeling asana in yoga. The practitioner sits on the heels with the calves beneath the thighs.
Vajrasattva proper noun: a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
Vajrayana proper noun: A form of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasises esoteric practices in order to attain Buddhahood at a much quicker rate.
vakalatnama noun: A document filed by a party in order to appoint a lawyer to plead on their behalf.
vakas noun: Alternative form of vakass.
vakass noun: An Armenian priest's vestment resembling the amice.
vakeel noun: An attorney, lawyer or agent.
vakhmatine noun: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
vakia noun: An old unit of weight, one 40th of a maund.
vakil noun /vəˈkiːl/: Alternative form of vakeel.
Vakkaliga noun: Alternative form of Vokkaliga.
val noun /væl/: Valium.
val-speak noun: Alternative form of valspeak.
Vala proper noun: An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.
valaciclovir noun: An antiviral prodrug used in the management of herpes simplex and herpes zoster.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under V: 9,970 words, in 34 parts.