English Words: V

7,391 words · Page 106 of 148

Virchow's lawname

The observation that, during craniosynostosis, skull growth is restricted to a plane perpendicular to the affected, prematurely fused suture and is enhanced in a plane parallel to it.

Virchow's linename

A line from the root of the nose to the lambda.

Virchow's nodenoun

A lymph node in the left supraclavicular fossa that may indicate cancer in the abdomen if it is hard and enlarged.

Virchow's triadname

The set of three factors that precipitate venous thrombus formation: endothelial dysfunction or injury, hemodynamic changes, and hypercoagulability.

Virchow-Robin spacenoun

Any of the immunological spaces between the arteries and veins (not capillaries) and pia mater that can be expanded by leukocytes.

Virchowianadj

Of or relating to Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), German scientist, writer, and politician, known for his advancement of public health.

vireverb

To transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.

Viredazname

A surname from French.

virelainoun

A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, with the rhyme scheme AABAAB.

virelaynoun

Alternative spelling of virelai.

virementnoun

The transfer of a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another.

viremogenicadj

Causing viremia.

virentadj

green in color, or unwithered

vireonoun

Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.

viresnoun

plural of vire

virescencenoun

The act of becoming green; greening.

virescentadj

Green-like, greenish.

virescentlyadv

In a virescent manner; greenishly.

viretonnoun

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flight.

virganoun

A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.

virgaladj

Made of twigs or rods.

virgalieunoun

A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; also called White Doyenne.

virgatenoun

The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

virgatedadj

Striped; streaked with rod-shaped (long and narrow) streaks.

virgatelyadv

In a virgate manner.

virgaternoun

A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land.

virgatotomeadj

Having multiple secondary ribs which branch off successively in front of each primary rib (resulting in a shape like ᚠ), like the ribs of Zaraiskites ammonites.

virgienoun

A virgin.

Virgilname

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

Virgilianadj

Of or pertaining to Virgil (Roman writer)

Virgilianismnoun

The literary style of the Ancient Roman writer Virgil.

Virgilismnoun

The literary style of the Ancient Roman writer Virgil.

virgilitenoun

A hexagonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.

virginnoun

A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

virgin birthnoun

A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.

Virgin Caesarnoun

A non-alcoholic version of a Bloody Caesar composed of spices and a clamato juice base

virgin forestnoun

A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.

Virgin Gordaname

An island of the British Virgin Islands.

Virgin Islandernoun

Someone from the Virgin Islands.

Virgin Islandsname

An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

Virgin Maryname

Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.

virgin oilnoun

Synonym of virgin olive oil.

Virgin Rivername

A tributary of the Colorado River in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, United States.

virgin soil epidemicnoun

An epidemic in which the populations at risk have had no previous contact with the disease and therefore have almost no immunological defence.

virgin territorynoun

Land that has never been explored or developed.

Virgin Valleyname

A region of southeast Nevada (around Mesquite) and northwest Arizona (around Littlefield) drained by the Virgin River.

virginanoun

Alternative form of vagina.

virginaladj

Being or resembling a virgin.

virginal membranenoun

The hymen

virginalistnoun

A musician who plays the virginal.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter V contains 7,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 148 pages, and you are currently viewing page 106. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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