English Words: V

7,391 words · Page 19 of 148

Van der Humname

A South African tangerine-flavoured brandy liqueur.

Van der Valkname

A surname from Dutch.

van der Vegtename

A Dutch surname

van der Waalsname

A surname from Dutch. Alternative form of Vanderwaals.

van der Waals equationname

A gas law which generalizes the ideal gas law to non-ideal gases, taking into account intermolecular forces and the size of molecules.

van der Waals forcenoun

The relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles.

van der Waals radiusnoun

The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from one atom to another.

van der Waerden's theoremname

In Ramsey theory, a theorem stating that, for any given positive integers r and k, there is some number N such that if the integers {1, 2, ..., N} are colored, each with one of r different colors, then there are at least k integers in arithmetic progression whose elements are of the same color.

van der Woude syndromenoun

A genetic disorder characterized by lower lip pits, cleft lip with or without cleft palate, and cleft palate only.

Van Devendername

A surname from Dutch.

Van Diemen's Landname

The former name (until 1856) of the then-British colony and current state of Australia now known as Tasmania.

Van Diemoniannoun

Alternative spelling of Vandemonian.

Van Dievoetname

A surname from Dutch. (chiefly found in Belgium)

Van Dorn battle flagnoun

A flag utilized by the regiments under the command of the Confederate major general Earl Van Dorn during the American Civil War.

Van Eck phreakingnoun

The process of eavesdropping on the contents of a CRT or LCD display by detecting its electromagnetic emissions.

van Emde Boas treenoun

A tree data structure that implements an associative array with keys of up to m bits. It can perform all operations in a time proportional to the log of the size of its largest element, or equivalently with an upper bound equal to the logarithm of 2 multiplied by m.

van Eyckianadj

Pertaining to or characteristic of Dutch painter Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441).

Van Geldername

A surname from Dutch.

Van Gemertname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Goghname

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch draughtsman and painter.

Van Gogh syndromenoun

Self-harm resulting from mental illness.

Van Halenname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Heckename

A surname from Dutch.

Van Hoesenname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Ingenname

A habitational surname from Dutch

Van Kleeckname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Lanenname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Loanname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Maanenname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Metrename

A surname from Dutch.

Van Nes rotationnoun

Rotationplasty.

Van Nortwickname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Peelname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Puttenname

A surname from Dutch.

van Rensburgname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Rossumname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Rynname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Schaickname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Scivername

A surname from Dutch.

Van Skivername

A surname from Dutch.

van Stockum dustnoun

In general relativity, an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is generated by dust rotating about an axis of cylindrical symmetry.

Van Tilburgname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Tolname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Veenname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Wartname

A surname from Dutch.

Van Wert Countyname

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Van Wert.

Van Wiename

A surname from Dutch.

Van Wyk and Grumbach syndromenoun

A medical condition involving hypothyroidism, precocious puberty (with delayed bone age and lack of pubic hair), and ovarian cysts in pre- and post-pubertal girls or macroorchidism in boys.

Van Zandt Countyname

One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Canton.

Van't Kruijs Openingnoun

A chess opening characterized by the move 1. e3 that can turn into many opening variations, this opening is uncommon because it is considered a move that wastes a tempo (for the white's pieces).

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 19. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "V" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.