English Words: V
7,391 words · Page 57 of 148
Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
An investor who invests money in an innovative enterprise for which the potential for high profit and the risk of loss are both considerable.
The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.
In a venturous manner; daringly; in a fashion displaying boldness, or an enterprising spirit.
The quality or state of being venturous; mettle; one's willingness to undertake potentially hazardous endeavours.
A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
An insectivorous plant of the savannas of North and South Carolina, Dionaea muscipula; the leaves are hinged and bordered with stiff hairs, and close when an insect alights on them.
Actinoscyphia aurelia, a species of deep ocean sea anemone that uses its tentacles to capture prey and protect itself.
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 57. 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.