English Words: V
7,391 words · Page 58 of 148
A theoretical orbital zone around a star that will result in an Earth-like planet existing in an orbit in the zone having a runaway greenhouse effect, similar to that found on Venus in our Solar System. The inner edge of the zone is where solar radiation is intense enough to strip the atmosphere of a planet away. The outer edge is where solar radiation is insufficient to power a runaway greenhouse.
A white vase-like glass sponge (Euplectella aspergillum), found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean.
A system of tenure in Dartmoor, England, allowing residents to graze animals on the moor and to gather coal, turf, etc. from the forest.
The Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belonging to the Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.
A benzamide neuroleptic drug indicated in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms associated with the menopause.
A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
A synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias.
A yellowish amorphous alkaloid, C₂₈H₄₃NO₅, extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
Any of a family of neurotoxic steroid-derived alkaloids, occurring in herbs of the genus Veratrum and seeds of the sabadilla plant.
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.
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 58. 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.