5-letter words containing v, r
- varve — (in lake sediments) an annual deposit usually consisting of two layers, one of fine materials and the other of coarse.
- veery — a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- velar — of or relating to a velum, especially the soft palate.
- vener — Vänern.
- veras — a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- verbs — any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- verde — Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- verdi — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- verge — the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- verna — a female given name.
- verne — a town in S California.
- verny — former name of Alma-Ata.
- verse — (not in technical use) a stanza.
- verso — a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verst — a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- vertu — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- verve — enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
- vicar — Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- vidar — a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- vidor — King (Wallis) 1895–1982, U.S. motion-picture director and producer.
- viers — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- vigor — active strength or force.
- viler — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- viner — a vinedresser
- viper — any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- viral — of, relating to, or caused by a virus.
- viren — Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- vireo — any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- vires — strength; force; power.
- virga — streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- virgo — zodiac sign: Virgin
- virid — green or verdant: the virid woodlands of spring.
- virls — ferrule (def 1).
- viron — a male given name.
- virtu — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- visor — Armor. (on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver. a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- vitra — (in prescriptions) glass.
- vitry — Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.
- viver — a fish pond
- vizir — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- vizor — to protect or mask with a visor; shield.
- vlore — a seaport in SW Albania.
- volar — pertaining to or used for flight.
- vomer — a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
- voter — a person who votes.
- vraic — a seaweed found in the Channel Islands
- vries — Hugo [hyoo-goh;; Dutch hy-goh] /ˈhyu goʊ;; Dutch ˈhü goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1935, Dutch botanist and student of organic heredity: developed the concept of mutation as a factor in the process of evolution.
- vroom — the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
- vrouw — a woman; wife; lady.