4-letter words starting with v
- vigo — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- vigs — a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
- viki — a female given name, form of Victoria.
- vila — a republic consisting of a group of 80 islands in the S Pacific, about 1000 miles (1600 km) NE of Australia: formerly under joint British and French administration; gained independence 1980. About 5700 sq. mi. (14,763 sq. km). Capital: Vila.
- vile — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- vill — a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- vimy — a town in N France, N of Arras: battle 1917.
- vina — a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- vine — any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- vino — wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- vint — to sell (wine)
- viny — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines: viny tendrils.
- viol — a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- vire — a type of arrow which had a turning motion and which was formerly used with a crossbow
- virl — ferrule (def 1).
- visa — an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vise — visa.
- vish — to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from people by placing phone calls, typically automated, that seem to be from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution: an increase in vishing, facilitated by voIP, an Internet-based phone system.
- viso — Mount, a mountain in NW Italy: highest peak of the Cottian Alps. 12,602 feet (3841 meters).
- vita — curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vite — briskly; lively.
- vito — a male given name.
- viva — (in British and European universities) an oral examination; viva voce.
- vive — long live; up with (a specified person or thing)
- vivo — with life and vigour
- viz. — viz. is used in written English to introduce a list of specific items or examples.
- vizy — a look or aim at a target
- vlad — a male given name, form of Vladimir.
- vlan — Virtual Local Area Network
- vlbi — very long baseline interferometry
- vlbw — Very Low Birth Weight
- vlcc — very large crude carrier: an oil tanker with a capacity between 200 000 and 400 000 tons
- vldb — Very Large DataBase
- vlei — an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream
- vliw — Very Long Instruction Word
- vlog — a blog that features mostly videos rather than text or images.
- vlsi — Very Large Scale Integration
- vmpc — Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex
- vnel — Valley National Eight-ball League
- voar — the spring
- voca — Voice Output Communication Aid
- void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- voip — Voice over IP
- voit — Carl or Karl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, German physiologist.
- vol. — Vol. is used as a written abbreviation for volume when you are referring to one or more books in a series of books.
- vola — the palm of the hand or sole of the foot
- vole — Cards. the winning by one player of all the tricks of a deal.
- volk — the people or nation, esp the nation of Afrikaners
- volt — Manège. a circular or turning movement of a horse. a gait in which a horse going sideways turns around a center, with the head turned outward.
- vone — a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.