5-letter words starting with v
- vespa — Very Efficient Speculative Parallel Architecture
- vesta — the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- vexed — irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
- vexes — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- vexil — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
- viand — an article of food.
- vibes — Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vibex — a line or mark under the skin
- vibey — lively and vibrant
- 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.
- vice- — Vice- is used before a rank or title to indicate that someone is next in importance to the person who holds the rank or title mentioned.
- viced — to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
- vices — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- vichy — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- vicki — a feminine name: var. Vicky, Vickie
- vicky — a female given name, form of Victoria.
- victa — a type of rotary lawnmower first manufactured in 1952
- vidal — (Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.
- vidar — a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- vided — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- video — a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: Let's stay at home and watch a video. She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps. I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
- vides — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- vidin — a city in NW Bulgaria, on the Danube River.
- vidor — King (Wallis) 1895–1982, U.S. motion-picture director and producer.
- vidya — transcendental knowledge leading toward Brahman.
- viers — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- views — A Smalltalk extension for computer algebra. "An Object Oriented Approach to Algebra System Design", K. Abdali et al, in Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM 1986, pp.24-30.
- viewy — having impractical views; speculative; visionary.
- vigia — a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- vigil — wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
- vigny — Alfred Victor de [al-fred veek-tawr duh] /alˈfrɛd vikˈtɔr də/ (Show IPA), 1797–1863, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- vigor — active strength or force.
- viler — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- villi — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the minute, wormlike processes on certain membranes, especially on the mucous membrane of the small intestine, where they serve in absorbing nutriment.
- vilma — a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.
- vimen — a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
- vimpa — a silk veil falling over the shoulders and extending down the arms and over the hands, worn by acolytes who carry the miter and crosier at a Pontifical Mass.
- vinal — a type of manmade fibre partly composed of vinyl alcohol units
- vinca — periwinkle2 .
- vince — a male given name, form of Vincent.
- vinci — Leonardo da [lee-uh-nahr-doh duh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw dah] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ də,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- vined — covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines: a vined brick wall; vined wallpaper.
- viner — a vinedresser
- vines — 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.
- vinew — to become mouldy
- vini- — indicating wine
- vinic — of, pertaining to, found in, or derived from wine: a vinic odor.
- vinny — a male given name, form of Vincent.