Nouns in english starting with V

• von Blucher — Noun – English ～ Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
• von Recklinghausen's disease — Noun – English ～ autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities
• von Mauser — Noun – English ～ German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
• von Neumann — Noun – English ～ United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
• von Neumann machine — Noun – English ～ any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues
• von Braun — Noun – English ～ United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
• von Sternberg — Noun – English ～ United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969)
• von Bismarck — Noun – English ～ German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
• vonnegut — Noun – English ～ United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)
• voodoo — Noun – English ～ (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
• voodoo — Noun – English ～ a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
• voodoo — Noun – English ～ a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
• voodooism — Noun – English ～ a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
• voraciousness — Noun – English ～ extreme gluttony
• voraciousness — Noun – English ～ excessive desire to eat
• voraciousness — Noun – English ～ an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers"
• voracity — Noun – English ～ extreme gluttony
• voracity — Noun – English ～ excessive desire to eat
• vortex — Noun – English ～ a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
• vortex vein — Noun – English ～ a vein formed by branches from the back surface of the eye and the ciliary body; empties into the ophthalmic veins

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