Nouns in english starting with V

• veblen — Noun – English ～ United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929)
• vector sum — Noun – English ～ a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
• vector decomposition — Noun – English ～ the analysis of a vector field
• vector-borne transmission — Noun – English ～ indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person
• vector product — Noun – English ～ a vector that is the product of two other vectors
• vector — Noun – English ～ a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
• vector — Noun – English ～ (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
• vector — Noun – English ～ a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
• vector — Noun – English ～ any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
• vector algebra — Noun – English ～ the part of algebra that deals with the theory of vectors and vector spaces
• Veda — Noun – English ～ (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
• vedalia — Noun – English ～ native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
• Vedanga — Noun – English ～ Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology
• vedanta — Noun – English ～ (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas
• Vedic literature — Noun – English ～ (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
• Vedism — Noun – English ～ the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas
• Vedist — Noun – English ～ a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
• veering — Noun – English ～ the act of turning aside suddenly
• veery — Noun – English ～ tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
• veg — Noun – English ～ edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

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