Virginia Wade
— Noun
– English
~ English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
— Noun
– English
~ Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
Vietnam War
— Noun
– English
~ a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
venereal wart
— Noun
– English
~ a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus
vespid wasp
— Noun
– English
~ mostly social nest-building wasps
Vichy water
— Noun
– English
~ sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it
Virginia waterleaf
— Noun
– English
~ showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
vegetable wax
— Noun
– English
~ a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
very well
— Adverb
– English
~ quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today"
very well
— Adverb
– English
~ an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
valley white oak
— Noun
– English
~ tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
von Willebrand
— Noun
– English
~ Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
von Willebrand's disease
— Noun
– English
~ a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding
Vaughan Williams
— Noun
– English
~ English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)
varietal wine
— Noun
– English
~ a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
vernal witch hazel
— Noun
– English
~ fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring
Virginian witch hazel
— Noun
– English
~ common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen
violet wood sorrel
— Noun
– English
~ perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
Victoria Clafin Woodhull
— Noun
– English
~ United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927)