Nouns in english starting with V

• ventolin — Noun – English ～ a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
• Ventose — Noun – English ～ sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month
• ventral root — Noun – English ～ one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
• ventral fin — Noun – English ～ either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
• ventral placentation — Noun – English ～ with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary
• ventral horn — Noun – English ～ one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
• ventricle — Noun – English ～ one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
• ventricle — Noun – English ～ a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
• ventricular fibrillation — Noun – English ～ fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest
• ventricular aneurysm — Noun – English ～ a localized dilation or protrusion on the wall of the left ventricle of the heart (occurring after a myocardial infarction)
• ventricular fold — Noun – English ～ either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
• ventricular septal defect — Noun – English ～ a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure
• vena posterior ventriculi sinistri — Noun – English ～ arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus
• ventriculus — Noun – English ～ thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
• ventriloquism — Noun – English ～ the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
• ventriloquist — Noun – English ～ a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
• ventriloquist's dummy — Noun – English ～ a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice
• ventriloquy — Noun – English ～ the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
• venture capitalism — Noun – English ～ capitalism that invests in innovative enterprises (especially high technology) where the potential profits are large
• venture — Noun – English ～ an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

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