Words starting with V

volplaneA steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.
VolponeA surname from Italian.
VolsceOne of the Volsci; a Volscian.
VolsciAn ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.
VolscianOr, or relating to, the people or language of the Volsci.
volsellaA male reproductive appendage in some insects.
volsellarRelating to a volsella
VolskyA surname.
VolsteadA surname.
VolsteadianOf or relating to Andrew Volstead (1860–1947), American Republican politician involved in introducing Prohibition legislation.
VolsteadismThe policy, doctrine, or enforcement of prohibiting the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages, especially during the Prohibition era (1920–1933) in the United States.
voltIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
voltaA turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
voltageThe difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
voltagelikeResembling or characteristic of voltage.
VoltaggioA surname.
voltagraphyIn galvanoplasty, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.
voltaicOf, relating to, or producing electricity.
VoltaireA surname from French.
VoltaireanOf or pertaining to François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778; pen name "Voltaire"), French writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and defence of civil liberties.
VoltaireanismVoltairism
VoltairianismVoltairism
VoltairishSynonym of Voltairean.
VoltairismThe theories, philosophies, or practices of Voltaire.
voltaismgalvanism
voltaiteAn isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
voltameterAn instrument used to measure the quantity of electric charge.
voltammeterAn instrument used to measure both electrical current and voltage.
voltammetricOf or pertaining to voltammetry.
voltammetricallyIn a voltammetric manner
voltammetryAny of several electrochemical analytical technique in which a current is measured as a voltage is varied.
voltammogramA plot of the outcome of a voltammetry analysis
voltammogramicRelating to voltammograms
voltammographThe device used to obtain a voltammogram
voltampereA derived unit of electrical power that is the product of one volt and one ampere
voltamperogramA graphic output made by voltammetry
VoltanSomeone who lives by the river Volta.
voltaplastA form of electrical battery once used for electrotyping
voltatypeAn electrotype.
voltevoice over long term evolution
voltedOf the specified voltage.
volterA device that produces or requires a specific number of volts.
VolterraA town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
voltiturn the page
voltigeurOne of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
voltinismThe number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
voltivityA measurement of voltage per centimetre.
voltmeterAn instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
voltohmmeterA combined voltmeter and ohmmeter.
VoltoliniA surname from Italian.
voltolizationThe process of voltolizing.
voltolizeTo use an electric discharge to increase the oiliness of (an oil).
VoltriA quartiere in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
VoltronA group of things that are more powerful when combined.
VolturnoA river in Italy
VoltzA surname.
voltzialeanAny extinct tree of the order †Voltziales
voltzinevoltzite
voltziteAn oxysulfide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish colour.
volubilatevolubile; winding
volubileTurning or whirling; winding.
VolubilisA partly-excavated Berber and Roman city in Morocco, situated near the city of Meknes and commonly considered the ancient capital of the kingdom of Mauretania.
volubilitythe state of being voluble
volubilosideA particular steroid glycoside.
volubleFluent or having a ready flow of speech.
volublenessThe quality of being voluble.
volublyIn a voluble manner.
VoluckA surname.
volucraryA bestiary (medieval treatise on animals) dealing specifically with birds.
volucrineOf or pertaining to birds.
volumeA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
volumedPublished in a series or set of a number of books (usually used in combination)
volumelessHaving no volume.
volumelessnessAbsence of volume.
volumenometerAn instrument that measures the volume (three-dimensional space) of something that cannot be immersed in liquid.
volumenometryThe measurement of volume (in physical space) by means of a volumenometer, or otherwise.
volumerSomething (a book etc.) that has a specified number of volumes.
volumescopeAn instrument consisting of a glass tube with a graduated scale that shows the changes in volume of a gas or gaseous mixture.
volumeterAny instrument used to measure the volume of a substance.
volumetricPertaining to measurement by volume.
volumetricallyIn a volumetric manner
volumetricsThe measurement or the estimation of volume.
volumetryvolumetric analysis
volumetteA short volume (publication)
volumewiseRegarding the amount of change measured absolutely rather than relatively (i.e., as a fraction of an earlier baseline value).
volumicDescribing any measure obtained by dividing a physical quantity by a volume.
voluminalOf or pertaining to volume, the measurement of three-dimensional space.
voluminosityQuality or degree of being voluminous.
voluminousOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
voluminouslyIn a voluminous manner.
voluminousnessthe state of being voluminous
volumistThe author of a volume.
volumizationThe action or instance of volumizing.
volumizeTo add physical volume to.
volumizedAppearing to have more than normal volume.
volumizerA cosmetic product that adds volume to the hair.
volumometerA device for measuring the volume of a solid by means of the pressure difference in a confined volume of gas caused by its presence or absence.
volunpeerA skilled volunteer working at a professional level.
voluntariateA period of voluntary military service
voluntarilyIn a voluntary manner, particularly
voluntarinessThe condition of being voluntary.
voluntarismA reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
voluntaristSomeone who endorses voluntarism.
voluntaristicPertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
voluntarityThe property of being voluntary.
voluntaryDone, given, or acting of one's own free will.
voluntaryisticOf or relating to voluntaryism or voluntaryist society.
voluntativeA grammatical construct expressing a wish to do something, similar in meaning to let's in English.
volunteerOne who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
volunteeringThe act of voluntarily giving time and labor for charity or community service.
volunteerismReliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.
volunteeristA proponent of volunteerism.
volunteeristicOf or related to volunteerism; done on a volunteer basis.
volunteerlyVoluntarily.
volunteershipThe role or status of a volunteer.
voluntellTo tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something.
voluntoldA person who has been coerced into acting as a volunteer.
voluntouringvoluntourism
voluntourismA type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations.
voluntouristA tourist who takes part in voluntourism.
VoluntownA town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
voluntyThe positive aspect of God, encompassing light, love, creation, etc.
VoluptasThe Roman goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. She is the Roman counterpart of Hedone.
voluptuarianSynonym of voluptuary.
voluptuaryOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
voluptuateTo behave in a voluptuous manner.
voluptuosityvoluptuousness
voluptuousCharacterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
voluptuouslyIn a voluptuous manner.
voluptuousnessThe quality of being voluptuous.
voluptyvoluptuousness
VolusiaAn unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
volutaAny of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
volutationA circular movement; a rolling, wallowing, circulation or rotation.
voluteThe characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
volutedHaving a volute, or spiral scroll.
volutidAny gastropod in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
volutiformShaped like a volute.
volutinA granular nucleoprotein complex found in the cytoplasm of some bacteria, yeasts and protozoa.
volutionA turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
volutoidLike a volute.
volutomitridAny sea snail in the family Volutomitridae.
volutraumabarotrauma due to overexpansion of an internal gas-filled space
volvaA cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
volvalPertaining to the volva.
volvatehaving a volva.
volvatellidAny sea snail in the family Volvatellidae.
volvationA defence mechanism, in some animals, in which they roll themselves up in a ball.
volveTo turn over in the mind; to ponder.
volvelleA type of slide chart, a paper construction with rotating parts, formerly used for organization and calculation in astronomy and other subjects.

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