v

1. Velocity
2. Verb
3. Verse
4. Verso
5. Versus
6. Very
7. Vide (Latin), see
8. Volume

V or v /vē/

1. The twenty-second letter in the modern English alphabet, twentieth in the Roman, a differentiated form of U, its sound a voiced labiodental fricative
2. Anything shaped like the letter V

Vˈ-neck noun

The neck of a garment cut in a V-shape

Vˈ-necked adjective

Vˈ-shape noun

Vˈ-shaped adjective

Vˈ-sign noun

A sign made with the index and middle fingers in the form of a V, with palm turned outwards in token of victory or peace, with palm inwards as a sign of contempt or derision

V-6, V-8, etc noun

An engine or car with 6, 8, etc cylinders arranged in a V-shape

V

1. Vatican City (IVR)
2. Vatu (currency of Vanuatu; also VT)

Vˈ-agents plural noun

Poisonous gases, less volatile than G-agents

Vˈ-chip noun

(short for viewer or violence) a computer chip installed in a television receiver to control its use, esp to limit use by young viewers

Vˈ-day noun

Victory day, specif VE day

V1 and V2 noun see separate entry.

V

1. (as a Roman numeral) 5
2. Vanadium (chem)
3. Volt (SI unit)

V̄

(Roman numeral) 5000

U or U.

1. Unionist
2. United
3. Universal, (a certificate designating) a film that people of any age are allowed to see
4. University

U (chem)

Uranium

U¹ or u /ū/

1. The twenty-first letter in the modern English alphabet, with various sounds, as in rule, put, but, and the diphthongal sound that serves as the name of the letter
2. Anything shaped like the letter U

—U derived from V, a form of Y which the Romans borrowed from the Greeks. From V, the lapidary and capital form, the uncial and cursive forms U and u were developed, with V (used until modern times initially) gradually becoming appropriated as the symbol for the consonant sound (see V) and the medial form u as the symbol for the vowel

Uˈ-bend noun

An air-trap in the form of a U-shaped bend in a pipe

Uˈ-bolt, Uˈ-trap, Uˈ-tube noun

A bolt, drain-trap and tube bent like the letter U

Uˈ-shaped adjective

Uˈ-turn noun

1. A turn made by a vehicle which reverses its direction of travel, crossing into the flow of traffic on the other side of the road
2. Any reversal of direction (figurative)

vee /vē/

1. The twenty-second letter of the modern English alphabet (V or v)
2. A mark or object shaped or angled like a V

(also V-) shaped like the letter V, as in vee-gutter, vee-joint, etc

• avulsion
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• avuncular
• avvogadore
• avyze
• aw
• awa
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• AWACS
• await
• awaited
• awaiting
• awaits
• awake
• awaked
• awaken
• awakened
• awakening
• awakenings
• awakens
• awakes
• awaking
• awakings
• awanting
• award