an experienced person who has been through many battles
veteran
Noun
a person who has served in the armed forces
veteran
Noun
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
votary
Noun
a devoted, almost religiously so, adherent of a cause, person, or activity
votary
Noun
a priest or priestess in a non-Christian religion or cult
votary
Noun
one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
voter
Noun
a citizen who has a legal right to vote
vet
Noun
a person who has served in the armed forces
vet
Noun
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
vet
Verb
to provide veterinary care for
vet
Verb
to provide someone with medical care
vet
Verb
to examine carefully
vet
Verb
to work as a veterinarian
vouchee
Noun
a person called into court to defend a title
verifier
Noun
someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
vower
Noun
someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way
violent storm
Noun
a weather condition with winds 64-72 knots – or 11 on the Beaufort scale – and precipitation, thunder, and lightning
vitelline circulation
Noun
the circulation of blood between the embryo and the yolk sac
voltage
Noun
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
voltage
Noun
the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit
visible light
Noun
electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
visible radiation
Noun
electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
volva
Noun
cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi
virga
Noun
light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground, especially when the lower air is low in humidity
vapor pressure
Noun
the pressure exerted by a vapor
virtual image
Noun
a reflected optical image, as seen in a plane mirror
visible spectrum
Noun
the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism
vital force
Noun
a hypothetical force thought to cause the evolution and development of organisms
volcanism
Noun
the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
ventral placentation
Noun
with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary
vase-fine
Noun
a scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
vase vine
Noun
a scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
virgin's bower
Noun
a common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
verdolagas
Noun
a weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acidic leaves, eaten raw or cooked, especially in Indian, Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine
velvet plant
Noun
Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
velvet plant
Noun
any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
vegetable sheep
Noun
cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
vegetable sheep
Noun
perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
viper's grass
Noun
a perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
vanillin
Noun
a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins
velvet bent
Noun
common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
velvet bent grass
Noun
a common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves