5-letter words containing v, e
- venda — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- vener — Vänern.
- veney — a thrust
- venge — to avenge.
- venin — any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- venlo — a city in SE Netherlands.
- venom — the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
- venue — Law. the place of a crime or cause of action. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
- venus — an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- veras — a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- verbs — any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- verde — Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- verdi — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- verge — the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- verna — a female given name.
- verne — a town in S California.
- verny — former name of Alma-Ata.
- verse — (not in technical use) a stanza.
- verso — a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verst — a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- vertu — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- verve — enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
- vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- vespa — Very Efficient Speculative Parallel Architecture
- vesta — the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- vexed — irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
- vexes — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- vexil — a military standard or flag carried by ancient Roman troops.
- vibes — Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vibex — a line or mark under the skin
- vibey — lively and vibrant
- vice- — Vice- is used before a rank or title to indicate that someone is next in importance to the person who holds the rank or title mentioned.
- viced — to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
- vices — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- vided — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- video — a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: Let's stay at home and watch a video. She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps. I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
- vides — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- viers — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- views — A Smalltalk extension for computer algebra. "An Object Oriented Approach to Algebra System Design", K. Abdali et al, in Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM 1986, pp.24-30.
- viewy — having impractical views; speculative; visionary.
- viler — wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- vimen — a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
- vince — a male given name, form of Vincent.
- vined — covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines: a vined brick wall; vined wallpaper.
- viner — a vinedresser
- vines — any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- vinew — to become mouldy
- viper — any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- viren — Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.