English Words Starting With V

• vamplate

  nounVery Low
  /ˈvæmpleɪt/A metal plate attached to a lance, just behind the grip, designed to protect the wielder's hand during jousting or combat.
• van

  nounB1
  /væn/A medium-sized road vehicle used for transporting goods, typically with a box-shaped rear section.
• van allen

  nounLow
  /ˌvæn ˈælən/A proper noun referring to the Van Allen radiation belts, two zones of charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
• van allen belt

  nounVery low
  /ˌvæn ˈælən belt/One of two zones of intense radiation surrounding Earth, held in place by the planet's magnetic field.
• van buren

  nounLow
  /ˌvæn ˈbjʊərən/The surname of Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841).
• van de graaff generator

  nounLow
  /ˌvæn də ˈɡrɑːf ˈdʒɛnəreɪtə/A high-voltage electrostatic generator that uses a moving belt to accumulate and store electric charge on a hollow metal globe.
• van de velde

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
  /ˌvæn də ˈvɛldə/a Dutch surname meaning 'from the field' or 'from the plain'.
• van der hum

  nounRare / Regional
  /ˌvæn də ˈhʌm/A brandy-based South African liqueur flavoured with naartjie (tangerine) peel and spices.
• van der merwe

  nounC2
  /ˌvæn də ˈmɜː.və/A common Afrikaans surname of Dutch origin, typically referring to a specific person or family.
• van der post

  nounRare
  /ˌvæn də ˈpɒst/A surname of Dutch/Afrikaans origin, most famously associated with the British writer, explorer, and conservationist Sir Laurens van der Post.
• van der rohe

  nounC2
  /ˌmiːs fɑːn də ˈrəʊə/The surname of the influential 20th-century German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• van der waals

  nounLow (Specialized Scientific Term)
  /ˌvæn də ˈwɑːlz/Relating to weak intermolecular forces between atoms or molecules, named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals.
• van der waals equation

  nounVery low
  /ˌvæn də ˈwɑːlz ɪˌkweɪ.ʒən/A mathematical formula describing the behavior of real gases by accounting for the finite size of molecules and the attractive forces between them.
• van der waals' forces

  plural-nounC1/C2 (Specialist Technical Vocabulary)
  /ˌvæn də ˈwɑːlz ˈfɔːsɪz/Weak, short-range intermolecular attractive forces that exist between molecules or atoms.
• van der weyden

  nounVery Low (Specialized/Proper Noun)
  /ˌvæn də ˈvaɪdən/ or /ˈweɪdən/ (approximations)The proper name of an influential 15th-century Early Netherlandish painter, Rogier van der Weyden, often referred to simply by his surname.
• van der zee

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn də ˈziː/A Dutch surname meaning 'from the sea' or 'of the sea', often referring to a family originating from coastal regions.
• van devanter

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
  /ˌvæn dəˈvæntə/A proper name, specifically a surname of Dutch origin, often associated with historical American legal figures, most notably Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• van diemen gulf

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvæn ˈdiːmən ɡʌlf/A major inlet of the Arafura Sea located on the northern coast of Australia's Northern Territory.
• van diemen's land

  nounVery Low
  /væn ˈdiːmənz lænd/The original name used by Europeans for the island now called Tasmania, Australia.
• van dine

  nounLow
  /væn ˈdaɪn/A variant spelling of 'van dyne', referring to a unit of force in the centimeter–gram–second (CGS) system of units, equal to 10 micronewtons. In popular culture, it is best known as the surname of the fictional detective Philo Vance.

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