English Words Starting With V

• viraginity

  nounExtremely rare / Archaic
  /ˌvɪrəˈdʒɪnɪti/the quality or state of having masculine characteristics; the condition of being a mannish woman
• virago

  nounLow (literary/archaic)
  /vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/A domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman; a shrew.
• viral load

  nounC1
  /ˌvaɪrəl ˈləʊd/The amount of a specific virus present in a person's blood or other bodily fluids at a given time.
• viral marketing

  nounB2
  /ˌvaɪrəl ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ/A marketing strategy that uses pre-existing social networks and online platforms to rapidly spread brand awareness or promote a product, often through self-replicating viral processes analogous to the spread of computer viruses.
• virality

  nounB2
  /vaɪˈræl.ə.ti/The state or quality of spreading rapidly and widely online, like a virus.
• virchow

  nounVery Low (C2/Highly Specialised)
  /ˈvɪəkəʊ/ or /ˈvɜːkəʊ/A surname (proper noun), most famously referring to Rudolf Virchow, a 19th-century German physician, anthropologist, and politician.
• virelay

  nounVery rare / Archaic
  /ˈvɪrɪleɪ/A short lyric poem of French origin, with a complex, alternating rhyme scheme and refrain.
• virement

  nounLow
  /ˈvɪə.mɒ̃/The action or process of transferring funds from one account or budget heading to another.
• viremia

  nounLow
  /vaɪəˈriːmiə/The presence of viruses in the bloodstream.
• viren

  nounUncommon/Low
  /ˈvaɪrəs/(The term 'viren' does not exist as a standard English word. The closest English word is 'virus', a microscopic infectious agent that replicates inside living cells.)
• vireo

  nounC2/Rare
  /ˈvɪrɪəʊ/a small, active, insectivorous songbird of the family Vireonidae, typically having olive-green or gray plumage, found in the Americas
• vires

  nounC2
  /ˈvʌɪriːz/A plural noun meaning 'forces' or 'powers', particularly in legal or scientific contexts.
• virescence

  nounC2/Rare
  /vɪˈrɛsəns/The process of turning green or developing green colour or pigmentation; the state of being green.
• virga

  nounLow (Technical/Specialized)
  /ˈvɜː.ɡə/A meteorological phenomenon where precipitation (rain, snow, or ice) falls from a cloud but evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground.
• virgil

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency in everyday language; mostly literary, academic, or historical contexts)
  /ˈvɜː.dʒɪl/A proper noun referring to the classical Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BCE), author of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and the Eclogues.
• virgin

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈvɜːdʒɪn/A person who has never had sexual intercourse.
• virgin birth

  nounLow
  /ˌvɜːdʒɪn ˈbɜːθ/The birth of a child from a mother who has not had sexual intercourse.
• virgin forest

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency, specialized environmental/geographical term)
  /ˌvɜːdʒɪn ˈfɒrɪst/A forest that has never been logged, cleared, or significantly disturbed by human activity, containing mature, native trees and complex ecosystems that have developed naturally over centuries.
• virgin islands

  plural-nounB1
  /ˌvɜːdʒɪn ˈaɪləndz/A group of Caribbean islands divided between the US Virgin Islands (a US territory) and the British Virgin Islands (a British Overseas Territory).
• virgin islands national park

  nounVery Low
  /ˌvɜːdʒɪn ˈaɪləndz ˈnæʃnəl pɑːk/A specific national park located on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.

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