| GAVOTTE | • gavotte n. A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time. • gavotte v. To perform this dance. • GAVOTTE n. (French) a kind of French country dance, also GAVOT. |
| GRAVEST | • gravest adj. Superlative form of grave: most grave. • gravest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of grave. • GRAVE adj. extremely serious. |
| GRAVITY | • gravity n. The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness. • gravity n. The state or condition of being grave; seriousness. • gravity n. (Music) The lowness of a note. |
| OUTGAVE | • outgave v. Simple past tense of outgive. • OUTGIVE v. to give more than. |
| OVATING | • OVATE v. to receive with an ovation. |
| STAVING | • staving v. Present participle of stave. • staving n. A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel. • STAVE v. to drive or thrust away. |
| VAGITUS | • vagitus n. The crying of a newborn baby. • VAGITUS n. (Latin) a cry or wail. |
| VAGRANT | • vagrant n. (Dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. • vagrant n. (Specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself… • vagrant n. Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. |
| VAGUEST | • vaguest adj. Superlative form of vague: most vague. • VAGUE adj. indeterminate. |
| VANTAGE | • vantage n. (Archaic) An advantage. • vantage n. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point. • vantage n. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. |
| VATTING | • vatting v. Present participle of vat. • VAT v. to put into a large container for holding liquids. |
| VAUTING | • vauting v. Present participle of vaut. • VAUTE v. (obsolete) to vault, also VAUT, VAWTE. |
| VAWTING | • VAWTE v. (obsolete) to vault, also VAUT, VAUTE. |
| VEGETAL | • vegetal adj. (Now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed… • vegetal adj. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. • vegetal adj. (Wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste. |
| VENTAGE | • ventage n. (Countable) A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument. • ventage n. Venting (the act by which something is vented). • VENTAGE n. (Shakespeare) a fingerhole, as in a flute, also VENTIGE. |
| VINTAGE | • vintage n. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season. • vintage n. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin. • vintage n. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking. |
| VIRGATE | • virgate n. (Historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1⁄4 of a hide and notionally… • virgate adj. Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches. • virgate adj. (Mycology) Finely striped, often with dark fibers. |
| VITRAGE | • vitrage n. A curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French… • VITRAGE n. (French) a thin curtain for windows or glazed doors. |
| VOLTAGE | • voltage n. (Electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between… • VOLTAGE n. electromotive force expressed in volts. |
| VULGATE | • vulgate adj. (Archaic) Made common, published for common use, vulgarized. • vulgate adj. (Of a text, especially the Bible, not comparable) In or pertaining to the common version or edition. • vulgate n. The vernacular language of a people. |