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v. • abbr. ∎ Gram. verb. ∎ (in textual references) verse. ∎ verso. ∎ versus. ∎ very. ∎ (in textual references) vide.• symb. velocity.

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v. vacuum
• vagrant
• vale
• valley
• valve
• vein
• vel (Latin: or)
• ventilator
• ventral
• verb(al)
• verse
• version
• Printing verso
• versus
• vertical
• very
• via
• vicarage
• vice (Latin: in place of)
• vide (Latin: see)
• village
• violin
• virus
• visibility
• Med. vision
• Grammar vocative
• Music voice
• volcano
• volume
• von (German: of; in names)
• votre (French: your)
• vowel

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