| Vietnamese |
When something is Vietnamese, it is from the country of Vietnam, or it has to do with the people, culture, or language of Vietnam. [2 definitions] |
| view |
When you have a view from your window, it means that there is an area that you can see from your window. [2 definitions] |
| village |
A village is a small town or community. A village is often in the country near farms and fields. |
| vine |
A vine is a plant that climbs up something or grows along the ground. You often see vines growing up a tree or the side of a building. Grapes are a fruit that grow on a vine. |
| vinegar |
Vinegar is a liquid that tastes very sour. It tastes even more sour than lemons, but it is used in foods to give them a special flavor or to keep them from spoiling. |
| viola |
A viola is an instrument for playing music. It is made of wood and has four strings. It looks like a violin, but it is bigger and plays lower sounds. When you play the viola, you rest it against your shoulder like people do when they play the violin. |
| violet |
A violet is a plant with flowers that are purple, blue, yellow, or white. Each flower of the violet has a small number of petals, and they often lie very flat. |
| violin |
A violin is an instrument for playing music. A violin has four strings. It is held between the chin and shoulder and is played with something called a bow. A bow is a long, thin, straight piece of wood with long hairs stretched between the ends. |
| Virginia |
Virginia is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Virginia is VA. |
| virus |
A virus is a tiny living thing that lives in other living things and sometimes causes people to get sick. Viruses spread from one living thing to another--like the way you might get sick if someone in your family is sick. Colds are caused by viruses, and some very serious diseases are caused by viruses too. |
| visit |
When you visit someone, you go to see them and spend a little time with them. When you visit a place, you go there and see the things that are there. [2 definitions] |
| visitor |
A visitor is someone who comes to a place to see it or to stay with people for a while. |
| voice |
Your voice is the sounds that come from your mouth when you speak or sing. |
| volcano |
A volcano is a mountain made from hot, melted rock that has come up from deep inside the earth. The melted rock comes through an opening in the earth's surface with a lot of force. When this happens, we say that the volcano is erupting. Sometimes a volcano does not erupt for thousands of years, but then it becomes active again. Each time a volcano erupts, the hot liquid rock cools and makes the volcano bigger in size. |
| Volga River |
The Volga River is an important river in Russia. It is also the longest river in Europe. The Volga River begins in the northwestern part of Russia. It flows east and south across the central part of Russia. Finally, it flows out into the Caspian Sea. |
| volleyball |
Volleyball is a game that two teams play with a light, round ball and a high net. The net stands between the two teams. The players use their hands to hit the ball back and forth over the net. A team gets a point when the ball hits the ground on the other team's side. [2 definitions] |
| vote |
When a group of people is deciding something, each person's choice is called their vote. [2 definitions] |
| vowel |
In the English alphabet, a vowel is any of the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y." [2 definitions] |
| voyage |
A voyage is a long trip over the sea or land, or through the air, or through space. |
| vulture |
A vulture is a large bird that usually has dark feathers on its body but no feathers on its head and neck. Vultures don't hunt live animals. They eat animals that are already dead. |
| waffle1 |
A waffle is a kind of food that people sometimes have for breakfast. A waffle is a kind of crisp pancake cooked in a special way that leaves a pattern of squares on it |