Words that start with V

Photo by Michael McCarthy

Vis forVenomous

Venomous is another word for poisonous or toxic. Snakes, scorpions and spiders can be venomous.

Adjectives

Photo by Anthony Golden

Vis forVent

A vent is an opening that lets air in or out of a building. Vents might let air flow through naturally, or have air pushed through them by a fan or air conditioner.

Openings

Photo of a man and a ventriloquist dummy

Photo by TJ Ryan

A ventriloquist is someone who can talk without moving their lips, and make it seem like their voice is coming from somewhere else. Ventriloquists usually perform on stage with a dummy or puppet, and make it look like the dummy can talk when it is really just the ventriloquist operating the dummy.

Jobs

Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Vis forVenus

Venus is the second closest planet to the sun, and the closest planet to earth. Venus is covered in thick clouds that reflect sunlight, and it is usually the brightest planet we can see in the sky at night. Venus is 108,208,930km from the Sun. Its radius is 6,051.8 km.

Planets

Photo by Beatrice Murch

Vis forVenus fly trap

Scientific name: dionaea muscipula

The venus fly trap is a small plant that grows in wet areas like marshes and bogs. Venus fly traps have special leaves that they use to catch insects that crawl through them. When an insect tickles the hairs inside these leaves, they close around the insect so it can't escape and the plant digests the insect inside the closed leaves.

Plants

Photo by The Lebers

Vis forVerandah

A verahdah is a covered area attached to a house. Verandahs are very similar to a porch, but are generally bigger. A verandah might cover the entire front of a house or even cover two or more sides of the house. Verandahs are very common in Australia.

Structures

Photo by Joe Loong

Vis forVerbose

Something written or spoken is verbose if there are far more words used than is necessary to get the message across.

Adjectives, Communication

Photo by Les Chatfield

Vis forVerge

A verge is the edge of something, or a strip around the edge of something, like the road verge in the picture. A verge might also be the point at which something begins or changes, for example "he was on the verge of a breakthrough".

Boundaries

Photo by Tony Fischer

Vis forVerse

A verse is a line in a poem or part of a song.

Texts

Photo by Francis Storr

Vis forVertebra

Vertebra are small bones that make up your spine, which runs down the center of your back. Different animals have different numbers of vertebra. snakes have the most.

Body parts