Here is a list of words that end in ‘V.’ There is a total of 266 ‘V’ ending words with their definition in this list. Many English words are no longer used in literary works. So, those are not included here.
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ABV
- alcohol by volume
ACV
- Actual cash value
- Air-cushion vehicle
- Armored combat vehicle; armored command vehicle
- Actual cash value
AFV
- Armored fighting vehicle
- Alternative fuel vehicle
ARV
- American revised version
- Antiretroviral
ASV
- American standard version
ATV
- All-terrain vehicle
- All-terrain vehicle
- All-terrain vehicle
AUV
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
AV
- Avenue
- Average
- Avoirdupois
- Ad valorem
- Arteriovenous
Abashev
- Belonging to a bronze age culture of the chuvash republic in the east central soviet union
Abrikosov
- Alexei (alexeevich) 1928–2017 russian-american physicist
Abv
- alcohol by volume
Adv
- Adverb
- Against
- Advertisement; advertising
- Advisory
- Adverb
Alferov
- Zhores ivanovich 1930–2019 russian (belarusian-born) physicist
Andreyev
- Leonid nikolayevich 1871–1919 russian author
Andropov
- Yuri vladimirovich 1914–1984 russian politician; president u.s.s.r. (1982–84); 1st secretary of communist party (1982–84)
Asimov
- Isaac 1920–1992 american (russian-born) writer
Av
- Avenue
- Average
- Avoirdupois
- Ad valorem
- Arteriovenous
BEV
- Billion electron volts
- Black english vernacular
BMV
- Blessed mary the virgin
BPPV
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
BPV
- Benign positional vertigo
- Benign positional vertigo
Baranov
- Aleksandr andreyevich 1747–1819 russian fur trader; 1st governor of russian america
Baryshnikov
- Mikhail (nikolaevitch) 1948– american (latvian-born) ballet dancer
Bav
- Bavaria; bavarian
Berav
- To spatter with dirt or filth
- To defile with excrement
Berdyayev
- Nikolay aleksandrovich 1874–1948 russian philosopher
Bev
- Billion electron volts
- Black english vernacular
Brasov
- City in central romania in the foothills of the transylvanian alps population 284,596
Brev
- Brevet
- Brevier
Brezhnev
- Leonid ilyich 1906–1982 russian politician; president of u.s.s.r. (1960–64; 1977–82); 1st secretary of communist party (1964–82)
CATV
- Cable television
- Community antenna television
CCTV
- Closed-circuit television
CMV
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus
CUV
- An automotive vehicle that is similar to a sport utility vehicle but built on a car chassis
CV
- Convertible
- Cultivar
- Cardiovascular
- Coronavirus
- Curriculum vitae
Cav
- Cavalry
- Cavity
- Cavity
Chav
- A young person in britain of a type stereotypically known for engaging in aggressively loutish behavior especially when in groups and for wearing flashy jewelry and athletic casual clothing (such as tracksuits and baseball caps)
Chekhov
- Anton pavlovich 1860–1904 russian dramatist and writer
Chekov
- Anton pavlovich 1860–1904 russian dramatist and writer
Chenstokhov
- City in southern poland on the warta river population 236,000
Cherenkov
- Pavel alekseyevich 1904–1990 russian physicist
Chernigov
- City on the desna river in northern ukraine population 306,000
Chernihiv
- City on the desna river in northern ukraine population 306,000
Chev
- Chevalier
- Chevron
Chislev
- Variant spelling of KISLEV
Chiv
- Face
Chkalov
- City on the ural river in southeastern russia in europe population 547,500
Civ
- Civil; civilian; civilization
Cliv
- Scottish variant of CLOOF
Conv
- Convention; conventional
- Convertible
- Convocation
- Convalescent
Cov
- Coronavirus — see also mers-cov, ncov, sars-cov, sars-cov-2
- Coronavirus — see mers-cov, ncov, sars-cov, sars-cov-2
Cv
- Convertible
- Cultivar
- Cardiovascular
- Coronavirus
- Curriculum vitae
DAV
- Disabled american veterans
DMV
- Department of motor vehicles
DV
- God willing
- Douay version
- Daily value
- Dilute volume
Deriv
- Derivation; derivative
Dev
- Deviation
Diaghilev
- Sergey pavlovich 1872–1929 russian ballet producer and art critic
Div
- Divided
- Dividend
- Division
- Divorced
- Divide; division
Druv
- Dialectal past tense of DRIVE
EBV
- Epstein-barr virus
- Epstein-barr virus
EHV
- Extra high voltage
ETV
- Educational television
EV
- Electron volt
- Electric vehicle
Ekaterinoslav
- City on the dnieper river in eastern ukraine population 996,500
Elev
- Elevation
Env
- Envelope
Equiv
- Equivalency; equivalent
Erev
- Variant spelling of EREB
Eruv
- Variant spelling of ERUB
Ev
- Electron volt
- Electric vehicle
FFV
- First families of virginia
FV
- On the back of the page
Fav
- Favorite
- Favorite sense 1
GMV
- Gram-molecular volume
Gev
- Giga-electron-volt
Glazunov
- Aleksandr konstantinovich 1865–1936 russian composer
Godunov
- Boris fyodorovich circa 1551–1605 czar of russia (1598–1605)
Gorbachev
- Mikhail sergeyevich 1931– soviet politician; 1st secretary of communist party (1985–91); president of u.s.s.r. (1990–91)
Gorchakov
- Prince aleksandr mikhaylovich 1798–1883 russian statesman and diplomat
Gov
- Government; governor
- Governmental institution
- Governor, government
Gustav
- Name of 6 kings of sweden, the first 4 of the vasa dynastyi (gustav eriksson) 1496?–1560 (reigned 1523–60); ii (gustav adolph) 1594–1632 (reigned 1611–32); iii 1746–1792 (reigned 1771–92); iv (gustav adolph) 1778–1837 (reigned 1792–1809); v 1858–1950 (reigned 1907–50); vi (gustav adolph) 1882–1973 (reigned 1950–73)
Guv
- Dialectal past tense of GIVE
HDTV
- High-definition television
HDV
- Hepatitis d virus; hepatitis delta virus
- Hepatitis d virus; hepatitis delta virus
HIV
- Either of two retroviruses that infect and destroy helper t cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of aids
- A virus that causes aids
- A virus that causes aids by destroying large numbers of cells that help the human body fight infection
- Any of several retroviruses and especially hiv-1 that infect and destroy helper t cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of aids
HMMWV
- High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HMPV
- Human metapneumovirus
- Human metapneumovirus
HOV
- High-occupancy vehicle
HPV
- Human papillomavirus
- Human-powered vehicle
- Human papillomavirus
HTLV
- Any of several retroviruses
- Any of several retroviruses that formerly included the original strain of the aids virus before it was grouped with other strains, renamed hiv-1, and made the type species (human immunodeficiency virus 1) of the genus lentivirus
HV
- Have
- High velocity
- High voltage
Halierov
- A former monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ slovakian koruna
Havirov
- City in the eastern part of the czech republic population 85,855
Hmpv
- Human metapneumovirus
- Human metapneumovirus
Hv
- Have
- High velocity
- High voltage
ISV
- International scientific vocabulary
ITV
- Instructional television
IV
- An apparatus used to administer a fluid (as of medication, blood, or nutrients) intravenously
- A fluid administered by iv
- Intravenous; intravenously
- A device that is used to allow a fluid (such as blood or a liquid medication) to flow directly into a patient’s veins
- An apparatus used to administer a fluid (as of medication, blood, or nutrients) intravenously
Improv
- Of, relating to, or being improvisation and especially an improvised comedy routine
Impv
- Imperative
Indiv
- Individual
Inv
- Inventor
- Invoice
- Invenit
Isogriv
- A line on a map or chart connecting points of equal grivation
JV
- Junior varsity
Jav
- Javanese
Juv
- Juvenile
KJV
- King james version
Kalashnikov
- A soviet-designed assault rifle
- Ak-47
Kamenev
- Lev borisovich 1883–1936 russian communist leader
Karbovantsiv
- The basic monetary unit of ukraine during its brief period of independence beginning in 1917 readopted as a transitional monetary unit from 1991 until introduction of the hryvnia in 1996
- A currency note representing one karbovanets
Kethiv
- A reading in the consonantal text of the jewish scriptures for which in traditional jewish practice there is substituted a different reading whose consonants are usually given in the margin — compare kere
Kev
- Kilo-electron-volt
Kharkiv
- City in northeastern ukraine on the edge of donets basin population 1,446,000
Kharkov
- City in northeastern ukraine on the edge of donets basin population 1,446,000
Kheraskov
- Mikhail matveyevich 1733–1807 russian poet
Khrushchev
- sergeyevich 1894–1971 soviet politician; premier of soviet union (1958–64)
Kiev
- City on the dnieper river in ukraine population 2,800,000
Kirov
- Sergey mironovich 1886–1934 soviet politician
- City on the vyatka river in east central russia in europe population 473,700
Kishinev
- City in central moldova population 664,700
Kislev
- The third month of the civil year or the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the jewish calendar — see months of the principal calendars table
Kolmogorov
- Andrey nikolayevich 1903–1987 soviet mathematician
Koltsov
- Aleksey vasilyevich 1808–1842 russian poet
Konev
- Ivan stepanovich 1897–1973 soviet general
Kornilov
- Lavr georgiyevich 1870–1918 russian general and counterrevolutionary
Kutuzov
- Mikhail illarionovich 1745–1813 prince of smolensk russian field marshal
Kuybyshev
- A dry indehiscent usually one-seeded winged fruit (as of an ash or elm tree)
- City of eastern russia in europe in the valley of the volga river population 1,165,000
Kv
- Kilovolt
Kyiv
- City on the dnieper river in ukraine population 2,800,000
Kyyiv
- City on the dnieper river in ukraine population 2,800,000
LISTSERV
- Used for software for managing email transmissions to and from a list of subscribers
LRV
- Light-rail vehicle
LWV
- League of women voters
Lav
- Lavatory
- Hiv-1
Leitmotiv
- An associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a wagnerian music drama
- A dominant recurring theme
Lermontov
- Mikhail yuryevich 1814–1841 russian poet and novelist
Lev
- The basic monetary unit of bulgaria — see money table
- Leviticus
- Levorotatory
- To the left
Litvinov
- Maksim maksimovich 1876–1951 soviet diplomat
Lulav
- The traditional festive palm branch that is carried and waved during the festival of sukkoth — compare ethrog
Lulov
- The traditional festive palm branch that is carried and waved during the festival of sukkoth — compare ethrog
Luv
- Nonstandard spelling of LOVE
Lv
- Leave
- livermorium
- Left ventricle
MARV
- Maneuverable reentry vehicle
MATV
- Master antenna television
MIRV
- A missile with two or more warheads designed to strike separate enemy targets
- Any of the warheads of such a missile
- To equip with mirv warheads
- To arm one’s forces with mirvs
MOV
- Manuscript on vellum
MPV
- Multipurpose vehicle
MV
- Millivolt
- Main verb
- Mean variation
- Motor vessel
- Millivolt
Maariv
- The daily jewish evening liturgy — compare minhah, shaharith
Maglev
- The use of the physical properties of magnetic fields generated by superconducting magnets to cause an object (such as a vehicle) to float above a solid surface
- A train utilizing maglev technology
Malenkov
- Georgy maksimilianovich 1902–1988 soviet politician
Markov
- Of, relating to, or resembling a markov process or markov chain especially by having probabilities defined in terms of transition from the possible existing states to other states
Mdiv
- Master of divinity
Medvedev
- Dmitry (anatolyevich) 1965– president of russia (2008–12); prime minister (2012–2020)
Mendeleyev
- Dmitry ivanovich 1834–1907 russian chemist
Mev
- Million electron volts
Milyukov
- Pavel nikolayevich 1859–1943 russian politician and historian
Mogilev
- City on the dnieper river in eastern belarus population 358,279
Mogilyov
- City on the dnieper river in eastern belarus population 358,279
Molotov
- Vyacheslav mikhaylovich 1890–1986 originally surname skryabin soviet statesman
Moshav
- A cooperative settlement of small individual farms in israel — compare kibbutz
Mv
- Millivolt
- Main verb
- Mean variation
- Motor vessel
- Millivolt
Mykolayiv
- City and port at a confluence of rivers in southern ukraine population 496,000
NCV
- No commercial value
NPV
- No par value
NV
- Nevada
- Nonvoting
- Nevada
Nabokov
- Vladimir vladimirovich 1899–1977 american (russian-born) novelist and poet
Narev
- River in northeastern poland flowing west and southwest into the bug river
Nav
- Naval
- Navigable; navigation
Ncov
- Novel coronavirus
- Novel coronavirus
Negev
- Region of southern israel; a triangular wedge of desert touching the gulf of aqaba in the south
Nemerov
- Howard 1920–1991 american writer; poet laureate (1988–90)
Nev
- Nevada
- Nevada
Nikolayev
- City and port at a confluence of rivers in southern ukraine population 496,000
Nov
- November
- November
Novoselov
- Sir konstantin (sergeevich) 1974– russian-british physicist
Nureyev
- Rudolf hametovich 1938–1993 russian-born ballet dancer
OHV
- Overhead valve
ORV
- Off-road vehicle
Obv
- Obverse
Ollav
- A learned man in ancient ireland
POV
- Point of view
POWV
- Powassan virus
- powassan virus
PPV
- Pay-per-view
PTV
- Public television
PV
- Photovoltaic
- Polyvinyl
Pavlov
- Ivan petrovich 1849–1936 russian physiologist
Perv
- Pervert entry 2
- Pervert
Plekhanov
- Georgy valentinovich 1857–1918 russian marxist philosopher
Plovdiv
- City in southern bulgaria on the maritsa river north of the rhodope mountains population 379,083
Pres̆ov
- City in central eastern slovakia population 161,782
Prev
- Previous; previously
Pristav
- A former russian supervisory official (as of a police force)
Priv
- Private; privately
Prokofiev
- Sergey sergeyevich 1891–1953 russian composer
Prov
- Province; provincial
- Provisional
- Proverbs
Pshav
- A member of a mountain people of the caucasus
Pskov
- City in western russia in europe near
- population 209,000
Pulv
- Powder
- Powder
Qv
- Which see
- As much as you will
RPV
- An uncrewed aircraft flown by remote control and used especially for reconnaissance
RSV
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Revised standard version
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Rous sarcoma virus
RV
- Recreational vehicle
- Revised version
- Recreational vehicle
Rdv
- Rendezvous
Rev
- A revolution of a motor
- Revolution per minute
- To step up the number of revolutions per minute of
- Increase
- To drive or operate especially at high speed
Riv
- River
Romanov
- Michael 1596–1645 1st czar (1613–45) of russian romanov dynasty (1613–1917)
SHV
- Under this word
SIV
- A lentivirus (species simian immunodeficiency virus) that causes a disease in monkeys similar to aids and that is closely related to hiv-2
- A retrovirus of the genus lentivirus (species simian immunodeficiency virus) that causes a disease in monkeys similar to aids and that is closely related to hiv-2 of humans
SMV
- Slow-moving vehicle
SOV
- Sovereign, pound
- Sovereign
- Soviet
- Shut-off valve
STV
- Subscription television
SUV
- A rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis sport utility vehicle
- A large vehicle that is designed to be used on rough surfaces but that is often used on city roads or highways
- Sport-utility vehicle
Sakharov
- Andrey dmitriyevich 1921–1989 russian physicist
Salv
- Salvage
- Savior
Saratov
- City of south central russia in europe on a reservoir of the volga river population 838,000
Satnav
- A satellite-based navigation system for ships
Sav
- Savings
Sclav
- Archaic variant of SLAV
Semenov
- Nikolay nikolayevich 1896–1986 soviet chemist
Serv
- Service
Sev
- Several
Shcherbakov
- City of west central russia in europe on the volga river population 201,000
Shiv
- A small usually improvised pointed or bladed weapon
- To stab or cut (someone) with a shiv (see shiv entry 1)
Sholokhov
- Mikhail aleksandrovich 1905–1984 soviet (russian-born) novelist
Slav
- A person whose native tongue is a slavic language
- A person from eastern europe who speaks a slavic language
- A native speaker of a slavic language
Slavkov
- Town in southeastern czech republic east-southeast of brno
Slv
- Sleeve
- Solvent
Solv
- Dissolve
Sov
- Sovereign, pound
- Sovereign
- Soviet
- Shut-off valve
Spiv
- A man who lives by his wits without regular employment
- Slacker sense 1
- A man who makes money dishonestly
Stakhanov
- City in eastern ukraine population 77,500
Stanislav
- City in southwestern ukraine population 226,000
Stev
- Stevedore
Stotinov
- A former monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ slovenian tolar
Subjv
- Subjunctive
Superv
- Supervision
Supv
- Supervise
Surv
- Survey
Suvorov
- Aleksandr vasilyevich 1729–1800 russian field marshal
Sv
- Saves
- Under the word
- Sievert
TGV
- High-speed train
TV
- Television
- Transvestite
- Television
- Television
Tambov
- City of south central russia in europe southeast of moscow population 280,000
Tev
- Tera-electron-volt; trillion electron-volts
Tiv
- A prominent peasant people of central nigeria noted for brass casting, wood carving, and music
- A member of the tiv people
- The language of the tiv people, belonging to the central branch of the niger-congo language family
Tolarjev
- The basic monetary unit of slovenia from 1992 to 2007
Transv
- Transverse
Trav
- Travel
Trv
- Traverse
Turgenev
- Ivan sergeyevich 1818–1883 russian novelist
UAV
- Rpv
UV
- Ultraviolet
- Ultraviolet
Univ
- University
Ustinov
- City of eastern russia in europe population 628,000
V
- The 22nd letter of the english alphabet
- A graphic representation of this letter
- A speech counterpart of orthographic v
- Five — see table of numbers
- A graphic device for reproducing the letter v
Vav
- The 6th letter of the hebrew alphabet — see alphabet table
Viv
- Vivace
Voroshilov
- Kliment yefremovich 1881–1969 soviet marshal; chairman of the presidium (1953–60)
Vv
- Verses
- Volume per volume
WAV
- A usually uncompressed lossless computer file format used for the storage of digital audio data
WV
- West virginia
- West virginia
- Weight in volume
Yugoslav
- Former country in southern europe on the balkan peninsula consisting of serbia, montenegro, slovenia, croatia, bosnia and herzegovina, and macedonia
Zhdanov
- Andrey aleksandrovich 1896–1948 soviet politician
Zhukov
- Georgy konstantinovich 1896–1974 soviet marshal
Zinoviev
- Grigory yevseyevich 1883–1936 originally ovsel gershon aronov radomyslsky soviet revolutionary
Zinovyev
- Grigory yevseyevich 1883–1936 originally ovsel gershon aronov radomyslsky soviet revolutionary