Words That Start With: VIR

• A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern.

• the presence of a virus in the blood stream

• a person who has never had sex

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo

• the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22

• being used or worked for the first time

• in a state of sexual virginity

• the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a noisy or scolding or domineering woman

• a large strong and aggressive woman

• The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1/4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.

• Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.

• Finely striped, often with dark fibers.

• being actually such in almost every respect

• existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact