# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 96
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1901 "2017-02-18T10:11:24Z")
V\*A - effluvia ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1902 "2017-02-18T12:23:20Z")
V\*B = vibration ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1903 "2017-02-18T12:51:40Z")
V\*C = vacuous ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1904 "2017-02-18T12:53:03Z")
V\*D = provide ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1905 "2017-02-18T14:40:23Z")
V\*E -vie ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1906 "2017-02-18T14:42:49Z")
V\*F = revivification ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1907 "2017-02-18T14:43:46Z")
v\*g - vigilante ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1908 "2017-02-18T16:43:50Z")
V\*H = vehicle ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1909 "2017-02-18T17:04:45Z")
V\*I - divvies ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1910 "2017-02-18T17:44:52Z")
V\*J = Lovejoy ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1911 "2017-02-18T17:52:50Z")
V\*K - Viking ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1912 "2017-02-18T18:11:41Z")
V\*L = avalanche ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1913 "2017-02-18T18:22:01Z")
V\*M - vim ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1914 "2017-02-18T19:51:38Z")
V\*N- Avuncular ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1915 "2017-02-18T20:38:58Z")
V\*O = chevron ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1916 "2017-02-18T20:51:30Z")
V\*P = evaporate ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1917 "2017-02-18T20:57:18Z")
V\*Q - vaquero > **[Vaquero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaquero)** > > The vaquero (Spanish: \[baˈkeɾo\]; Portuguese: vaqueiro, European Portuguese: \[vɐˈkɐjɾu\], Brazilian Portuguese: \[vaˈkejɾu\]) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to Latin America from Spain. The vaquero became the foundation for the North American cowboy, in Northern Mexico, Southwestern United States, and Western Canada. > The cowboys of the Great Basin still use the term "buckaro... ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1918 "2017-02-18T21:25:22Z")
V\*R = hovercraft ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1919 "2017-02-19T05:08:44Z")
V_S, V_T = inveteratives “Your search - inveteratives - did not match any documents.” Oh yeah? I bet now it does. (Within ten seconds, I refreshed Google search, and there it was!) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1920 "2017-02-19T14:53:29Z")
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