Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
vocabulary |
noun |
A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book., A sum or stock of words employed. |
vocabulist |
noun |
The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer. |
vocalizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Vocalize |
vociferant |
adjective |
Noisy; clamorous. |
vociferate |
verb i. |
To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor., To utter with a loud voice; to shout out. |
vociferous |
adjective |
Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds. |
volapukist |
noun |
One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapuk. |
volatility |
noun |
Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness. |
volatilize |
verb t. |
To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor. |
volcanized |
imp. & past participle |
of Volcanize |
volitation |
noun |
The act of flying; flight. |
volitional |
adjective |
Belonging or relating to volition. |
voltairean |
adjective |
Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author. |
voltairism |
noun |
The theories or practice of Voltaire. |
voltameter |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte. |
voltaplast |
noun |
A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping. |
volubilate |
adjective |
Alt. of Volubile |
volubility |
noun |
The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective). |
volumetric |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. |
voluminous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes., Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions., Of great volume, or bulk; large., Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. |
voluptuary |
noun |
A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites., Voluptuous; luxurious. |
voluptuous |
adjective |
Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual., Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications. |
volutation |
noun |
A rolling of a body; a wallowing. |
vomitories |
plural |
of Vomitory |
voraginous |
adjective |
Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring. |
vorticella |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. |
vouchsafed |
imp. & past participle |
of Vouchsafe |
vow-fellow |
noun |
One bound by the same vow as another. |
voyageable |
adjective |
That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable. |