| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vaccinating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vaccinate |
| vaccination | noun | The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation. |
| vacillating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vacillate, Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. |
| vacillation | noun | The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering. |
| vacillatory | adjective | Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. |
| vacuolation | noun | Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles. |
| vacuousness | noun | The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity. |
| vagabondage | noun | The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy. |
| vagabondism | noun | Vagabondage. |
| vagabondize | verb i. | To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness. |
| vaginervose | adjective | Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder. |
| vagrantness | noun | State of being vagrant; vagrancy. |
| vaishnavism | noun | The worship of Vishnu. |
| valediction | noun | A farewell; a bidding farewell. |
| valedictory | adjective | Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration., A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar. |
| valentinian | noun | One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; — so called from Valentinus, the founder. |
| valerianate | noun | A valerate. |
| valeritrine | noun | A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles. |
| valve-shell | noun | Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
| van-courier | noun | One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor. |
| vanner hawk | The kestrel. | |
| vanquishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vanquish |
| vaporimeter | noun | An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors. |
| vaporizable | adjective | Capable of being vaporized into vapor. |
| variability | noun | The quality or state of being variable; variableness., The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function. |
| variegating | present participle & vb. noun | of Variegate |
| variegation | noun | The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors. |
| variolation | noun | Inoculation with smallpox. |
| vascularity | noun | The quality or state of being vascular. |
| vase-shaped | adjective | Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot. |
| vasodentine | noun | A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine. |
| vasodilator | adjective | Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest. |
| vaticinator | noun | One who vaticinates; a prophet. |
| vaza parrot | Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; — called also vasa parrot. | |
| vectitation | noun | The act of carrying, or state of being carried. |
| vellicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vellicate |
| vellication | The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch., A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. | |
| vellicative | adjective | Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication. |
| velocimeter | noun | An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles. |
| venae cavae | plural | of Vena |
| vendemiaire | noun | The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. |
| vendibility | noun | The quality or state of being vendible, or salable. |
| venditation | noun | The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display. |
| veneficious | adjective | Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery. |
| venesection | noun | The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy. |
| vengeancely | adverb | Extremely; excessively. |
| ventilating | present participle & vb. noun | of Ventilate |
| ventilation | noun | The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air., The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood., The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain., The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure., The act of giving vent or expression. |
| ventilative | adjective | Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus. |
| ventricular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied. |
| ventriculus | noun | One of the stomachs of certain insects., The body cavity of a sponge. |
| ventriloquy | noun | Same as Ventriloquism. |
| ventrimeson | noun | See Meson. |
| venturesome | adjective | Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. |
| veraciously | adverb | In a veracious manner. |
| verbalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Verbalize |
| verbenating | present participle & vb. noun | of Verbenate |
| verberation | noun | The act of verberating; a beating or striking., The impulse of a body; which causes sound. |
| verbosities | plural | of Verbosity |
| verdureless | adjective | Destitute of verdure. |
| verecundity | noun | The quality or state of being verecund; modesty. |
| verfication | noun | The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication., Confirmation by evidence., A formal phrase used in concluding a plea. |
| veriloquent | adjective | Speaking truth; truthful. |
| verisimilar | adjective | Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. |
| versimilous | adjective | Verisimilar. |
| vermiculate | verb t. | To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms., Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut., Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. |
| vermiculite | noun | A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. |
| vermiculose | adjective | Alt. of Vermiculous |
| vermiculous | adjective | Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms. |
| vermiformia | noun pl. | A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis. |
| vermination | noun | The generation or breeding of vermin., A griping of the bowels. |
| verminously | adverb | In a verminous manner. |
| vermiparous | adjective | Producing or breeding worms. |
| vermivorous | adjective | Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds. |
| vernaculous | adjective | Vernacular., Scoffing; scurrilous. |
| verriculate | adjective | Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches. |
| verruciform | adjective | Shaped like a wart or warts. |
| verruculose | adjective | Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk. |
| versability | noun | The quality or state of being versable. |
| versatility | noun | The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness. |
| versemonger | noun | A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; — used humorously or in contempt. |
| vertebrally | adverb | At or within a vertebra or vertebrae; — distinguished from interverterbrally. |
| vertebrated | adjective | Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes., Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals., Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; — said of the arms ophiurans., Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; — used only in the form vertebrate. |
| verticality | noun | The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness. |
| verticillus | noun | A whorl; a verticil. |
| vertiginate | adjective | Turned round; giddy. |
| vertiginous | adjective | Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion., Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy. |
| vertilinear | adjective | Straight; rectilinear. |
| vesicularia | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems. |
| vespertilio | noun | A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe. |
| vespertinal | adjective | Vespertine. |
| vesuvianite | noun | A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase. |
| vexillation | noun | A company of troops under one vexillum. |
| vibratility | noun | The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation. |
| vicariously | adverb | In a vicarious manner. |
| vicegerency | noun | The office of a vicegerent. |
| viceroyalty | noun | The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy. |
| viceroyship | noun | Viceroyalty. |
| vichy water | A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy. | |
| vicissitude | noun | Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange., Irregular change; revolution; mutation. |
| victimizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Victimize |
| victualling | of Victual | |
| villanizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Villanize |
| villanously | noun | Alt. of Villanousness |
| vinaigrette | noun | A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, — used esp. for cold meats., A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; — called also vinegarette., A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man. |
| vincibility | noun | The quality or state of being vincible, vincibleness. |
| vindicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vindicate |
| vindication | noun | The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete., The claiming a thing as one’s own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing. |
| vindicative | adjective | Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy., Revengeful; vindictive. |
| vindicatory | adjective | Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative., Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory. |
| vinedresser | noun | One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard. |
| vinegarette | noun | See Vinaigrette, n., 2. |
| vineyardist | noun | One who cultivates a vineyard. |
| vingt et un | A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it. | |
| viniculture | noun | The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture. |
| violaniline | noun | A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color. |
| violoncello | noun | A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin. |
| virgouleuse | noun | An old French variety of pear, of little value. |
| virgularian | noun | Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis. |
| viridescent | adjective | Slightly green; greenish. |
| viscerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Viscerate |
| viscountess | noun | The wife of a viscount. |
| visionaries | plural | of Visionary |
| vitellogene | noun | A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths. |
| viticulture | noun | The cultivation of the vine; grape growing. |
| vitiousness | noun | See Vicious, Viciously, Viciousness. |
| vitrescence | noun | The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass. |
| vitrescible | adjective | That may be vitrified; vitrifiable. |
| vitrifiable | adjective | Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable. |
| vitrificate | verb t. | To convert into glass; to vitrify. |
| vitriolated | imp. & past participle | of Vitriolate, Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate. |
| vituperable | adjective | Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure. |
| vituperator | noun | One who vituperates, or censures abusively. |
| vivisection | noun | The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations. |
| vizier-azem | noun | A grand vizier. See under Vizier. |
| vociferance | noun | Vociferation; noise; clamor. |
| vociferated | imp. & past participle | of Vociferate |
| vociferator | noun | One who vociferates, or is clamorous. |
| volatilized | imp. & past participle | of Volatilize |
| vol-au-vent | noun | A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish. |
| volborthite | noun | A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime. |
| volcanicity | noun | Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power. |
| volcanizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Volcanize |
| volkslieder | plural | of Volkslied |
| voltagraphy | noun | In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode. |
| volumescope | noun | An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, and the like. |
| voluntarily | adverb | In a voluntary manner; of one’s own will; spontaneously. |
| voluntaries | plural | of Voluntary |
| volunteered | imp. & past participle | of Volunteer |
| vorticellas | plural | of Vorticella |
| vorticellae | plural | of Vorticella |
| vortiginous | adjective | Moving rapidly round a center; vortical. |
| vouchsafing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vouchsafe |
| vulcanicity | noun | Volcanicity. |
| vulcanizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vulcanize |
| vulcanology | noun | The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. |
| vulgarizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vulgarize |
| vulneration | noun | The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded. |