| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| viage | noun | A voyage; a journey. |
| viand | noun | An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; — used chiefly in the plural. |
| viary | adjective | Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads. |
| vicar | noun | One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy., The incumbent of an appropriated benefice. |
| viced | imp. & past participle | of Vice, Vicious; corrupt. |
| viewy | adjective | Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person., Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination. |
| vifda | noun | In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted. |
| vigil | verb i. | Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch., Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises., Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast., Later, the day and the night preceding a feast., A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast. |
| vigor | noun | Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy., Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor., Strength; efficacy; potency., To invigorate. |
| viled | adjective | Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile. |
| villa | noun | A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. |
| villi | noun | pl. of Villus., of Villus |
| vimen | noun | A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch. |
| vined | adjective | Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves. |
| viner | noun | A vinedresser. |
| vinic | adjective | Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol. |
| vinny | adjective | Vinnewed. |
| vinyl | noun | The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous. |
| viola | noun | A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets., An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. |
| viole | noun | A vial. |
| viper | adjective | Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae., A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. |
| vireo | noun | Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet. |
| virge | noun | A wand. See Verge. |
| virgo | noun | A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs., A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica. |
| virid | adjective | Green. |
| virtu | noun | A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. |
| virus | verb i. | Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; — applied to organic poisons., The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there., Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books. |
| visit | verb t. | To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient., To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge., To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath., To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others., The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician., The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector. |
| visne | noun | Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue. |
| vison | noun | The mink. |
| visor | noun | A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it., A mask used to disfigure or disguise., The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. |
| vista | noun | A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. |
| visto | noun | A vista; a prospect. |
| vital | adjective | Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions., Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood., Containing life; living., Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal., Very necessary; highly important; essential., Capable of living; in a state to live; viable., A vital part; one of the vitals. |
| vitis | noun | A genus of plants including all true grapevines. |
| vitoe | adjective | See Durukuli. |
| vitta | noun | One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants., A band, or stripe, of color. |
| vivda | noun | See Vifda. |
| vives | noun | A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration. |
| vivid | adjective | True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors., Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. |
| vixen | noun | A female fox., A cross, ill-tempered person; — formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. |
| vizir | noun | See Vizier. |
| vizor | noun | See Visor. |