| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vacant | adjective | Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room., Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours., Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish., Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind., Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. |
| vacate | verb t. | To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house., To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause., To defeat; to put an end to. |
| vacher | noun | A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. |
| vacuna | noun | The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines. |
| vacuum | noun | A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum., The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch. |
| vadium | noun | Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage. |
| vagary | noun | A wandering or strolling., Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. |
| vagina | noun | A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein., Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca., The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca., The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath., The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise. |
| vagous | adjective | Wandering; unsettled. |
| vailer | noun | One who vails. |
| vainly | adverb | In a vain manner; in vain. |
| vaisya | noun | The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1. |
| vakeel | noun | A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador. |
| valise | noun | A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau. |
| vallar | adjective | Of or pertaining to a rampart., A vallar crown. |
| valley | noun | The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively., The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle., The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. |
| vallum | noun | A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. |
| valued | imp. & past participle | of Value, Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend. |
| valuer | noun | One who values; an appraiser. |
| valure | noun | Value. |
| valved | adjective | Having a valve or valve; valvate. |
| vamose | verb i. & t. | To depart quickly; to depart from. |
| vamped | imp. & past participle | of Vamp |
| vamper | noun | One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler., To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. |
| vamure | noun | See Vauntmure. |
| vandal | noun | One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature., Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature., Alt. of Vandalic |
| vanglo | noun | Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; — so called in the West Indies. |
| vanish | verb i. | To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land., To be annihilated or lost; to pass away., The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. |
| vanity | noun | The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity., An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one’s personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit., That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment., One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5. |
| vanjas | noun | The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white. |
| vanner | noun | A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner. |
| vapory | adjective | Full of vapors; vaporous., Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish. |
| varied | adjective | Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery., of Vary |
| varier | noun | A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety. |
| varify | verb t. | To make different; to vary; to variegate. |
| varlet | noun | A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman., Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet., In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. |
| varuna | noun | The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water. |
| varvel | noun | In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses. |
| vassal | noun | The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant., A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave., Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile., To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. |
| vastel | noun | See Wastel. |
| vastly | adverb | To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely. |
| vatted | imp. & past participle | of Vat |
| vatful | noun | As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat. |
| vaulty | adjective | Arched; concave. |
| vaunce | verb i. | To advance. |
| vaward | noun | The fore part; van. |