| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| viable | adjective | Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; — said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant. |
| vialed | imp. & past participle | of Vial |
| viatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling. |
| vibrio | noun | A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus. |
| vicary | noun | A vicar. |
| vicing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vice |
| vicety | noun | Fault; defect; coarseness. |
| vicine | adjective | Near; neighboring; vicinal., An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance. |
| victim | noun | A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of., A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition., A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident., Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. |
| victor | noun | The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; — often followed by art, rarely by of., A destroyer., Victorious. |
| victus | noun | Food; diet. |
| vicu–a | noun | Alt. of Vicugna |
| vidame | noun | One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles. |
| vidual | adjective | Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed. |
| vielle | noun | An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy. |
| viewed | imp. & past participle | of View |
| viewer | noun | One who views or examines., A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same., The superintendent of a coal mine. |
| viewly | adjective | Alt. of Viewsome |
| vigily | noun | A vigil. |
| viking | noun | One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries. |
| vilany | noun | Villainy. |
| vilify | verb t. | To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace., To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate., To treat as vile; to despise. |
| vility | noun | Vileness; baseness. |
| villas | plural | of Villa |
| villan | noun | A villain. |
| villus | noun | One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface., Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet. |
| vineal | adjective | Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines. |
| vinery | noun | A vineyard., A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery. |
| vinose | adjective | Vinous. |
| vinous | adjective | Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste. |
| vintry | noun | A place where wine is sold. |
| violet | noun | Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor)., The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum., In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color., Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera., Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. |
| violin | noun | A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle. |
| virago | noun | A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior., Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen. |
| virent | adjective | Green; not withered. |
| virger | noun | See Verger. |
| virgin | noun | A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid., A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence., See Virgo., Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae., A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect., Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush., Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold., Not yet pregnant; impregnant., To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; — followed by it. See It, 5. |
| virial | noun | A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, — first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics. |
| virile | adjective | Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; — opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs. |
| virole | noun | A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn. |
| virose | adjective | Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous. |
| virtue | noun | Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor., Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine., Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance., Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth., Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty., A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc., Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity., One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. |
| visaed | imp. & past participle | of Visa |
| visage | noun | The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; — chiefly applied to the human face., To face. |
| visard | noun | A mask. See Visor., To mask. |
| viscid | adjective | Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid. |
| viscin | noun | A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime. |
| viscum | noun | A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe., Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe. |
| viscus | noun | One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; — especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. |
| viseed | imp. & past participle | of Vise |
| vishnu | noun | A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation. |
| vision | verb | The act of seeing external objects; actual sight., The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve., That which is seen; an object of sight., Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah., Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy., To see in a vision; to dream. |
| visite | noun | A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer. |
| visive | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sight; visual. |
| vistas | plural | of Vista |
| visual | adjective | Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve., That can be seen; visible. |
| vitals | noun pl. | Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain., Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. |
| vitric | adjective | Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; — distinguished from ceramic. |
| vittae | plural | of Vitta |
| vivace | adjective & adverb | Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; — a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner. |
| vivary | noun | A vivarium. |
| vively | adverb | In a lively manner. |
| vivers | noun pl. | Provisions; victuals. |
| vivify | verb t. | To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. |
| vizard | noun | A mask; a visor. |
| vizier | noun | A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. |