| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vaagmer | noun | The dealfish. |
| vacancy | noun | The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness., That which is vacant., Empty space; vacuity; vacuum., An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts., Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation., A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc. |
| vacated | imp. & past participle | of Vacate |
| vaccary | noun | A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. |
| vaccina | noun | Vaccinia. |
| vaccine | adjective | Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease., The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination., any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques. |
| vachery | noun | An inclosure for cows., A dairy. |
| vacuate | verb t. | To make void, or empty. |
| vacuist | noun | One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; — opposed to plenist. |
| vacuity | noun | The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance., Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum., Want of reality; inanity; nihility. |
| vacuole | noun | A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. |
| vacuous | adjective | Empty; unfilled; void; vacant. |
| vacuums | plural | of Vacuum |
| vafrous | adjective | Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. |
| vagancy | noun | A wandering; vagrancy. |
| vagient | adjective | Crying like a child. |
| vaginae | plural | of Vagina |
| vaginal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone., Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery. |
| vagrant | adjective | Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled., Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar., One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond. |
| vaguely | adverb | In a vague manner. |
| vaimure | noun | An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure. |
| vaivode | noun | See Waywode. |
| valance | noun | Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor., The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed., To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. |
| valence | noun | The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four. |
| valency | noun | See Valence., A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity. |
| valeric | adjective | Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. |
| valerin | noun | A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor. |
| valero- | A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid. | |
| valeryl | noun | The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives. |
| valiant | adjective | Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer., Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave., Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. |
| validly | adverb | In a valid manner; so as to be valid. |
| valinch | noun | A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole. |
| vallary | adjective | Same as Vallar. |
| valleys | plural | of Valley |
| vallums | plural | of Vallum |
| valonia | noun | The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers., A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. |
| valuing | present participle & vb. noun | of Value |
| valvata | noun | A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum. |
| valvate | adjective | Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular., Meeting at the edges without overlapping; — said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation., Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers. |
| valvula | noun | A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule. |
| valvule | noun | A little valve; a valvelet., A small valvelike process. |
| vamping | present participle & vb. noun | of Vamp |
| vampire | noun | A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730., Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker., Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored., Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire. |
| vanadic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, vanadium; containing vanadium; specifically distinguished those compounds in which vanadium has a relatively higher valence as contrasted with the vanadious compounds; as, vanadic oxide. |
| vanadyl | noun | The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds. |
| vandyke | adjective | Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke., A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge., fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. |
| vanessa | noun | Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped. |
| vanfess | noun | A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water. |
| vanilla | noun | A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America., The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc. |
| vanning | noun | A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner. |
| vansire | noun | An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon. |
| vantage | noun | superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage., The first point after deuce., To profit; to aid. |
| vanward | adjective | Being on, or towards, the van, or front. |
| vapored | imp. & past participle | of Vapor, Wet with vapors; moist., Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5. |
| vaporer | noun | One who vapors; a braggart. |
| vaquero | noun | One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman. |
| varanus | noun | A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3. |
| variant | adjective | Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse., Changeable; changing; fickle., Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word. |
| variate | verb t. & i. | To alter; to make different; to vary. |
| varices | noun pl. | See Varix., of Varix |
| variety | noun | The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness., That which is various., A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks., Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc., An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species., In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc. |
| variola | noun | The smallpox. |
| various | adjective | Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors., Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable., Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. |
| varisse | noun | An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size. |
| varnish | noun | A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture., That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance., An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss., To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting., To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt. |
| varying | present participle & vb. noun | of Vary, a. & n. from Vary. |
| vascula | plural | of Vasculum |
| vastity | noun | Vastness. |
| vatting | present participle & vb. noun | of Vat |
| vatfuls | plural | of Vatful |
| vatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical. |
| vatican | noun | A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope’s palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc. |
| vaudois | noun sing. & pl. | An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud., A modern name of the Waldenses. |
| vaudoux | noun & adjective | See Voodoo. |
| vaulted | imp. & past participle | of Vault, Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof., Covered with an arch, or vault., Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers. |
| vaulter | noun | One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler. |
| vaunted | imp. & past participle | of Vaunt |
| vaunter | noun | One who vaunts; a boaster. |
| vavasor | noun | The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. |
| vection | noun | Vectitation. |
| vecture | noun | The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. |
| vedanta | noun | A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the “Anta,” or end or substance. |
| vedette | noun | A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. |
| veering | present participle & vb. noun | of Veer, Shifting. |
| vegetal | adjective | Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable., Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals., A vegetable. |
| vehicle | noun | That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land., That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy., A substance in which medicine is taken., Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. |
| veiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Veil, A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils. |
| veining | present participle & vb. noun | of Vein |
| veinlet | noun | A small vein. |
| veinous | adjective | Marked with veins; veined; veiny. |
| velaria | plural | of Velarium |
| velella | noun | Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella. |
| veliger | noun | Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming. |
| vellumy | adjective | Resembling vellum. |
| velours | noun | One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet. |
| velverd | noun | The veltfare. |
| velvety | adjective | Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate. |
| venally | adverb | In a venal manner. |
| venatic | adjective | Alt. of Venatical |
| vending | present participle & vb. noun | of Vend |
| vendace | noun | A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis. |
| venison | noun | Beasts of the chase., Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively. |
| venting | present participle & vb. noun | of Vent |
| ventage | noun | A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent. |
| ventail | noun | That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, — sometimes in the visor. |
| ventose | noun | A ventouse., Windy; flatulent., The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend/miaire. |
| ventrad | adverb | Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; — opposed to dorsad. |
| ventral | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; — opposed to dorsal., Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower., Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal. |
| ventro- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal. | |
| venture | noun | An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation., An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck., The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade., To hazard one’s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare., To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances., To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one’s person in a balloon., To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies., To confide in; to rely on; to trust. |
| ventuse | verb t. & i. | See Ventouse. |
| veranda | noun | An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. |
| verbena | noun | A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
| verbose | adjective | Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument. |
| verdant | adjective | Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn., Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. |
| verdict | noun | The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause., Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public. |
| verdine | noun | A commercial name for green aniline dye. |
| verdure | noun | Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June. |
| verging | present participle & vb. noun | of Verge |
| veritas | noun | The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau. |
| vermeil | noun | Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red., Silver gilt or gilt bronze., A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. |
| vermily | noun | Vermeil. |
| vermuth | noun | A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite. |
| vernage | noun | A kind of sweet wine from Italy. |
| vernant | adjective | Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. |
| vernate | verb i. | To become young again. |
| vernier | noun | A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. |
| vernile | adjective | Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious. |
| vernine | noun | An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance. |
| vernish | noun & verb | Varnish. |
| versant | adjective | Familiar; conversant., The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect. |
| versing | present participle & vb. noun | of Verse |
| versify | verb i. | To make verses., To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse., To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. |
| version | noun | A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning., A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion., The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language., A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament., An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair. |
| versual | adjective | Of or pertaining to a verse. |
| versute | adjective | Crafty; wily; cunning; artful. |
| vertigo | noun | Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness., Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture. |
| vervain | noun | Any plant of the genus Verbena. |
| vesbium | noun | A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631. |
| vesical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the bladder. |
| vesicle | noun | A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell., A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf., A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid., A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle., A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral., A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass. |
| vesico- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal. | |
| vespers | noun | One of the little hours of the Breviary., The evening song or service. |
| vessets | noun | A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth. |
| vesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Vest, Cloth for vests; a vest pattern. |
| vestige | noun | The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population. |
| vestlet | noun | Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name. |
| vesture | verb t. | A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope., The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre., Seizin; possession. |
| veteran | adjective | Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill., One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had. |
| vetiver | noun | An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus. |
| vetoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Veto |
| vetoist | noun | One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto. |
| vetture | plural | of Vettura |
| vettura | noun | An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach. |
| vexilla | plural | of Vexillum |
| viaduct | noun | A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework. |
| vialled | of Vial | |
| vialing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vial |
| viander | noun | A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host. |
| vibices | noun pl. | More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood. |
| vibrant | adjective | Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums. |
| vibrate | imp. & past participle | of Vibrate, To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff., To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds., To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration., To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate., To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver., To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear., To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions. |
| vibrios | plural | of Vibrio |
| vicemen | plural | of Viceman |
| viceman | noun | A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil. |
| viceroy | preposition | The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king’s substitute; as, the viceroy of India., A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees. |
| viciate | verb t. | See Vitiate. |
| viinage | noun | The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage. |
| vicinal | adjective | Near; vicine. |
| vicious | adjective | Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect., Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct., Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc., Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms., Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse., Bitter; spiteful; malignant. |
| vicount | noun | See Viscount. |
| victory | noun | The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; — the opposite of defeat. |
| victrix | noun | Victress. |
| victual | noun | Food; — now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals., Grain of any kind., To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship. |
| vicugna | noun | A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh. |
| vidette | noun | Same Vedette. |
| vidonia | noun | A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; — called also Teneriffe. |
| viduage | noun | The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively. |
| viduity | noun | Widowhood. |
| viewing | present participle & vb. noun | of View |
| vigonia | adjective | Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a; — said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other purposes. |
| vilayet | noun | One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; — formerly called eyalet. |
| vileyns | adjective | Villainous. |
| village | noun | A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city. |
| villain | noun | One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant., A baseborn or clownish person; a boor., A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp., Villainous., To debase; to degrade. |
| villany | noun | See Villainy. |
| villein | noun | See Villain, 1. |
| villose | adjective | See Villous. |
| villous | adjective | Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy., Furnished or clothed with villi. |
| viminal | adjective | Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs. |
| vinasse | noun | The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, — used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate. |
| vincula | plural | of Vinculum |
| vinegar | adjective | A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like., Hence, anything sour; — used also metaphorically., To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. |
| vinette | noun | A sprig or branch. |
| vinewed | adjective | Same as Vinnewed. |
| vingtun | noun | Contraction for Vingt et un. |
| vintage | noun | The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840., The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season. |
| vintner | noun | One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant. |
| violate | verb t. | To treat in a violent manner; to abuse., To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe., To disturb; to interrupt., To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. |
| violent | adjective | Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease., Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech., Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal., An assailant., To urge with violence., To be violent; to act violently. |
| violine | noun | A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola)., Mauve aniline. See under Mauve. |
| violist | noun | A player on the viol. |
| violone | noun | The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; — called also double bass. |
| violous | adjective | Violent. |
| virelay | noun | An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. |
| vireton | noun | An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying. |
| virgate | adjective | Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender., A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. |
| virgule | noun | A comma. |
| viroled | adjective | Furnished with a virole or viroles; — said of a horn or a bugle when the rings are of different tincture from the rest of the horn. |
| virtual | adjective | Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing., Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute. |
| visaing | present participle & vb. noun | of Visa |
| visaged | adjective | Having a visage. |
| viscera | noun | pl. of Viscus., of Viscus |
| viscous | adjective | Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. |
| viseing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vise |
| visible | adjective | Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper., Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. |
| visited | imp. & past participle | of Visit |
| visiter | noun | A visitor. |
| visitor | One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship., A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2. | |
| visnomy | noun | Face; countenance. |
| visored | adjective | Wearing a visor; masked. |
| vitalic | adjective | Pertaining to life; vital. |
| vitally | adverb | In a vital manner. |
| vitiate | verb t. | To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air., To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract. |
| vitious | noun | Alt. of Vitiousness |
| vitrify | verb t. | To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion., To become glass; to be converted into glass. |
| vitrina | noun | A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, — whence the name. |
| vitriol | noun | A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster., Sulphuric acid; — called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric. |
| vitrite | noun | A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus. |
| vittate | adjective | Bearing or containing vittae., Striped longitudinally. |
| vivaria | plural | of Vivarium |
| vivency | noun | Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation. |
| viverra | noun | A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets. |
| vivific | adjective | Alt. of Vivifical |
| vixenly | adjective | Like a vixen; vixenish. |
| vocable | noun | A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. |
| vocalic | adjective | Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds. |
| vocally | adverb | In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound., In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally. |
| voicing | present participle & vb. noun | of Voice |
| voiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Void, The act of one who, or that which, v/ids., That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment., Receiving what is ejected or voided. |
| voiture | noun | A carriage. |
| voivode | noun | See Waywode. |
| volador | noun | A flying fish of California (Exoc/tus Californicus): — called also volator., The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying. |
| volante | noun | A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. |
| volapuk | noun | Literally, world’s speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879. |
| volator | noun | Same as Volador, 1. |
| volcano | noun | A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; — often popularly called a burning mountain. |
| volleys | plural | of Volley |
| voltage | noun | Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts. |
| voltaic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity., Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc. |
| voluble | adjective | Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter., Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue., Changeable; unstable; fickle., Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. |
| volumed | adjective | Having the form of a volume, or roil; as, volumed mist., Having volume, or bulk; massive; great. |
| volupty | noun | Voluptuousness. |
| volutas | plural | of Voluta |
| volutae | plural | of Voluta |
| voluted | adjective | Having a volute, or spiral scroll. |
| vomited | imp. & past participle | of Vomit |
| votress | noun | A votaress. |
| vouched | imp. & past participle | of Vouch |
| vouchee | noun | The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. |
| voucher | noun | One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything., A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant’s books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts., The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands., The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. |
| voweled | adjective | Furnished with vowels. |
| voyaged | imp. & past participle | of Voyage |
| voyager | noun | One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water. |
| vulcano | noun | A volcano. |
| vulgate | adjective | An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; — so called from its common use in the Latin Church., Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures. |
| vulnose | adjective | Having wounds; vulnerose. |
| vulpine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful. |
| vultern | noun | The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey. |
| vulture | noun | Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae. |