| 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. |