| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |