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