| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vacua | plural | of Vacuum |
| vagal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric. |
| vague | verb i. | Wandering; vagrant; vagabond., Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition., Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report., An indefinite expanse., To wander; to roam; to stray., A wandering; a vagary. |
| vagus | adjective | Wandering; — applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve., The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve. |
| vairy | noun | Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair. |
| valet | noun | A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman’s person; a body servant., A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. |
| valid | adjective | Strong; powerful; efficient., Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection., Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. |
| valla | plural | of Vallum |
| valor | noun | Value; worth., Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity., A brave man; a man of valor. |
| value | noun | The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance., Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything., Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument, Esteem; regard., The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]., In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; — often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained., Valor., To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc., To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues., To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value., To be worth; to be equal to in value. |
| valve | noun | A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door., A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid., One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves., One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts., One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom., A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry., One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
| vapid | adjective | Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. |
| vapor | noun | Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid., In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc., Wind; flatulence., Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting., An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues., A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor., To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate., To emit vapor or fumes., To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag., To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid. |
| varan | noun | The monitor. See Monitor, 3. |
| varec | noun | The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. |
| varix | noun | A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein., One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells. |
| vasty | adjective | Vast; immense. |
| vasum | noun | A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella. |
| vault | noun | An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy., An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar., The canopy of heaven; the sky., A leap or bound., The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet., A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like., To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court., To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence., To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring., To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. |
| vaunt | verb i. | To boast; to make a vain display of one’s own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag., To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation., A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag., The first part., To put forward; to display. |
| vauty | adjective | Vaulted. |