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