+
vagueness
n.
The quality or state of being vague.
+
vacua
pl.
of Vacuum
+
vadimony
n.
A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
+
viscountcy
n.
The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.
+
viand
n.
An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
vaporizable
a.
Capable of being vaporized into vapor.
+
votarist
n.
A votary.
+
vellicative
a.
Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication.
+
ventilating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ventilate
+
vasa deferentia
pl.
of Vas
+
visored
a.
Wearing a visor; masked.
+
verge
n.
A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
+
viridescence
n.
Quality or state of being viridescent.
+
venous
a.
Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial.
+
vapor
n.
In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.
+
virid
a.
Green.
+
viol
n.
A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings.
+
villainous
a.
Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.
+
valved
a.
Having a valve or valve; valvate.
+
verecund
a.
Rashful; modest.
+
vatful
n.
As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat.
+
venter
n.
The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
+
vaporizer
n.
One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.
+
violate
v.t.
To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
+
vault
n.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
+
vivisector
n.
A vivisectionist.
+
valet
n.
A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
+
valve
n.
A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
+
virile
a.
Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.
+
versed
a.
Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.
+
various
a.
Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
+
venereal
a.
Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.
+
vary
v.t.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
+
ventilative
a.
Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus.
+
vastity
n.
Vastness.
+
vitiosity
n.
Viciousness; depravity.
+
velvet
v.t.
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
+
vide

imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.
+
vecture
n.
The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
+
vaivode
n.
See Waywode.
+
verdin
n.
A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.
+
vanquish
v.t.
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
+
vachery
n.
A dairy.
+
vouch
v.i.
To assert; to aver; to declare.
+
vesuvian
a.
Vesuvianite.
+
vice
n.
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
+
vegetability
n.
The quality or state of being vegetable.
+
vaporiform
a.
Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance.
+
view
n.
That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.
+
vermifugal
a.
Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
+
vituperate
v.t.
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
+
vaunt
n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
+
vilayet
n.
One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
+
violation
n.
Ravishment; rape; outrage.
+
volleys
pl.
of Volley
+
voider
n.
A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal.
+
vessel
n.
A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
+
vaudois
n.sing.|pl.
A modern name of the Waldenses.
+
vaudoux
n.|a.
See Voodoo.
+
variformed
a.
Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.
+
vent
v.t.
To scent, as a hound.
+
voice
n.
The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
+
vicount
n.
See Viscount.
+
versicular
a.
Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.
+
viced
a.
Vicious; corrupt.
+
variola
n.
The smallpox.
+
volva
n.
A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
+
voted
imp.|p.p.
of Vote
+
vermiculation
n.
Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
+
vague
v.i.
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
+
vessignon
n.
A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
+
vain
superl.
Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
+
vaporing
a.
Talking idly; boasting; vaunting.
+
vetchy
a.
Abounding with vetches.
+
vocality
n.
The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.
+
vanquishable
a.
That may be vanquished.
+
varnish
n.
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.
+
vaisya
n.
The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
+
volcanic
a.
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
+
vomica
n.
An abscess cavity in the lungs.
+
viperine
a.
Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.
+
venatica
n.
See Vinatico.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
+
vitriform
a.
Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.
+
vaulter
n.
One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.
+
vizcacha
n.
Same as Viscacha.
+
vida finch

The whidah bird.
+
ventriloquial
a.
Ventriloquous.
+
virulent
a.
Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
+
vermivorous
a.
Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.
+
vapidity
n.
The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.
+
vary
v.i.
To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
+
vail
n.
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
+
variance
n.
The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
+
valedictorian
n.
One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
+
venerator
n.
One who venerates.
+
vergeboard
n.
The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.
+
vixenish
a.
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
+
vouchsafe
v.i.
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
+
vacuolation
n.
Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
+
violent
v.t.
To urge with violence.
+
vinaceous
a.
Of the color of wine, especially of red wine.
+
vinculums
pl.
of Vinculum
+
vegetal
a.
Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
+
viscera
n.
pl. of Viscus.
+
victimize
v.t.
To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
+
velvet
v.i.
To pain velvet.
+
via
n.
A road way.
+
vagancy
n.
A wandering; vagrancy.
+
vagina
n.
The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.
+
valerian
n.
Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
+
vacate
v.t.
To defeat; to put an end to.
+
victuals
n.pl.
Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
+
varices
pl.
of Varix
+
ventricle
n.
The stomach.
+
vorticellae
pl.
of Vorticella
+
volumed
a.
Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.
+
volador
n.
The Atlantic flying gurnard.  See under Flying.
+
viner
n.
A vinedresser.
+
vein
n.
A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
+
ventriculus
n.
One of the stomachs of certain insects.
+
volution
n.
A whorl of a spiral shell.
+
vilified
imp.|p.p.
of Vilify
+
visible
a.
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.
+
viscum
n.
Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.
+
vascularities
pl.
of Vascularity
+
variety
n.
That which is various.
+
veered
imp.|p.p.
of Veer
+
ventilation
n.
The act of giving vent or expression.
+
villanelle
n.
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close.
+
vocation
n.
A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
+
vanity
n.
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
+
vented
imp.|p.p.
of Vent
+
vamp
v.t.
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.
+
valeritrine
n.
A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.
+
victualage
n.
Victuals; food.
+
versus
prep.
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
+
vouch
v.t.
To call upon to witness; to obtest.
+
villainy
n.
Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.
+
volkslied
n.
A popular song, or national air.
+
venger
n.
An avenger.
+
virulently
adv.
In a virulent manner.
+
vinagrous
a.
Fig.: Unamiable; morose.
+
vervain
n.
Any plant of the genus Verbena.
+
vain
n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
+
vainglorious
a.
Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
+
vitrified
a.
Converted into glass.
+
vodanium
n.
A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
+
vitreous
a.
Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.
+
varioloid
a.
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
+
vespertine
a.
Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.
+
vellication

The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
+
vulgate
a.
An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from its common use in the Latin Church.
+
verdict
n.
The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
+
voltage
n.
Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts.
+
venomous
a.
Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
+
villosity
n.
A villus.
+
valiant
a.
Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
+
valanced
imp.|p.p.
of Valance
+
vitoe
a.
See Durukuli.
+
versant
n.
The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
+
victim
n.
A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
+
vanishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vanish
+
velocity
n.
Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed.
+
villein
n.
See Villain, 1.
+
vicar
n.
One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
+
viscoidal
a.
Somewhat viscous.  Cf. Mobile, a., 2.
+
vavasory
n.
The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.
+
victualer
n.
A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.
+
vague
n.
An indefinite expanse.
+
very
v.t.
True; real; actual; veritable.
+
vary
v.i.
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
+
venust
a.
Beautiful.
+
vittate
a.
Striped longitudinally.
+
venatical
a.
Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting.
+
van
v.t.
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.
+
varnisher
n.
One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.
+
venosity
n.
A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
+
voluble
a.
Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
+
vinquish
n.
See Vanquish, n.
+
viduage
n.
The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.
+
volley
n.
A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
+
valerianate
n.
A valerate.
+
vociferate
v.t.
To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
+
vaunt
n.
The first part.
+
violet
n.
Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species.  The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).
+
vocalize
v.t.
To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
+
virescent
a.
Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.
+
valerone
n.
A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.
+
viper
a.
A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
+
violate
v.t.
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
+
vertical
a.
Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
+
viper
a.
Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae.
+
verrel
n.
See Ferrule.
+
vivaries
pl.
of Vivary
+
vassal
n.
A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.
+
vocalism
n.
A vocalic sound.
+
vibraculum
n.
One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia.
+
vocal
a.
Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced.  See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
+
ventriloquist
n.
One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism.
+
voiding
n.
The act of one who, or that which, v/ids.
+
vallatory
a.
Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reads.
+
visit
v.t.
To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
+
valiancy
n.
The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor.
+
van
v.t.
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
+
venetian
a.
Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
+
volunteered
imp.|p.p.
of Volunteer
+
verbal
a.
Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
+
vaguely
adv.
In a vague manner.
+
viscera
pl.
of Viscus
+
vow
n.
Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.
+
voyager
n.
One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.
+
veilless
a.
Having no veil.
+
vapored
a.
Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.
+
vitriolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vitriolate
+
versed
imp.|p.p.
of Verse
+
vengeable
a.
Revengeful; deserving revenge.
+
version
n.
The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
+
valve
n.
One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
+
valence
n.
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.
+
vimineous
a.
Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
+
vocal
n.
A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
+
vulcanite
n.
Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.
+
ventilate
v.t.
To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
+
voltatype
n.
An electrotype.
+
valvasor
n.
See Vavasor.
+
vennation
n.
Poison; venom.
+
valleculae
pl.
of Vallecula
+
velum
n.
See Veil, n., 3 (b).
+
van
n.
A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
+
vane
n.
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
+
vertuous
a.
Virtuous; powerful.
+
viridite
n.
A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
+
vicontiel
a.
Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.
+
vole
n.
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
+
valentine
n.
A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
+
vermiculated
imp.|p.p.
of Vermiculate
+
vigilantly
adv.
In a vigilant manner.
+
veritable
a.
Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.
+
vanillyl
n.
The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.
+
veil
n.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
+
view
v.t.
To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.
+
vitriol
n.
A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
+
vortiginous
a.
Moving rapidly round a center; vortical.
+
vulturish
a.
Vulturous.
+
vermiculation
n.
A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.
+
versatile
a.
Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.
+
valve
n.
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.
+
verifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Verify
+
vegetarian
n.
One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man.  Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.
+
vitilitigate
v.i.
To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
+
vascular
a.
Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.
+
vaticanist
n.
One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
+
vindication
n.
The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
+
veratralbine
n.
A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
+
vegetable
v.
Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
+
vectitation
n.
The act of carrying, or state of being carried.
+
ventrilocution
n.
Ventriloquism.
+
varied
a.
Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.
+
versal
a.
Universal.
+
vigorous
a.
Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
+
vehiculation
n.
Movement of vehicles.
+
vermicular
a.
Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines.  See Peristaltic.
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valiant
a.
Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
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vase
n.
The calyx of a plant.
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vicary
n.
A vicar.
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void
a.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
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victualer
n.
One who furnishes victuals.
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vowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vow
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viewer
n.
One who views or examines.
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vigonia
a.
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.
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voluta
n.
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
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variform
a.
Having different shapes or forms.
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ventouse
n.
A cupping glass.
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vertigines
pl.
of Vertigo
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vice
n.
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
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vaccinium
n.
A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
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value
n.
Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
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varnished
imp.|p.p.
of Varnish
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vindicable
a.
Capable of being vindicated.
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vegetate
v.i.
Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
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vang
n.
A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
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vaulted
a.
Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.
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venosity
n.
The quality or state of being venous.
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vent
n.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
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very
adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
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version
n.
An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.
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vartabed
n.
A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions.
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vespers
n.
One of the little hours of the Breviary.
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valvule
n.
A little valve; a valvelet.
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valve
n.
One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
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vegetarian
a.
Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.
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valvulae
pl.
of Valvula
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voluminous
a.
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
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viled
a.
Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile.
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view
n.
The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
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vatting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vat
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vow
n.
To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
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vaulted
imp.|p.p.
of Vault
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viscacha
n.
Alt. of Viz-cacha
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vancourier
n.
One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
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vegetable
v.
Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
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voider
n.
One who, or that which, voids, /mpties, vacates, or annuls.
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vesicle
n.
A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
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valedictories
pl.
of Valedictory
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voiced
a.
Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.
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vocation
n.
The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.
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visard
v.t.
To mask.
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vermiculous
a.
Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms.
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vat
n.
A vessel for holding holy water.
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verisimility
n.
Verisimilitude.
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viviparously
adv.
In a viviparous manner.
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verticillus
n.
A whorl; a verticil.
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vivacious
a.
Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.
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venom
n.
Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.
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vituperative
a.
Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.
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versionist
n.
One who makes or favors a version; a translator.
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vincentian
n.
Same as Lazarist.
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vortices
pl.
of Vortex
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valentine
n.
A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
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vale
n.
See 2d Vail, 3.
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vernonin
n.
A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic.
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virginia
n.
One of the States of the United States of America.
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viperoidea
n.pl.
Alt. of Viperoides
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villanel
n.
A ballad.
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vagabondism
n.
Vagabondage.
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vizierial
a.
Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier.
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venting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vent
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verso
n.
The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.
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velar
a.
Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
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vigil
v.i.
Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
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volcanize
v.t.
To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action.
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vacant
a.
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.
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vulgarized
imp.|p.p.
of Vulgarize
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virelay
n.
An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
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veney
n.
A bout; a thrust; a venew.
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veil
n.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
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violates
imp.|p.p.
of Violate
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ventuse
v.t.|i.
See Ventouse.
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vane
n.
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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vane
n.
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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vernish
n.|v.
Varnish.
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variciform
a.
Resembling a varix.
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vigil
v.i.
Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.
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verb
n.
A word; a vocable.
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vertebrated
a.
Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
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voluntarily
adv.
In a voluntary manner; of one's own will; spontaneously.
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verfication
n.
A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.
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vigily
n.
A vigil.
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vulgarizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vulgarize
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vicety
n.
Fault; defect; coarseness.
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vitriolation
n.
The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
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vermeil
n.
Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
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verdure
n.
Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June.
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vergency
n.
The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
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vexillum
n.
A banner.
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vivisectionist
n.
One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.
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vulnerate
v.t.
To wound; to hurt.
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vicious
a.
Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
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verbally
adv.
In a verbal manner; orally.
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vexil
n.
A vexillum.
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vend
v.t.
To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
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vingtun
n.
Contraction for Vingt et un.
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velocity
n.
Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.
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viaduct
n.
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.
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vaulting
n.
The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
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vivency
n.
Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation.
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vaporize
v.t.
To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
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voyage
n.
The act or practice of traveling.
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visitation
n.
The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.
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vaccina
n.
Vaccinia.
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violet
n.
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
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void
a.
Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
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veneration
n.
The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.
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ventilation
n.
The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure.
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valuator
n.
One who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser.
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vanishing

a. & n. from Vanish, v.
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venerean
a.
Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal.
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vibrate
v.i.
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.
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van
n.
A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
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volley
n.
A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.
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vacancy
n.
Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
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volume
n.
Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.
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van
n.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
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vitiate
v.t.
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.
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vizard
n.
A mask; a visor.
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vowel
a.
Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
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varisse
n.
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.
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variegated
imp.|p.p.
of Variegate
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vaporability
n.
The quality or state of being vaporable.
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vehement
a.
Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
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vibration
n.
The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.
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value
n.
Esteem; regard.
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vinose
a.
Vinous.
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veinless
a.
Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf.
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vaticination
n.
Prediction; prophecy.
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vault
n.
An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
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viperina
n.pl.
See Viperoidea.
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vegetated
imp.|p.p.
of Vegetate
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vasodilator
a.
Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.
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vent
v.t.
To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
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ventilation
n.
The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain.
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voltmeter
n.
An instrument for measuring in volts the differences of potential between different points of an electrical circuit.
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venial
a.
Allowed; permitted.
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vicious
a.
Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
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victual
n.
Grain of any kind.
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vomit
v.t.
Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.
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vindicative
a.
Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.
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voiceless
a.
Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.
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voltaism
n.
That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
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venenose
a.
Poisonous.
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vasiform
a.
Having the form of a vessel, or duct.
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vifda
n.
In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted.
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venae
pl.
of Vena
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vitriolate
n.
A sulphate.
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vomitive
a.
Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.
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voyageable
a.
That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.
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vagabond
n.
One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.
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vitalistic
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.
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verbenate
v.t.
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
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visitant
a.
Visiting.
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vellet
n.
Velvet.
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voluptuaries
pl.
of Voluptuary
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victim
n.
A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
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vermination
n.
The generation or breeding of vermin.
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vaporous
a.
Having the form or nature of vapor.
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vinometer
n.
An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine by measuring its density.
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vaporous
a.
Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
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vitalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vitalize
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vulgar
a.
Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
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vitrella
n.
One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
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vespers
n.
The evening song or service.
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vomiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vomit
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valueless
a.
Being of no value; having no worth.
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vegetable
n.
A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.
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volapukist
n.
One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapuk.
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vesses
n.
Alt. of Vessets
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vapor
n.
Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
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vestrymen
pl.
of Vestryman
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vital
a.
Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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venereous
a.
Lustful; lascivious; libidinous.
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valveshell
n.
Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
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vascula
pl.
of Vasculum
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vesuvianite
n.
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.
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velum
n.
A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
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venter
n.
The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
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vise
n.
An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
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ventricular
a.
Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied.
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vacation
n.
The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
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vagantes
p.pl.
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
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vagarious
a.
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
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virtue
n.
Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
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valeric
a.
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.
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vociferation
n.
The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
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voyage
v.i.
To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
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veranda
n.
An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room.  See Loggia.
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vessel
v.t.
To put into a vessel.
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vigoroso
a.|adv.
Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.
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voluminous
a.
Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
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vitriolic
a.
Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.  Cf. Vitriol.
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vocalism
n.
The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.
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voluntary
v.t.
Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.
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vacate
v.t.
To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
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vestibule
n.
The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
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volatile
a.
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
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vaulting
n.
Act of one who vaults or leaps.
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vinedresser
n.
One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard.
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vexillum
n.
The sign of the cross.
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vestibulum
n.
A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
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vaccination
n.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox.  Cf. Inoculation.
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vermicelli
n.
The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.
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verifiable
a.
Capable of being verified; confirmable.
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venus
n.
One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.
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vauntmure
n.
A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.
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valiant
a.
Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
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vibrate
v.i.
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
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vehicle
n.
That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.
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ventouse
v.t.|i.
To cup; to use a cupping glass.
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vaseshaped
a.
Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
+
vetoed
imp.|p.p.
of Veto
+
vassalage
n.
The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.
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ventose
a.
Windy; flatulent.
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vanfess
n.
A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.
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vouch
v.t.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
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vaunt
v.t.
To put forward; to display.
+
vermicule
n.
A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body.
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viscount
a.
A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility.  See Peer, n., 3.
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variety
n.
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.
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vexillum
n.
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.
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violaquercitrin
n.
A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.
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vault
n.
The canopy of heaven; the sky.
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vouched
imp.|p.p.
of Vouch
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virulented
a.
Made virulent; poisoned.
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vagus
a.
Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
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vacancy
n.
The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.
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vireo
n.
Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored.  Called also greenlet.
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vacuole
n.
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.
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vernacular
a.
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
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verbalized
imp.|p.p.
of Verbalize
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vicinal
a.
Near; vicine.
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volumed
a.
Having the form of a volume, or roil; as, volumed mist.
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violent
a.
Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
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vineal
a.
Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines.
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verse
n.
Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
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vapulation
n.
The act of beating or whipping.
+
villanette
n.
A small villa.
+
viscosity
n.
The quality or state of being viscous.
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visceroskeletal
a.
Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles.
+
vivification
n.
The act or process of vivificating.
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vernicose
a.
Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
+
voweled
a.
Furnished with vowels.
+
void
a.
Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
+
variance
n.
A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
+
voicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Voice
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vertebral
a.
Of or pertaining to a vertebrae, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.
+
velum
n.
A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
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veined
imp.|p.p.
of Vein
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vanguard
n.
The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
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vantcourier
n.
An avant-courier. See Van-courier.
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vertexes
pl.
of Vertex
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volatileness
n.
Alt. of Volatility
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vail
n.
Submission; decline; descent.
+
volary
n.
See Volery.
+
verge
n.
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
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violable
a.
Capable of being violated, broken, or injured.
+
vegetating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vegetate
+
vandyke
n.
A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
+
vacuums
pl.
of Vacuum
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vesiculata
n.pl.
The campanularian medusae.
+
vandyke
v.t.
fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
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vixen
n.
A female fox.
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viola
n.
An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
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vinic
a.
Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol.
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vivaria
pl.
of Vivarium
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violation
n.
Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
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venter
n.
One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.
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vapid
a.
Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.
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vary
v.i.
To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
+
vitriolous
a.
See Vitriolic.
+
versifier
n.
One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet.
+
volumenometry
n.
The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer.
+
vizir
n.
See Vizier.
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vacate
v.t.
To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
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vitrescible
a.
That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.
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vulcanic
a.
Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists.
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veltfare
n.
The fieldfare.
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villanous
n.
Alt. of Villanousness
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visual
a.
That can be seen; visible.
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valentia
n.
See Valencia.
+
vulgarism
n.
A vulgar phrase or expression.
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verdant
a.
Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth.
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vacant
a.
Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
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vital
a.
Containing life; living.
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viscid
a.
Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
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vocal
a.
Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.
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varicocele
n.
A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
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valeramide
n.
The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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vault
n.
To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
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vehemently
adv.
In a vehement manner.
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veterinary
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.
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vigor
n.
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
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varlet
n.
A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
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vaginae
pl.
of Vagina
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venture
n.
An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
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vesuvian
a.
Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
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vernility
n.
Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.
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vile
superl.
Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad.
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viscous
a.
Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
+
vermiformia
n.pl.
A tribe of worms including Phoronis.  See Phoronis.
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volborthite
n.
A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime.
+
vamper
v.i.
To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
+
viz
adv.
To wit; that is; namely.
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vitiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vitiate
+
virtue
n.
A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
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viviparous
a.
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
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violescent
a.
Tending to a violet color; violascent.
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vastitude
n.
Vastness; immense extent.
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violative
a.
Violating, or tending to violate.
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virtuous
a.
Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
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verdingale
n.
See Farthingale.
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voyaged
imp.|p.p.
of Voyage
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vanglo
n.
Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.
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velvet
n.
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
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vast
superl.
Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
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varveled
a.
Having varvels, or rings.
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vast
superl.
Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
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violet
n.
In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
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vizor
n.
See Visor.
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volunteer
a.
A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.
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vernate
v.i.
To become young again.
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voyaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Voyage
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vitellus
n.
The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.  See Illust. of Ovum.
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vis
n.
Moral power.
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villous
a.
Furnished or clothed with villi.
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vesta
n.
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
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violoncello
n.
A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin.
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voluptuary
a.
Voluptuous; luxurious.
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vexatious
a.
Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.
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verd
n.
The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
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virtuosos
pl.
of Virtuoso
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vestiture
n.
In vestiture.
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versed
a.
Turned.
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voiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Void
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various
a.
Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
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vadantes
n.pl.
An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
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vantage
n.
The first point after deuce.
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version
n.
A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.
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van
n.
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods.
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viaticum
n.
An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
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vitalization
n.
The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle.
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vesper
a.
Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.
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verticillaster
a.
A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.  See Illust. of Whorl.
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valance
v.t.
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
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violence
n.
The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
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vesiculate
a.
Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.
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velveret
n.
A kind of velvet having cotton back.
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veda
n.
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
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vortex
n.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
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vocalic
a.
Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.
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vesselful
n.
As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
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vintry
n.
A place where wine is sold.
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vulpinism
n.
The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness.
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vault
n.
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
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voice
v.t.
To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
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vibratiuncle
a.
A small vibration.
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veteran
n.
One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
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virgulate
a.
Shaped like a little twig or rod.
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vorticella
n.
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae.  They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
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voluntariness
n.
The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise of one's will.
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vessicnon
n.
Alt. of Vessignon
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vergaloo
n.
See Virgalieu.
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volti
imperative.
Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.
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vigintivirate
n.
The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri.
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vetiver
n.
An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens.  Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.
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vernacularization
n.
The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular.
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vaulted
a.
Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof.
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vindication
n.
The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete.
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victualled

of Victual
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velure
n.
Velvet.
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venture
v.i.
To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
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vital
a.
Very necessary; highly important; essential.
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vatican
n.
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.
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ventral
a.
Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.
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volant
a.
Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.
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vehemence
n.
Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.
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vicious
a.
Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
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verse
n.
A piece of poetry.
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volyer
n.
A lurcher.
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v

V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
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vedantic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vedas.
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vendible
a.
Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.
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villiform
a.
Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.
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vibrissae
pl.
of Vibrissa
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vesperal
a.
Vesper; evening.
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vaut
v.i.
To vault; to leap.
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voluble
a.
Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
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victrix
n.
Victress.
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venary
a.
Of or, pertaining to hunting.
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voyage
v.t.
To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
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veneering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Veneer
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viewly
a.
Alt. of Viewsome
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villi
pl.
of Villus
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vermeologist
n.
One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.
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village
n.
A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
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volery
n.
A large bird cage; an aviary.
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voyage
n.
Course; way.
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voided
a.
Emptied; evacuated.
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versicle
n.
A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people.
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vicarage
n.
The house or residence of a vicar.
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vying

a. & n. from Vie.
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vague
v.i.
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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vail
v.t.
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
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vassal
n.
The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
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voltaelectric
a.
Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.
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vulnerability
n.
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
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vastitude
n.
Destruction; vastation.
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vitrifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vitrify
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vessel
n.
A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
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veer
v.i.
To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
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vulcanology
n.
The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc.
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vertebrate
n.
One of the Vertebrata.
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villose
a.
See Villous.
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vertilinear
a.
Straight; rectilinear.
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versatile
a.
Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird.
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vetturino
n.
A vettura.
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votive
a.
Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet.
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vexillary

Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers.
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virescence

The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.
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vanity
n.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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ventro

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal.
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veneer
v.t.
A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
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vaccinated
imp.|p.p.
of Vaccinate
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vaporous
a.
Full of vapors or exhalations.
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virulency
n.
The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
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vocalization
n.
The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
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vernier
n.
A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.
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voice
n.
A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
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verger
n.
One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
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vertical
n.
Vertical position; zenith.
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vlissmaki
n.
The diadem indris.  See Indris.
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virtuous
a.
Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
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vitriolize
v.t.
To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
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viable
a.
Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.
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visioned
imp.|p.p.
of Vision
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veridical
a.
Truth-telling; truthful; veracious.
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vaporousness
n.
The quality of being vaporous.
+
vasoinhibitory
a.
See Vasodilator.
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vaporose
a.
Full of vapor; vaporous.
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virgin
n.
See Virgo.
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vice
n.
A gripe or grasp.
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vindictive
a.
Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
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versify
v.t.
To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms.
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voiceless
a.
Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
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vegetality
n.
The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2.
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vary
v.t.
To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
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vagrantness
n.
State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
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veteranize
v.i.
To reenlist for service as a soldier.
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volume
n.
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
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vassal
v.t.
To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
+
visaing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Visa
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valedictory
a.
Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
+
visited
imp.|p.p.
of Visit
+
vengement
n.
Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.
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valance
n.
Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
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versification
n.
The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
+
visit
v.t.
To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
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visibility
n.
The quality or state of being visible.
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vendue
n.
A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction.
+
vele
n.
A veil.
+
varlet
n.
In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.
+
volcanist
n.
One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist.  Cf. Neptunist.
+
viseed
imp.|p.p.
of Vise
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vote
n.
Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
+
venada
n.
The pudu.
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viridity
n.
Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.
+
vocalization
n.
The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
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viscerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Viscerate
+
voice
v.t.
To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
+
varices
n.pl.
See Varix.
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valkyria
n.
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.
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viceroy
prep.
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.
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vassalage
n.
A territory held in vassalage.
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vein
n.
One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
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victory
n.
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.
+
vein
n.
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
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violator
n.
One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher.
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variolitic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.
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vineclad
a.
Covered with vines.
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vertigo
n.
Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.
+
voltaplast
n.
A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping.
+
verge
n.
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.  See under Escapement.
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vagaries
pl.
of Vagary
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viameter
n.
An odometer; -- called also viatometer.
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ventral
a.
Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.
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vitalic
a.
Pertaining to life; vital.
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vacher
n.
A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
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variant
a.
Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
+
villanage
n.
The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.
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vanadate
n.
A salt of vanadic acid.
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violine
n.
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).
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vorticose
a.
Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion.
+
videlicet
adv.
To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
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valerianaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.
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vennation
n.
The act of poisoning.
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vetchling
n.
Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
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vaporing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vapor
+
vexatious
a.
Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
+
vessel
n.
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
+
vapory
a.
Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
+
vegetable
v.
Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
+
visit
v.t.
The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
+
venturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Venture
+
vela
pl.
of Velum
+
verset
n.
A verse.
+
vertebral
n.
A vertebrate.
+
vacuousness
n.
The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.
+
victorine
n.
A woman's fur tippet.
+
virgo
n.
A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
+
vare
n.
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
+
verbalism
n.
Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
+
vinette
n.
A sprig or branch.
+
vesiculate
v.t.
To form vesicles in, as lava.
+
vegetative
a.
Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
+
valetudinary
a.
Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.
+
viennese
a.
Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna.
+
vincentian
a.
Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him.
+
vanquisher
n.
One who, or that which, vanquishes.
+
viperous
a.
Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue.
+
violascent
a.
Violescent.
+
vulpes
n.
A genus of Carnivora including the foxes.
+
virtuous
a.
Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
+
versatility
n.
The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.
+
vesbium
n.
A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.
+
voice
v.i.
To clamor; to cry out.
+
verbena
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
+
volumenometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air.
+
villainous
a.
Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
+
voltameter
n.
An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte.
+
venue
n.
A bout; a hit; a turn.  See Venew.
+
valonia
n.
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.
+
volunteer
a.
Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
+
variable
a.
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
+
vacillating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vacillate
+
volatilization
n.
The act or process of volatilizing, or rendering volatile; the state of being volatilized.
+
vaunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vaunt
+
volow
v.t.
To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
+
vehemency
n.
Vehemence.
+
vehemence
n.
The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.
+
vacation
n.
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
+
voting

a. & n. from Vote, v.
+
vaticide
n.
The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet.
+
variance
n.
Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
+
volley
n.
A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
+
vaccinist
n.
A vaccinator.
+
valvular
a.
Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
+
venturer
n.
One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.
+
vessets
n.
A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.
+
verse
n.
A short division of any composition.
+
virtue
n.
Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
+
vegetality
n.
The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable.
+
vicegerency
n.
The office of a vicegerent.
+
vallar
n.
A vallar crown.
+
venge
v.t.
To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
+
vendor
n.
A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.
+
viability
n.
The quality or state of being viable.
+
vice
v.t.
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
+
vigesimation
n.
The act of putting to death every twentieth man.
+
versant
a.
Familiar; conversant.
+
visitor

One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship.
+
vallum
n.
A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
+
versicolored
a.
Having various colors; changeable in color.
+
vinewed
a.
Same as Vinnewed.
+
vaunted
imp.|p.p.
of Vaunt
+
venatorial
a.
Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.
+
vilipend
v.t.
To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.
+
verge
n.
The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
+
vernacular
n.
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
+
violence
n.
Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
+
vitric
a.
Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.
+
vender
n.
One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.
+
vark
n.
The bush hog, or boshvark.
+
valid
a.
Strong; powerful; efficient.
+
versual
a.
Of or pertaining to a verse.
+
vulcanize
v.t.
To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.
+
vendibility
n.
The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.
+
volcano
n.
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.
+
vanquish
v.t.
Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.
+
vouchor
n.
Same as Voucher, 3 (b).
+
vacillate
v.t.
To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
+
vocal
a.
Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
+
violist
n.
A player on the viol.
+
vary
v.t.
To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
+
vesicatory
n.
A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
+
volubilate
a.
Alt. of Volubile
+
verd antique

A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
+
vulgarness
n.
The quality of being vulgar.
+
vulcanian
a.
Volcanic.
+
victimizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Victimize
+
volubile
a.
Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble.
+
vat
n.
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
+
vomiting
n.
The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
+
visible
a.
Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous.
+
viny
a.
Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines.
+
viverrine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Viverridae, or Civet family.
+
vanessian
n.
A vanessa.
+
vulneration
n.
The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded.
+
vestlet
n.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
+
voodoo
n.
One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
+
visne
n.
Neighborhood; vicinity; venue.  See Venue.
+
vouch
v.t.
To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
+
veto
n.
A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
+
vorticel
n.
A vorticella.
+
viennese
n.sing.|pl.
An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.
+
ventriculite
n.
Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
+
vociferance
n.
Vociferation; noise; clamor.
+
vapored
imp.|p.p.
of Vapor
+
vicenary
a.
Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.
+
vivisection
n.
The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
+
vinegar
a.
Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.
+
vatfuls
pl.
of Vatful
+
vert
n.
The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.
+
voussoir
n.
One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
+
veil
n.
The calyptra of mosses.
+
value
v.t.
To be worth; to be equal to in value.
+
venule
n.
A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.
+
vitreous
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
+
volute
n.
Any voluta.
+
volume
n.
Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
+
value
v.t.
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.
+
vex
v.t.
To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
+
vibrissa
n.
One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
+
variscite
n.
An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.
+
vocal
a.
Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.
+
voluble
a.
Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
+
vitalize
v.t.
To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood.
+
vernacle
n.
See Veronica, 1.
+
velvetbreast
n.
The goosander.
+
viewless
a.
Not perceivable by the eye; invisible; unseen.
+
vespertilio
n.
A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.
+
vaticinate
v.i.|t.
To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.
+
villain
n.
One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.
+
vex
v.t.
To twist; to weave.
+
verser
n.
A versifier.
+
vulcanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vulcanize
+
virose
a.
Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
+
velate
a.
Having a veil; veiled.
+
valerate
n.
A salt of valeric acid.
+
vigil
v.i.
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
+
veronese
a.
Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy.
+
v

As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.
+
vessel
n.
Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
+
vitrify
v.t.
To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
+
voice
n.
Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
+
valve
n.
One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
+
valsalvian
a.
Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
+
visto
n.
A vista; a prospect.
+
velocimeter
n.
An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.
+
vocally
adv.
In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.
+
velivolant
a.
Flying with sails; passing under full sail.
+
vaginule
n.
A vaginula.
+
vociferate
v.i.
To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
+
vervel
n.
See Varvel.
+
valor
n.
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
+
vouchsafe
v.t.
To receive or accept in condescension.
+
varix
n.
One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
+
vestiary
a.
Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.
+
vapored
a.
Wet with vapors; moist.
+
vermily
n.
Vermeil.
+
veneering
n.
The act or art of one who veneers.
+
viking
n.
One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.
+
vulva
n.
The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
+
vitalist
n.
A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.
+
venality
n.
The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.
+
vialing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vial
+
vimineous
a.
Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.
+
velveteen
n.
A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
+
vacuous
a.
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
+
virgalieu
n.
A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne.
+
vaporized
imp.|p.p.
of Vaporize
+
valinch
n.
A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.
+
victual
v.t.
To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
+
vent
v.t.
To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
+
vulture
n.
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.
+
vexer
n.
One who vexes or troubles.
+
vain
superl.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
+
verifier
n.
One who, or that which, verifies.
+
vacancy
n.
That which is vacant.
+
virtual
a.
Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
+
variegated
a.
Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.
+
venter
n.
A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.
+
venthole
n.
A touchhole; a vent.
+
veraciously
adv.
In a veracious manner.
+
vouchsafed
imp.|p.p.
of Vouchsafe
+
vituperrious
a.
Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful.
+
variety
n.
The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
+
victimate
v.t.
To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate.
+
valuable
n.
A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.
+
vagary
n.
A wandering or strolling.
+
valuable
a.
Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.
+
vibratory
a.
Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.
+
vaultage
n.
Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar.
+
vocabularies
pl.
of Vocabulary
+
ventosity
n.
Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride.
+
vassalage
n.
Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.
+
vexilla
pl.
of Vexillum
+
virtuous
a.
Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
+
villanelle
pl.
of Villanella
+
vitriol
n.
Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol.  See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.
+
vagrancy
n.
The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
+
vinnewed
a.
Moldy; musty.
+
vacancies
pl.
of Vacancy
+
vulnerableness
n.
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability.
+
volley
v.t.
To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
+
vicar
n.
The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
+
vote
v.t.
To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.
+
vicennial
a.
Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.
+
vindemiate
v.i.
To gather the vintage.
+
venal
a.
Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.
+
verse
v.t.
To tell in verse, or poetry.
+
varnish
n.
That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
+
variety
n.
A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
+
vantage
v.t.
To profit; to aid.
+
vicegerent
a.
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
+
versability
n.
The quality or state of being versable.
+
vedro
n.
A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons.
+
vault
v.t.
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.
+
vinatico
n.
Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica.
+
victor
n.
A destroyer.
+
vomitory
n.
An emetic; a vomit.
+
varnish
n.
An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
+
ventriloquism
n.
The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.
+
vitriolated
imp.|p.p.
of Vitriolate
+
veracity
n.
The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.
+
vraisemblance
n.
The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
+
valure
n.
Value.
+
visaed
imp.|p.p.
of Visa
+
vouch
v.i.
To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
+
voidable
a.
Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
+
vedantist
n.
One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas.
+
vultern
n.
The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia.  See Brush turkey.
+
visiting

a. & vb. n. from Visit.
+
verge
n.
The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
+
violation
n.
The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
+
virginia
a.
Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
+
vellicated
imp.|p.p.
of Vellicate
+
vertex
n.
The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.
+
versatile
a.
Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
+
vermetid
n.
Any species of vermetus.
+
verjuice
n.
Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.
+
vivid
a.
Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
+
vicinity
n.
That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
+
vulcanizer
n.
One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc.
+
vent
v.t.
To sell; to vend.
+
viol
n.
A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.
+
vagabond
a.
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
+
viperish
a.
Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
+
vat
n.
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
+
vocally
adv.
In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally.
+
voice
n.
Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
+
viverra
n.
A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
+
vail
v.t.
To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
+
volubility
n.
The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
+
visitorial
a.
Same as Visitatorial.
+
vexation
n.
A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.
+
valylene
n.
A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree. It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds. It has a garlic odor.
+
vodka
n.
A Russian drink distilled from rye.
+
vein
n.
One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
+
vessel
n.
A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
+
valise
n.
A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
+
vermes
n.pl.
A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders.
+
venter
n.
A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
+
victualing
a.
Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship.
+
vitrite
n.
A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
+
vis
n.
Force; power.
+
viscus
n.
One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
+
vatted
imp.|p.p.
of Vat
+
veadar
n.
The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year.
+
veering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Veer
+
veining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vein
+
vilify
v.t.
To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
+
villatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a farm or a village; rural.
+
voltaelectrometer
n.
An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.
+
variolar
a.
Variolous.
+
vaishnava
n.
A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
+
vasum
n.
A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.
+
variolite
n.
A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.
+
volar
a.
Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
+
volt
n.
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
+
vapor
n.
An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.
+
view
v.t.
To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore.
+
vasodentine
n.
A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.
+
vivacity
n.
Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance.
+
verderer
n.
Alt. of Verderor
+
veinstone
n.
The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.
+
void
a.
To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
+
veery
n.
An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush.
+
verbosities
pl.
of Verbosity
+
vein
n.
A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
+
vulcanized
imp.|p.p.
of Vulcanize
+
vainness
n.
The quality or state of being vain.
+
vallecula
n.
A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
+
vallums
pl.
of Vallum
+
vicarious
prep.
Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
+
vidual
a.
Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
+
vacuation
n.
The act of emptying; evacuation.
+
volitable
a.
Volatilizable.
+
vison
n.
The mink.
+
vomito
n.
The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit.  See Black vomit.
+
vernal
a.
Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life.
+
vice
prep.
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
+
vindicative
a.
Revengeful; vindictive.
+
vese
n.
Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
+
void
v.i.
To be emitted or evacuated.
+
venereal
n.
The venereal disease; syphilis.
+
vesicle
n.
A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
+
verbarian
n.
One who coins words.
+
venerated
imp.|p.p.
of Venerate
+
vector
n.
Same as Radius vector.
+
vegetive
a.
Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.
+
validate
v.t.
To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
+
visitation
n.
Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.
+
venter
n.
The uterus, or womb.
+
vaporiferous
a.
Conveying or producing vapor.
+
voided
a.
Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.
+
vesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vest
+
vignette
v.t.
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
+
vigorite
n.
An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.
+
verbenaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
+
valetudinary
n.
A valetudinarian.
+
valvelet
n.
A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
+
vivacious
a.
Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
+
vinaigrette
n.
A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats.
+
vamose
v.i.|t.
To depart quickly; to depart from.
+
valeryl
n.
The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.
+
velvet
a.
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
+
vitriolate
a.
Vitriolated.
+
vagabond
a.
Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
+
vinolent
a.
Given to wine; drunken; intemperate.
+
villus
n.
Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
+
vitrified
imp.|p.p.
of Vitrify
+
vermes
n.pl.
An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers.
+
vermilinguia
n.pl.
A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.
+
verticle
n.
An axis; hinge; a turning point.
+
verriculate
a.
Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches.
+
vicegerent
n.
An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar.
+
valla
pl.
of Vallum
+
vagous
a.
Wandering; unsettled.
+
venenate
v.t.
To poison; to infect with poison.
+
vertebrate
a.
Alt. of Vertebrated
+
voodoo
a.
Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.
+
vesicular
a.
Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.
+
velum
n.
The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
+
vestment
n.
any priestly garment.
+
vomit
n.
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
+
virge
n.
A wand.  See Verge.
+
verminous
a.
Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.
+
veil
n.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
+
viceroyalty
n.
The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.
+
vacillant
a.
Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
+
variety
n.
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.
+
voyol
n.
See Viol, 2.
+
versify
v.i.
To make verses.
+
vermiculated
a.
Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate.
+
vility
n.
Vileness; baseness.
+
vapor
n.
To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
+
vouchment
n.
A solemn assertion.
+
vagrantly
adv.
In a vagrant manner.
+
vouch
n.
Warrant; attestation.
+
villanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Villanize
+
voivode
n.
See Waywode.
+
vection
n.
Vectitation.
+
varicosity
n.
The quality or state of being varicose.
+
volapuk
n.
Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.
+
vishnu
n.
A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.
+
voidance
n.
Evasion; subterfuge.
+
vittae
pl.
of Vitta
+
vicarious
prep.
Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
+
vega
n.
A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
+
vaginula
n.
One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
+
vesicular
a.
Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
+
vaginervose
a.
Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
+
vigilance
n.
Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
+
ventriloquized
imp.|p.p.
of Ventriloquize
+
ventriculi
pl.
of Ventriculus
+
vitrificate
v.t.
To convert into glass; to vitrify.
+
vulgar
a.
Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
+
vocalness
n.
The quality of being vocal; vocality.
+
vinegar
v.t.
To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
+
vent
v.t.
To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
+
voracious
a.
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
+
veratric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.
+
viewiness
n.
The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views.
+
vesiculous
a.
Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell.
+
vacantly
adv.
In a vacant manner; inanely.
+
verities
pl.
of Verity
+
vitilitigation
n.
Cavilous litigation; cavillation.
+
vegetate
v.i.
To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
+
vow
n.
To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.
+
velocipede
n.
A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
+
vaunter
n.
One who vaunts; a boaster.
+
voiced
imp.|p.p.
of Voice
+
virginity
n.
The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.
+
vacuum
n.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
+
visor
n.
A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
+
vulcanicity
n.
Volcanicity.
+
vitelligenous
a.
Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.
+
vaginopennous
a.
Having elytra; sheath-winged.
+
vitrina
n.
A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.
+
virgated
a.
Striped; streaked.
+
varioloid
a.
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
+
veneer
v.t.
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
+
virole
n.
A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
+
veiling
n.
A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
+
varietas
n.
A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.
+
volage
a.
Light; giddy.
+
venture
n.
An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
+
vail
n.
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
+
vision
v.
Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
+
vermilion
v.t.
To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
+
vulvitis
n.
Inflammation of the vulva.
+
varied
imp.|p.p.
of Vary
+
vexillum
n.
A company of troops serving under one standard.
+
vaishnavism
n.
The worship of Vishnu.
+
vaccine
a.
Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.
+
vertebrarterial
a.
Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
+
voluptuary
n.
A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
+
ventrimeson
n.
See Meson.
+
vernaculous
a.
Scoffing; scurrilous.
+
vexation
n.
The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
+
varicose
a.
Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
+
vesicle
n.
A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
+
vitriolated
a.
Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.
+
vermilinguia
n.pl.
A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.
+
venefical
a.
Veneficial.
+
verdureless
a.
Destitute of verdure.
+
verger
n.
The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
+
versemonger
n.
A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.
+
vomicine
n.
See Brucine.
+
vermil
n.
See Vermeil.
+
viduity
n.
Widowhood.
+
voe
n.
An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
+
vernation
n.
The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
+
visitation
n.
The object of a visit.
+
vernant
a.
Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
+
vauntingly
adv.
In a vaunting manner.
+
vacillatory
a.
Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
+
vantbrass
n.
Armor for the arm; vambrace.
+
versificator
n.
A versifier.
+
vicarship
n.
The office or dignity of a vicar.
+
vehicular
a.
Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.
+
venomous
a.
Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
+
visionary
a.
Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities.
+
vesting
n.
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
+
vasomotor
a.
Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.
+
versifier
n.
One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.
+
vengeance
n.
Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.
+
vespertilionine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.
+
vittate
a.
Bearing or containing vittae.
+
vogle
n.
Same as Vugg.
+
verge
n.
The edge or outside of a bed or border.
+
verdured
a.
Covered with verdure.
+
vegetation
n.
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
+
vaporization
n.
The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.
+
vanish
v.i.
To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
+
villous
a.
Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.
+
viewed
imp.|p.p.
of View
+
vehicle
n.
A substance in which medicine is taken.
+
venous
a.
Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf.
+
vein
n.
A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
+
vacating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vacate
+
vane
n.
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
+
vim
n.
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
+
visage
n.
The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
+
viticulture
n.
The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.
+
vexillum
n.
The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
+
velitation
n.
A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
+
vesicovaginal
a.
Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.
+
visa
n.
See Vis/.
+
velecipedist
n.
One who rides on a velocipede.
+
valorous
a.
Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
+
vanquishment
n.
The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished.
+
vaccinate
v.t.
To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
+
vivipara
n.pl.
An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
+
vers
n.sing.|pl.
A verse or verses.  See Verse.
+
victual
n.
Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural.  See Victuals.
+
vertigo
n.
Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
+
volatilizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Volatilize
+
vestales
n.pl.
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
+
variability
n.
The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
+
vapor
v.t.
To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.
+
voucher
n.
One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
+
vomic nut

Same as Nux vomica.
+
velar
a.
Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.
+
venae portae
pl.
of Vena
+
vandalic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
+
vulgarly
adv.
In a vulgar manner.
+
valiance
n.
Alt. of Valiancy
+
vagina
n.
The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
+
voting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vote
+
vast
n.
A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
+
ventriloquy
n.
Same as Ventriloquism.
+
votist
n.
One who makes a vow.
+
visit
v.t.
The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.
+
ventilate
v.t.
To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.
+
vitality
n.
The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise.
+
vanadyl
n.
The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds.
+
violation
n.
Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
+
vest
n.
To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
+
venture
n.
The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
+
vest
n.
Any outer covering; array; garb.
+
verse
n.
A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
+
vertically
adv.
In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.
+
valet
n.
A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
+
vetust
a.
Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.
+
venturer
n.
A strumpet; a prostitute.
+
visitable
a.
Liable or subject to be visited or inspected.
+
view
n.
Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.
+
ventilate
v.t.
To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
+
visavis
n.
A carriage in which two persons sit face to face.  Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
+
vomited
imp.|p.p.
of Vomit
+
vertex
n.
The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead.
+
variable
n.
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
+
vampire
n.
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.
+
venation
n.
The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
vendemiaire
n.
The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.
+
vitellogene
n.
A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.
+
violous
a.
Violent.
+
vassalage
n.
Vassals, collectively; vassalry.
+
vellumy
a.
Resembling vellum.
+
vertebra
n.
One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
+
vaporish
a.
Full of vapors; vaporous.
+
vermicide
n.
A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
+
ventroinguinal
a.
Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia.
+
virtue
n.
Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
+
verst
n.
A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.
+
virus
v.i.
Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
+
vaginate
a.
Alt. of Vaginated
+
vesicle
n.
A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
+
volcanic
a.
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
+
viridine
n.
A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine.
+
venenate
a.
Poisoned.
+
variegation
n.
The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.
+
ventricle
n.
A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart.  See Heart.
+
vicinity
n.
The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
+
valhalla
n.
The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
+
vision
v.
The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
+
vulcanization
n.
The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
+
vilify
v.t.
To treat as vile; to despise.
+
vaimure
n.
An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure.
+
verbalize
v.i.
To be verbose.
+
veal
n.
The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
+
vision
v.
That which is seen; an object of sight.
+
vapor
n.
A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
+
vagissate
v.i.
To caper or frolic.
+
veinal
a.
Pertaining to veins; venous.
+
vibrio
n.
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
+
vertebrated
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
+
venditation
n.
The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
+
vachery
n.
An inclosure for cows.
+
venereal
a.
Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
+
valetudinous
a.
Valetudinarian.
+
valancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Valance
+
virtuality
n.
The quality or state of being virtual.
+
vacillated
imp.|p.p.
of Vacillate
+
violate
v.t.
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.
+
virtuosity
n.
An art or study affected by virtuosos.
+
vulgar
n.
The vernacular, or common language.
+
valvula
n.
A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
+
voice
n.
Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
+
velvetleaf
n.
A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.
+
visor
n.
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
+
victimized
imp.|p.p.
of Victimize
+
vade mecum

A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
+
vastidity
n.
Vastness; immensity.
+
vehiculary
a.
Vehicular.
+
venerous
a.
Venereous.
+
vivification
n.
The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
+
vainglory
n.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
+
verge
n.
A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
+
vocabulary
n.
A sum or stock of words employed.
+
vegetous
a.
Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
+
vamp
v.i.
To advance; to travel.
+
verdigris
n.
A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.
+
veratrate
n.
A salt of veratric acid.
+
visa
v.t.
To indorse, after examination, with the word vise, as a passport; to vise.
+
voidance
n.
The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.
+
vote
n.
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
+
vituperation
n.
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
+
viaticum
n.
The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death.
+
vestigate
v.t.
To investigate.
+
vena
n.
A vein.
+
virgin
a.
Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.
+
veined
a.
Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
+
vanadite
n.
A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite.
+
vervet
n.
A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
+
villan
n.
A villain.
+
van
n.
A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
+
vincibility
n.
The quality or state of being vincible, vincibleness.
+
vadium
n.
Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
+
vindicator
n.
One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.
+
veritas
n.
The Bureau Veritas.  See under Bureau.
+
venefice
n.
The act or practice of poisoning.
+
vigilant
a.
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
+
vicine
n.
An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
+
vacuity
n.
Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
+
vergette
a.
Divided by pallets, or pales; paly.
+
valve
n.
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.
+
vent
n.
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
+
venereal
a.
Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.
+
victrice
n.
A victress.
+
verbiage
n.
The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
+
valor
n.
A brave man; a man of valor.
+
valuably
adv.
So as to be of value.
+
vaginal
a.
Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
+
ventilate
v.t.
To give vent; to utter; to make public.
+
volumetrical
a.
Volumetric.
+
verfication
n.
Confirmation by evidence.
+
vulgate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.
+
virgin
a.
Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
+
vansire
n.
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.
+
vasoformative
a.
Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.
+
vibrative
a.vibrating
; vibratory.
+
vestment
n.
A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress
+
veneering
n.
Thin wood or other material used as a veneer.
+
vise
v.t.
To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
+
volcanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Volcanize
+
vigesimoquarto
n.
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24°.
+
variolous
a.
Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.
+
vapor
n.
Wind; flatulence.
+
venus
n.
The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
+
verdigris
v.t.
To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
+
vedette
n.
A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.
+
vanadious
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, vanadium; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a lower valence as contrasted with the vanadic compounds; as, vanadious acid.
+
vision
v.t.
To see in a vision; to dream.
+
vagal
a.
Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
+
voice
n.
Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
+
vaccine
n.
The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
+
vermin
n.sing.|pl.
Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
+
vincible
a.
Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable.
+
venereous
a.
Venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac.
+
vagina
n.
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
+
vibrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vibrate
+
vehement
a.
Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
+
vaccary
n.
A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture.
+
vest
n.
To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.
+
victualling

of Victual
+
vetoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Veto
+
vant
v.i.
See Vaunt.
+
voluble
a.
Changeable; unstable; fickle.
+
valued
imp.|p.p.
of Value
+
vichy water

A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.
+
vexillary

Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
+
vulnerable
a.
Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation.
+
vascular
a.
Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.
+
vernine
n.
An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
+
veretillum
n.
Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.
+
viscosity
n.
A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
+
volupty
n.
Voluptuousness.
+
vibrate
v.t.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
+
versor
n.
The turning factor of a quaternion.
+
vire
n.
An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow.  Cf. Vireton.
+
viva voce

By word of mouth; orally.
+
vouch
v.t.
To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
+
valeridine
n.
A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.
+
vasty
a.
Vast; immense.
+
vampire
n.
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.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
+
visionariness
n.
The quality or state of being visionary.
+
version
n.
A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself.  See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
+
vicugna
n.
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.
+
visitation
n.
The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
+
vivid
a.
True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
+
validity
n.
Value.
+
vibrios
pl.
of Vibrio
+
voluptuous
a.
Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
+
vault
v.i.
To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
+
verine
n.
An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.
+
vasculum
n.
Same as Ascidium, n., 1.
+
vomit
n.
Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
+
villany
n.
See Villainy.
+
ventriculus
n.
The body cavity of a sponge.
+
vitrescence
n.
The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.
+
vestibula
pl.
of Vestibulum
+
vulcanian
a.
Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals.
+
vermiculate
a.
Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical.
+
voice
n.
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
+
vidonia
n.
A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.
+
vesselfuls
pl.
of Vesselful
+
velvety
a.
Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
+
verminly
a.|adv.
Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin.
+
vanadium
n.
A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.
+
vintaging
n.
The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes.
+
viscerated
imp.|p.p.
of Viscerate
+
vestry
n.
A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
+
vent
n.
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
+
vivarium
n.
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
+
vociferous
a.
Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds.
+
vapor
n.
Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
+
voice
v.t.
To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
+
vanward
a.
Being on, or towards, the van, or front.
+
veiny
a.
Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.
+
versatile
a.
Capable of being turned round.
+
ventilation
n.
The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.
+
vitals
n.pl.
Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.
+
verberation
n.
The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
+
vied
imp.|p.p.
of Vie
+
vanilla
n.
A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.
+
vermetus
n.
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.
+
vivariums
pl.
of Vivarium
+
vesicant
n.
A vesicatory.
+
velvet
n.
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
+
vicariate
a.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
+
vocative
a.
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
+
vacuum
n.
A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.
+
verbal
a.
Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
+
verbal
a.
Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
+
vetoes
pl.
of Veto
+
variable
n.
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
+
variableness
n.
The quality or state of being variable; variability.
+
vinculum
n.
A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.
+
virgate
a.
Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
+
vote
v.t.
To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
+
volley
v.i.
To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
+
veniality
n.
The quality or state of being venial; venialness.
+
view
n.
Appearance; show; aspect.
+
virginal
v.i.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
+
v hook

A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
+
vomit
n.
That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
+
visit
v.i.
To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
+
vowel
n.
A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound.  See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149.
+
veil
n.
Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
+
vibration
n.
A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
+
verbatim
adv.
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
+
vanessa
n.
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.
+
vortexes
pl.
of Vortex
+
vault
n.
A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
+
vehicle
n.
That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.
+
voltairean
a.
Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author.
+
vampirism
n.
The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
+
viminal
a.
Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
+
vocation
n.
Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
+
voluminous
a.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
+
verbalization
n.
The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.
+
viridness
n.
Viridity; greenness.
+
valley
n.
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
+
vinaceous
a.
Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.
+
vivers
n.pl.
Provisions; victuals.
+
vacillating
a.
Inclined to fluctuate; wavering.
+
vertebrated
a.
Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
+
veer
v.t.
To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel.
+
vase
n.
A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase.  See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
+
vasoconstrictor
a.
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go.  These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
+
villanized
imp.|p.p.
of Villanize
+
vain
superl.
Showy; ostentatious.
+
vouch
v.t.
To call; to summon.
+
vest
v.i.
To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
+
vine
n.
Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
+
vespertine
a.
Blossoming in the evening.
+
volvulus
n.
Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus.  See Ileus.
+
vein
v.t.
To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
+
ventiduct
n.
A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.
+
valvular
a.
Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.
+
ventilate
v.t.
To change or renew, as the air of a room.
+
voluntary
n.
A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
+
vindicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vindicate
+
vauntful
a.
Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.
+
venus
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food.
+
vacant
a.
Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
+
verificative
a.
Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
+
vaporous
a.
Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
+
volcanization
n.
The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it.
+
violet
n.
The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
+
vernaculous
a.
Vernacular.
+
veil
n.
Same as Velum, 3.
+
vitellary
a.
Vitelline.
+
votary
a.
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
+
viceman
n.
A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
+
vegetive
n.
A vegetable.
+
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.
+
volutae
pl.
of Voluta
+
verjuice
n.
The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.
+
vitellin
n.
An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form.
+
vampire
n.
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.
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vox
n.
A voice.
+
vesiculation
n.
The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.
+
venomous
a.
Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
+
vulgar
a.
Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
+
velum
n.
A veil-like organ or part.
+
venulose
a.
Full of venules, or small veins.
+
vespertinal
a.
Vespertine.
+
volvox
n.
A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
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vintage
n.
The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.
+
viraginity
n.
The qualities or characteristics of a virago.
+
velum
n.
Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
+
venturine
n.
Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.
+
visioned
a.
Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions.
+
volcanism
n.
Volcanic power or action; volcanicity.
+
vincetoxin
n.
A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
+
visitation
n.
A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July.
+
vin ordinaire

A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.
+
visional
a.
Of or pertaining to a vision.
+
vivianite
n.
A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
+
volcanicity
n.
Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
+
venantes
n.pl.
The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.
+
vine
n.
Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
+
valve
n.
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
+
verbenated
imp.|p.p.
of Verbenate
+
vastness
n.
The quality or state of being vast.
+
vaticinal
a.
Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
+
vowelism
n.
The use of vowels.
+
vasoconstrictor
n.
A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels.  Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.
+
void
a.
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null.  Cf. Voidable, 2.
+
vesicatory
a.
Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.
+
venery
n.
Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
+
vitta
n.
One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
+
vampirism
n.
Fig.: The practice of extortion.
+
venene
a.
Poisonous; venomous.
+
versifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Versify
+
virtuosity
n.
The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or aesthetic cultivation takes the place of religious character; sentimentalism.
+
vitiation
n.
The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
+
ventriloquize
v.i.
To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
+
vent
v.t.
To utter; to report; to publish.
+
valley
n.
The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
+
vambrace
n.
The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
+
varnishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Varnish
+
vicariate
n.
Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
+
versimilous
a.
Verisimilar.
+
viseing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vise
+
villenage
n.
Villanage.
+
voucher
n.
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.
+
vintager
n.
One who gathers the vintage.
+
vondsira
n.
Same as Vansire.
+
villagery
n.
Villages; a district of villages.
+
verminously
adv.
In a verminous manner.
+
variant
n.
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.
+
violin
n.
A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
+
verdoy
a.
Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of a border.
+
varnisher
n.
One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.
+
vagabondize
v.i.
To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
+
vie
n.
A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.
+
virgin
n.
A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
+
vital
n.
A vital part; one of the vitals.
+
verditer
n.
Verdigris.
+
viripotent
a.
Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.
+
vacillation
n.
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
+
vestiarian
a.
Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
+
various
a.
Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.
+
verteber
n.
A vertebra.
+
virgin
n.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
+
vaunce
v.i.
To advance.
+
vocule
n.
A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
+
viceregal
a.
Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty.
+
verse
n.
One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
+
viscosimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.
+
vermeil
n.
Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red.
+
vesicularia
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.
+
vestry
n.
A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
+
vive
a.
Lively; animated; forcible.
+
viciate
v.t.
See Vitiate.
+
vetch
n.
Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
+
varying

a. & n. from Vary.
+
vexed
a.
Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.
+
vauquelinite
n.
Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.
+
veiled
imp.|p.p.
of Veil
+
valvate
a.
Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
+
vulturine
a.
Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.
+
vendible
n.
Something to be sold, or offered for sale.
+
varnish
n.
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.
+
visite
n.
A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
+
vast
superl.
Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
+
veratria
n.
Veratrine.
+
vestibular
a.
Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
+
verb
n.
A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
+
vafrous
a.
Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks.
+
vertebro

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal.
+
validity
n.
Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.
+
vacuolated
a.
Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.
+
void
n.
An empty space; a vacuum.
+
vetturino
n.
One who lets or drives a vettura.
+
vestal
a.
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
+
volatile
n.
A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
+
vesture
v.t.
Seizin; possession.
+
vulnifical
a.
Causing wounds; inflicting wounds; wounding.
+
vomit
v.t.
To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out.
+
vanillin
n.
A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.
+
vaginismus
n.
A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.
+
victories
pl.
of Victory
+
viage
n.
A voyage; a journey.
+
vial
v.t.
To put in a vial or vials.
+
vulnerose
a.
Full of wounds; wounded.
+
veratrine
n.
A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.
+
vastel
n.
See Wastel.
+
vialling

of Vial
+
voluntary
n.
One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
+
victress
n.
A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.
+
vase
n.
A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
+
vertiginous
a.
Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
+
vielle
n.
An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
+
volant
a.
Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant.
+
veto
n.
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
+
voltzite
n.
An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine.
+
vocabulist
n.
The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.
+
verderor
n.
An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses.
+
vermin
n.sing.|pl.
An animal, in general.
+
veined
a.
Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.
+
verdantly
adv.
In a verdant manner.
+
viander
n.
A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host.
+
vitiously
n.
Alt. of Vitiousness
+
vaporish
a.
Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.
+
validly
adv.
In a valid manner; so as to be valid.
+
voodooism
n.
A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.
+
vari
n.
The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.
+
voir dire

An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence.
+
vizierate
n.
The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
+
vivacity
n.
Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor.
+
vineyardist
n.
One who cultivates a vineyard.
+
vaccine
n.
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.
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vote
v.i.
To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.
+
vale
n.
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
+
vivacious
a.
Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.
+
volunteer
a.
One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
+
venerable
a.
Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.
+
vault
n.
A leap or bound.
+
vote
n.
A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
+
valvata
n.
A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
+
visavis
adv.
Face to face.
+
vitaille
n.
Food; victuals.
+
virtuous
a.
Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
+
valerianic
a.
Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
+
vaquero
n.
One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.
+
venison
n.
Beasts of the chase.
+
vacation
n.
The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
+
vara
n.
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
+
vivda
n.
See Vifda.
+
vitals
n.pl.
Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state.
+
vocabulary
n.
A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.
+
vicarage
n.
The benefice of a vicar.
+
voiture
n.
A carriage.
+
verminate
v.i.
To breed vermin.
+
vicennial
a.
Lasting or comprising twenty years.
+
vermilion
n.
A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
+
villainous
a.
Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.
+
villanella
n.
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
+
villanously
n.
Alt. of Villanousness
+
virago
n.
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
+
vulcanist
n.
A volcanist.
+
visionless
a.
Destitute of vision; sightless.
+
vesicle
n.
A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
+
verging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Verge
+
vernile
a.
Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.
+
valley
n.
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
+
vest
n.
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
+
vested
a.
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
+
tos
pl.
of Vigesimo-quarto
+
vote
v.t.
To condemn; to devote; to doom.
+
ventilator
n.
A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
+
veliferous
a.
Carrying or bearing sails.
+
vehicle
n.
Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.
+
veinlet
n.
A small vein.
+
vulturous
a.
Like a vulture; rapacious.
+
virgin
a.
Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
+
v moth

A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.
+
vellicate
v.i.
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
+
vertices
pl.
of Vertex
+
vestigial
a.
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
+
villager
n.
An inhabitant of a village.
+
vaticanism
n.
The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.
+
victoria
n.
A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria.  The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
+
violent
a.
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.
+
vermuth
n.
A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite.
+
venturesome
a.
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.
+
vigil
v.i.
Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
+
vehicled
a.
Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle.
+
variety
n.
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.
+
vociferating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vociferate
+
vertebral
a.
Vertebrate.
+
voidance
n.
A ejection from a benefice.
+
verge
n.
The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
+
verseman
n.
Same as Versemonger.
+
vertical
n.
A vertical line, plane, or circle.
+
vaseline
n.
A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.
+
vermeil
n.
A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
+
vomitory
n.
A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.
+
variolitic
a.
Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.
+
vesical
a.
Of or pertaining to the bladder.
+
vergette
n.
A small pale.
+
vivify
v.t.
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
+
viroled
a.
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.
+
viceroyship
n.
Viceroyalty.
+
vinculum
n.
A bond of union; a tie.
+
vexillation
n.
A company of troops under one vexillum.
+
value
n.
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.
+
vesicated
imp.|p.p.
of Vesicate
+
verse
n.
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
+
variously
adv.
In various or different ways.
+
variation
n.
One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.
+
viatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling.
+
vaunt
v.t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
+
venae cavae
pl.
of Vena
+
vermicious
a.
Of or pertaining to worms; wormy.
+
vacant
a.
Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.
+
voiding
a.
Receiving what is ejected or voided.
+
viatometer
n.
A viameter.
+
vinegarette
n.
See Vinaigrette, n., 2.
+
valencia
n.
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
+
vociferator
n.
One who vociferates, or is clamorous.
+
vicious
a.
Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
+
volge
n.
The common sort of people; the crowd; the mob.
+
varangian
n.
One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
+
vermeology
n.
A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.
+
vole
n.
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
+
value
n.
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.
+
vicarial
a.
Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.
+
vaulty
a.
Arched; concave.
+
viole
n.
A vial.
+
vanner hawk

The kestrel.
+
venetian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Venice.
+
ventured
imp.|p.p.
of Venture
+
villain
n.
A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.
+
vagrant
n.
One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
+
vesture
v.t.
A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
+
vanning
n.
A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.
+
volcanically
adv.
Like a volcano.
+
volleying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Volley
+
valvate
a.
Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
+
verbalist
n.
A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.
+
valkyrian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle.
+
vernacularism
n.
A vernacular idiom.
+
vaginitis
n.
Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.
+
vesper
n.
The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.
+
verdine
n.
A commercial name for green aniline dye.
+
votary
n.
One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
+
vicemen
pl.
of Viceman
+
ventricous
a.
Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla.
+
via
prep.
By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.
+
volt
n.
The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15° C.
+
visit
v.t.
To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
+
vendetta
n.
A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
+
vagabondry
n.
Vagabondage.
+
vulnerary
n.
A vulnerary remedy.
+
vapor
n.
To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
+
villenous
a.
Of or pertaining to a villein.
+
vilany
n.
Villainy.
+
viatecture
n.
The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc.
+
voidness
n.
The quality or state of being void; /mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.
+
viduation
n.
The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
+
virgin
n.
Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
+
variation
n.
Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.
+
vexation
n.
The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
+
vincula
pl.
of Vinculum
+
velutina
n.
Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
+
value
v.t.
To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
+
vinery
n.
A vineyard.
+
vocalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vocalize
+
variation
n.
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.
+
vitiate
v.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.
+
vibrate
v.i.
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.
+
volition
n.
The power of willing or determining; will.
+
vacated
imp.|p.p.
of Vacate
+
vaporize
v.i.
To pass off in vapor.
+
villanize
v.t.
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
+
virginal
a.
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
+
venerable
a.
Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
+
vestries
pl.
of Vestry
+
voyageur
n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
+
varify
v.t.
To make different; to vary; to variegate.
+
visage
v.t.
To face.
+
visavis
n.
One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.
+
virgilian
a.
Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil.
+
vinasse
n.
The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
+
vicissitude
n.
Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
+
venue
n.
A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
+
ventriculous
a.
Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
+
vespa
n.
A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
+
vanadinite
n.
A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride.
+
vermination
n.
A griping of the bowels.
+
vesta
n.
An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
+
vegetable
n.
A plant. See Plant.
+
voluntaries
pl.
of Voluntary
+
viviparousness
n.
The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.
+
vizcacha
n.
A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.
+
vision
v.
Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
+
voltagraphy
n.
In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.
+
voided
imp.|p.p.
of Void
+
ventral
a.
Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant.  Opposed to dorsal.
+
vainly
adv.
In a vain manner; in vain.
+
vinosity
n.
The quality or state of being vinous.
+
version
n.
A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
+
verray
a.
Very; true.
+
vaunt
v.i.
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
+
volitive
a.
Used in expressing a wish or permission as, volitive proposition.
+
vitriolate
v.t.
To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
+
voluntary
n.
One who advocates voluntaryism.
+
voidance
n.
The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.
+
veneracea
n.pl.
An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule.  See Venus.
+
villosity
n.
A coating of long, slender hairs.
+
vail
v.i.
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
+
voodoo
n.
See Voodooism.
+
villakin
n.
A little villa.
+
vaporation
n.
The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.
+
veil
n.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
+
viinage
n.
The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage.
+
volcanist
n.
One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes.
+
vesica
n.
A bladder.
+
vizierazem
n.
A grand vizier.  See under Vizier.
+
vicissitudinous
a.
Full of, or subject to, changes.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
+
vetture
pl.
of Vettura
+
vandal
a.
Alt. of Vandalic
+
versicolor
a.
Alt. of Versicolored
+
vap
n.
That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
+
vanish
v.i.
To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.
+
versified
imp.|p.p.
of Versify
+
vowelize
v.t.
To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.
+
vignette
n.
A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
+
valetudinarianism
n.
The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
+
vicissitude
n.
Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
+
voidable
a.
Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.
+
venally
adv.
In a venal manner.
+
variant
a.
Changeable; changing; fickle.
+
void
a.
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
+
volumist
n.
One who writes a volume; an author.
+
velaria
pl.
of Velarium
+
vulpinic
a.
Same as Vulpic.
+
vegetate
v.i.
To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
+
vocalize
v.t.
To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
+
vicarial
a.
Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes.
+
valencies
pl.
of Valency
+
verbosity
n.
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
+
verbarian
a.
Of or pertaining to words; verbal.
+
vaporer
n.
One who vapors; a braggart.
+
vibratile
a.
Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.
+
votress
n.
A votaress.
+
valvate
a.
Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
+
vinny
a.
Vinnewed.
+
vireton
n.
An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
+
volupere
n.
A woman's cap.
+
vesicle
n.
A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
+
virility
n.
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
+
vertebrata
n.pl.
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
+
villainy
n.
The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
+
vanjas
n.
The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.
+
volitive
a.
Of or pertaining to the will; originating in the will; having the power to will.
+
vamp
n.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
+
voider
n.
A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.
+
velours
n.
One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
+
vitreoelectic
a.
Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
+
vinagrous
a.
Resembling vinegar; sour.
+
vivary
n.
A vivarium.
+
vellicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vellicate
+
verified
imp.|p.p.
of Verify
+
virus
v.i.
The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
+
violaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.
+
vetoist
n.
One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
+
vertex
n.
The top, or crown, of the head.
+
vitreousness
n.
The quality or state of being vitreous.
+
visionist
n.
A visionary.
+
vesicate
v.t.
To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.
+
vaporizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vaporize
+
vain
superl.
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
+
vital
a.
Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
+
volute
n.
A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
+
vocal
a.
Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.
+
validness
n.
The quality or state of being valid.
+
vary
v.t.
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
+
ventilation
n.
The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood.
+
vary
v.i.
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
+
vesicoprostatic
a.
Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.
+
vulcano
n.
A volcano.
+
vassalry
n.
The body of vassals.
+
vendace
n.
A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis.
+
vend
n.
The act of vending or selling; a sale.
+
veratrol
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.
+
vicarious
prep.
Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
+
vantbrace
n.
Alt. of Vantbrass
+
vaginal
a.
Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
+
vitiated
imp.|p.p.
of Vitiate
+
vomiturition
n.
An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
+
vigilancy
n.
Vigilance.
+
ventriloquizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ventriloquize
+
volcanoes
pl.
of Volcano
+
vividity
n.
The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.
+
vice
n.
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
+
violoncellist
n.
A player on the violoncello.
+
viciosity
n.
Vitiosity.
+
viscount
a.
An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.
+
voluntaryism
n.
The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.
+
vascularity
n.
The quality or state of being vascular.
+
volatilize
v.t.
To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor.
+
ventricose
a.
Alt. of Ventricous
+
vestryman
n.
A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden.  See Vestry.
+
verbenating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Verbenate
+
vivific
a.
Alt. of Vivifical
+
vaginant
a.
Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
+
vail
n.
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
+
vairy
n.
Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
+
verdict
n.
Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.
+
variable
n.
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
+
vomer
n.
A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
+
visitant
n.
One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
+
violone
n.
The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass.
+
variation
n.
Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
+
viscountship
n.
Alt. of Viscounty
+
vicarious
prep.
Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
+
vermiculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vermiculate
+
viticulturist
n.
One engaged in viticulture.
+
vitiligo
n.
A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.
+
vertu
n.
Virtue; power.  See Virtue.
+
vomica
n.
An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
+
vanquished
imp.|p.p.
of Vanquish
+
vetchy
a.
Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
+
verrucous
a.
Verrucose.
+
vegetarianism
n.
The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.
+
vaut
n.
A vault; a leap.
+
vaticine
n.
A prediction; a vaticination.
+
valency
n.
A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
+
vault
n.
The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
+
vegetal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.
+
virent
a.
Green; not withered.
+
vase
n.
The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
+
veterinarian
n.
One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
+
virgo
n.
A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.
+
vantage
n.
superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
+
vouchsafing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vouchsafe
+
vail
n.|v.t.
Same as Veil.
+
vivifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vivify
+
vauty
a.
Vaulted.
+
vinaigrette
n.
A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.
+
venire facias

A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.
+
vaza parrot

Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot.
+
vesiculae
pl.
of Vesicula
+
vial
n.
A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine.
+
vair
n.
The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
+
villanage
n.
Baseness; infamy; villainy.
+
vaccinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vaccinate
+
vulnerary
a.
Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions.
+
vocality
n.
The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
+
vallecula
n.
One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
+
ventilated
imp.|p.p.
of Ventilate
+
vibrancy
n.
The state of being vibrant; resonance.
+
vertebrated
a.
Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
+
voiced
a.
Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.
+
vamplate
n.
A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand.
+
vastly
adv.
To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely.
+
vermifuge
n.
A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
+
volunteer
v.i.
To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
+
vibriones
pl.
of Vibrio
+
veneficial
a.
Alt. of Veneficious
+
verumontanum
n.
An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it.
+
van
n.
A wing with which the air is beaten.
+
verrayment
adv.
Verily; truly.
+
vulturism
n.
The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.
+
virgule
n.
A comma.
+
virginal
n.
An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
+
viewer
n.
The superintendent of a coal mine.
+
vat
n.
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
+
vacillancy
n.
The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering.
+
vending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vend
+
venesection
n.
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.
+
veneficious
a.
Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.
+
volumescope
n.
An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, and the like.
+
verruciform
a.
Shaped like a wart or warts.
+
vallar
a.
Of or pertaining to a rampart.
+
vimen
n.
A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch.
+
vagary
n.
Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.
+
varuna
n.
The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.
+
vizarded
a.
Wearing a vizard.
+
verbalize
v.t.
To convert into a verb; to verbify.
+
verity
n.
The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality.
+
varicella
n.
Chicken pox.
+
virtual
a.
Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
+
verticality
n.
The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness.
+
virtue
n.
Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
+
votaress
n.
A woman who is a votary.
+
verge
n.
The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.  See Illustration in Appendix.
+
verditure
n.
The faintest and palest green.
+
voltairism
n.
The theories or practice of Voltaire.
+
vitalized
imp.|p.p.
of Vitalize
+
vivifical
a.
Giving life; reviving; enlivening.
+
virtue
n.
Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
+
verge
n.
The penis.
+
verdit
n.
Verdict.
+
vomitories
pl.
of Vomitory
+
validity
n.
The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.
+
velverd
n.
The veltfare.
+
vest
n.
Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
+
velocities
pl.
of Velocity
+
vermiculite
n.
A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
+
velutinous
a.
Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
+
victim
n.
A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.
+
vaudois
n.sing.|pl.
An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud.
+
viewsome
a.
Pleasing to the sight; sightly.
+
vesico

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.
+
vallary
a.
Same as Vallar.
+
vanishment
n.
A vanishing.
+
varier
n.
A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
+
vaporable
a.
Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.
+
van
n.
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.
+
volume
n.
A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.
+
vow
v.i.
To make a vow, or solemn promise.
+
valetudinarian
n.
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
+
viscountess
n.
The wife of a viscount.
+
veronese
n.sing.|pl.
A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona.
+
vibracula
pl.
of Vibraculum
+
vacuna
n.
The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.
+
vanilloes
n.pl.
An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.
+
voucher
n.
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.
+
violating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Violate
+
vigor
n.
Strength; efficacy; potency.
+
valance
n.
The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
+
voider
n.
One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.
+
violence
v.t.
To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
+
vomitory
a.
Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
+
victus
n.
Food; diet.
+
viola
n.
A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
+
vitriolization
n.
The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation.
+
vitious
n.
Alt. of Vitiousness
+
vulnific
a.
Alt. of Vulnifical
+
vituperator
n.
One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
+
varnish
n.
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.
+
victoria
n.
An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.
+
votaries
pl.
of Votary
+
vibratility
n.
The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation.
+
verbal
a.
Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
+
virial
n.
A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics.
+
volleyed
a.
Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.
+
visceral
a.
Fig.: Having deep sensibility.
+
velarium
n.
The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
+
vassalage
n.
Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.
+
vent
v.i.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
+
vizier
n.
A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
+
virtuosoship
n.
The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso.
+
variolation
n.
Inoculation with smallpox.
+
venerate
v.t.
To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.
+
victualer
n.
One who deals in grain; a corn factor.
+
venew
n.
A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.
+
virtuate
v.t.
To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
+
valuation
n.
Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.
+
valid
a.
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.
+
vettura
n.
An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.
+
veto
v.t.
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
+
virulent
a.
Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective.
+
viridity
n.
Freshness; soundness.
+
vent
n.
A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
+
venite
n.
The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm.
+
vehmic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
+
vulcanic
a.
Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.
+
vastation
n.
A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.
+
vallets pills

Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass.
+
vae
n.
See Voe.
+
visitor

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.
+
view
n.
Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.
+
vehiculate
v.t.|i.
To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.
+
violent
v.i.
To be violent; to act violently.
+
vulgarity
n.
The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
+
verbose
a.
Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
+
volery
n.
A flight of birds.
+
vomer
n.
The pygostyle.
+
vocable
n.
A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.
+
vermiculate
v.t.
To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.
+
violinist
n.
A player on the violin.
+
vexillum
n.
A flag or standard.
+
vives
n.
A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
+
vesicouterine
a.
Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.
+
vicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vice
+
verity
n.
That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.
+
vellicate
v.t.
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
+
vote
n.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
+
vergalien
n.
Alt. of Vergaloo
+
vested
imp.|p.p.
of Vest
+
vended
imp.|p.p.
of Vend
+
verdigris
n.
The green rust formed on copper.
+
vitrifacture
n.
The manufacture of glass and glassware.
+
verminous
a.
Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.
+
villainy
n.
The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.
+
visitatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial.
+
vocal
n.
A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
+
vertebra
n.
One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
+
vatical
a.
Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
+
vesicula
n.
A vesicle.
+
victualing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Victual
+
varicose
a.
Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.
+
vinculum
n.
A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.
+
volunteer
a.
One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
+
veto
n.
The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.
+
violine
n.
Mauve aniline.  See under Mauve.
+
varix
n.
A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
+
violettip
n.
A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis).  Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
+
vacant
a.
Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
+
vacillate
v.t.
To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
+
viewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of View
+
vermilion
n.
Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
+
visionaries
pl.
of Visionary
+
versable
a.
Capable of being turned.
+
verge
n.
A virgate; a yardland.
+
vector
n.
A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal.  Cf. Scalar.
+
viscidity
n.
The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
+
vouching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vouch
+
vertebroiliac
a.
Iliolumbar.
+
verger
n.
An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc.
+
virginhood
n.
Virginity; maidenhood.
+
vent
n.
A baiting place; an inn.
+
vintage
n.
The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
+
vellon
n.
A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real.
+
verfication
n.
The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication.
+
villanousness
n.
See Villainous, etc.
+
visor
n.
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
+
venereal
a.
Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
+
vistas
pl.
of Vista
+
vacancy
n.
A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc.
+
vermiculation
n.
The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.
+
villi
n.
pl. of Villus.
+
visualize
v.t.
To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.
+
verd antique

A mottled-green serpentine marble.
+
vacancy
n.
Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
+
vesicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vesicate
+
vital
a.
Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
+
vampirism
n.
Belief in the existence of vampires.
+
vogue
n.
The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.
+
vexillary
n.
A standard bearer.
+
volvulus
n.
The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.
+
venal
a.
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.
+
voyol
n.
The block through which a messenger passes.
+
vilifier
n.
One who vilifies or defames.
+
visigoth
n.
One of the West Goths.  See the Note under Goth.
+
visual
a.
Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
+
vellum
n.
A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
+
voraginous
a.
Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring.
+
visceral
a.
Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.
+
volator
n.
Same as Volador, 1.
+
vinyl
n.
The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous.
+
vulvouterine
a.
Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.
+
vexed
a.
Annoyed; harassed; troubled.
+
verbalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Verbalize
+
vulpinite
n.
A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.
+
vision
v.
The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
+
villainies
pl.
of Villainy
+
vallancy
n.
A large wig that shades the face.
+
varvel
n.
In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
+
venose
a.
Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond.
+
viburnum
n.
A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.
+
vitellus
n.
Perisperm in an early condition.
+
vaagmer
n.
The dealfish.
+
voltigeur
n.
A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
+
vast
superl.
Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
+
vanillic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.
+
void
a.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
+
viscum
n.
A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
+
vagabond
a.
Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
+
venatic
a.
Alt. of Venatical
+
verge
v.i.
To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
+
victualer
n.
One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.
+
verd
n.
The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
+
valetudinarian
a.
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
+
viewy
a.
Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination.
+
vermiculate
a.
Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut.
+
verruculose
a.
Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk.
+
vaginicola
n.
A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
+
virtuoso
n.
One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.
+
veliger
n.
Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
+
variation
n.
Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.
+
verger
n.
A garden or orchard.
+
vicarian
n.
A vicar.
+
volant
a.
Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
+
visiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Visit
+
vixen
n.
A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman.
+
vascular
a.
Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.
+
vital
a.
Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
+
villain
n.
A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
+
veratrum
n.
A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
+
versing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Verse
+
vitrificable
a.
Vitrifiable.
+
vegetable
v.
Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
+
verberate
v.t.
To beat; to strike.
+
voltaic
a.
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.
+
volatile
a.
Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
+
volunteering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Volunteer
+
vague
n.
A wandering; a vagary.
+
varieties
pl.
of Variety
+
volta
n.
A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once.  Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
+
vocalist
n.
A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.
+
verify
v.t.
To maintain; to affirm; to support.
+
viability
n.
The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.
+
verged
imp.|p.p.
of Verge
+
vellication

A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
+
visiter
n.
A visitor.
+
veniable
a.
Venial; pardonable.
+
ventrad
adv.
Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; -- opposed to dorsad.
+
victorian
a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.
+
venire facias

A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court.
+
vinous
a.
Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste.
+
viniculture
n.
The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture.
+
verify
v.t.
To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
+
vary
v.i.
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
+
volcanian
a.
Volcanic.
+
visionary
n.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
+
vernage
n.
A kind of sweet wine from Italy.
+
varletry
n.
The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
+
vegetal
n.
A vegetable.
+
vergency
n.
The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
+
veracious
a.
Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.
+
vie
v.i.
To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
+
verticil
n.
A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.
+
vertical
a.
Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.
+
vapory
a.
Full of vapors; vaporous.
+
villa
n.
A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.
+
vulgarization
n.
The act or process of making vulgar, or common.
+
vengeancely
adv.
Extremely; excessively.
+
vanilla
n.
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.
+
vindicate
v.t.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
+
virtue
n.
One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
+
vouchsafement
n.
The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.
+
vesication
n.
The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.
+
virtu
n.
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
+
vitruvian
a.
Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.
+
violet
n.
Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
+
veering
a.
Shifting.
+
veriloquent
a.
Speaking truth; truthful.
+
vernacularly
adv.
In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.
+
vesture
v.t.
The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
+
viapple
n.
See Otaheite apple.
+
venture
v.t.
To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
+
vulgarism
n.
Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
+
verecundity
n.
The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.
+
vitrifiable
a.
Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable.
+
valuableness
n.
The quality of being valuable.
+
verge
v.i.
To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
+
verse
n.
A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
+
vexed
imp.|p.p.
of Vex
+
vista
n.
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
+
vanadous
a.
Of or pertaining to vanadium; obtained from vanadium; -- said of an acid containing one equivalent of vanadium and two of oxygen.
+
vie
v.t.
To stake; to wager.
+
vestige
n.
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
+
vendee
n.
The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor.
+
vagus
n.
The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
+
vicine
a.
Near; neighboring; vicinal.
+
vegetation
n.
An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
+
virtuoso
n.
A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.
+
vice
n.
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
+
variolic
a.
Variolous.
+
vulcan
n.
The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
+
vibrate
imp.|p.p.
of Vibrate
+
vestry
n.
A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
+
verbarium
n.
A game in word making.  See Logomachy, 2.
+
vugg
n.
Alt. of Vugh
+
vouchsafe
v.t.
To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
+
voice
n.
One who speaks; a speaker.
+
vanity
n.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
+
vamure
n.
See Vauntmure.
+
vouchee
n.
The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.
+
valediction
n.
A farewell; a bidding farewell.
+
volleyed
imp.|p.p.
of Volley
+
vaccinia
n.
Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
+
value
n.
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.
+
vein
n.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
+
vigil
v.i.
Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
+
varietal
a.
Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.
+
vailer
n.
One who vails.
+
vicontiels
n.pl.
Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
+
varlet
n.
Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
+
vaccinal
a.
Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.
+
vie
v.i.
To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek.  See Revie.
+
variorum
a.
Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.
+
veiled
a.
Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.
+
vaporimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.
+
voided
a.
Annulled; invalidated.
+
vibroscope
n.
An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
+
villain
a.
Villainous.
+
vitriolate
v.t.
To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.
+
vauntcourier
n.
See Van-courier.
+
viary
a.
Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads.
+
voluminous
a.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
+
valuer
n.
One who values; an appraiser.
+
venerability
n.
The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness.
+
valid
a.
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.
+
vermin
n.sing.|pl.
A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
+
vermiculation
n.
The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.
+
villas
pl.
of Villa
+
vaginati
n.pl.
A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
+
venous
a.
Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood.
+
verdancy
n.
The quality or state of being verdant.
+
verbally
adv.
Word for word; verbatim.
+
venery
n.
The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.
+
vociferant
a.
Noisy; clamorous.
+
volley
v.i.
To return the ball before it touches the ground.
+
variegate
v.t.
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
+
vermiform
a.
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
+
vertigoes
pl.
of Vertigo
+
vest
n.
To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
+
vespilloes
pl.
of Vespillo
+
viridescent
a.
Slightly green; greenish.
+
ventage
n.
A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
+
value
v.t.
To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
+
venial
a.
Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
+
venom
n.
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
+
vote
v.t.
To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
+
voluptuous
a.
Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
+
vare
n.
A weasel.
+
vinolency
n.
Drunkennes.
+
vex
v.i.
To be irritated; to fret.
+
virgate
n.
A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
+
vat
v.t.
To put or transfer into a vat.
+
viewer
n.
A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same.
+
vivified
imp.|p.p.
of Vivify
+
vanillate
n.
A salt of vanillic acid.
+
vibrate
v.i.
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
+
vakeel
n.
A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.
+
vocative
n.
The vocative case.
+
vanities
pl.
of Vanity
+
veto
n.
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
+
vedanta
n.
A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance.
+
vowelish
a.
Of the nature of a vowel.
+
virago
n.
Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
+
volitient
a.
Exercising the will; acting from choice; willing, or having power to will.
+
vulvovaginal
a.
Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.
+
vespillo
n.
One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
+
vamper
n.
One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.
+
vowfellow
n.
One bound by the same vow as another.
+
veil
n.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
+
vasculose
n.
One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media.
+
vitally
adv.
In a vital manner.
+
vacuist
n.
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.
+
verticity
n.
The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
+
vileyns
a.
Villainous.
+
vaginula
n.
A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
+
volition
n.
The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice.
+
voice
n.
The tone or sound emitted by anything.
+
vilify
v.t.
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
+
vinegary
a.
Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.
+
vertebrae
pl.
of Vertebra
+
violently
adv.
In a violent manner.
+
vingt et un

A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it.
+
verbality
n.
The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.
+
vaticinator
n.
One who vaticinates; a prophet.
+
vandyke
a.
Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
+
vituperable
a.
Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.
+
violence
n.
Ravishment; rape; constupration.
+
vicious
a.
Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
+
vandal
n.
One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.
+
villus
n.
One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.
+
vindicatory
a.
Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
+
vicious
a.
Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
+
vigilance
n.
Guard; watch.
+
viewy
a.
Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person.
+
virger
n.
See Verger.
+
voltaic
a.
Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
+
vis
n.
Physical force.
+
vell
n.
The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
+
vanner
n.
A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.
+
vivification
n.
One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.
+
vulpicide
n.
One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox.
+
vagabond
v.i.
To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
+
vent
n.
Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
+
vomerine
a.
Of or pertaining to the vomer.
+
vexingly
adv.
In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate.
+
villosity
n.
State of being villous.
+
vacation
n.
Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
+
visitation
n.
Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment.
+
verbal
n.
A noun derived from a verb.
+
volkslieder
pl.
of Volkslied
+
valerin
n.
A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.
+
valonia
n.
A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
+
victualed
imp.|p.p.
of Victual
+
vinaigrette
n.
A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.
+
vascular
a.
Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.
+
vote
n.
That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.
+
viticultural
a.
Of or pertaining to viticulture.
+
vitalism
n.
The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
+
visnomy
n.
Face; countenance.
+
venture
v.t.
To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
+
vigilance
n.
The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
+
viragoes
pl.
of Virago
+
varying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vary
+
vegetative
a.
Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
+
viraginian
a.
Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.
+
volatilized
imp.|p.p.
of Volatilize
+
valhalla
n.
Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.
+
vortical
a.
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
+
volcanity
n.
The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin; volcanicity.
+
venture
v.t.
To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
+
void
a.
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
+
veracious
a.
Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative.
+
venation
n.
The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.
+
veronica
n.
A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell.  See Speedwell.
+
vent
n.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
+
vein
n.
Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
+
victoria
n.
A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
+
verticillate
a.
Alt. of Verticillated
+
valued
a.
Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.
+
verditer
n.
Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite.
+
venom
n.
Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.
+
vicariously
adv.
In a vicarious manner.
+
visionary
a.
Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
+
virtue
n.
Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
+
vitelline
a.
Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus.
+
vest
n.
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
+
voluted
a.
Having a volute, or spiral scroll.
+
vaginated
a.
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
+
vehiculatory
a.
Vehicular.
+
vitrescent
a.
Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.
+
vicissy duck

A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated.
+
volution
n.
A spiral turn or wreath.
+
viscounty
n.
The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.
+
visionary
a.
Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
+
vinculum
n.
A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.
+
voter
n.
One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, an independent voter.
+
volley
v.i.
To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.
+
verify
v.t.
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
+
veneered
imp.|p.p.
of Veneer
+
vesiculose
a.
Alt. of Vesiculous
+
vorticellas
pl.
of Vorticella
+
variability
n.
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
+
vernal
a.
Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.
+
volacious
a.
Apt or fit to fly.
+
vassal
a.
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
+
volcanized
imp.|p.p.
of Volcanize
+
vandalism
n.
The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.
+
vild
a.
Vile.
+
vacuity
n.
The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
+
voiding
n.
That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
+
vibroscope
n.
An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
+
vomiturition
n.
The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort.
+
vilification
n.
The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
+
venereal
a.
Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
+
vert
n.
The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
+
voluntary
v.t.
Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
+
verdurous
a.
Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures.
+
vivificate
v.t.
To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
+
vice
prep.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
+
vigor
n.
Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
+
viscerate
v.t.
To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
+
vicua
n.
Alt. of Vicugna
+
virtuality
n.
Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence.
+
vague
v.i.
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
+
viaticum
n.
Provisions for a journey.
+
vulgarize
v.t.|i.
To make vulgar, or common.
+
vulgar
n.
One of the common people; a vulgar person.
+
vindictive
a.
Punitive.
+
valleys
pl.
of Valley
+
visive
a.
Of or pertaining to the sight; visual.
+
veratrina
n.
Same as Veratrine.
+
volley
n.
A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
+
variable
a.
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
+
valuable
a.
Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.
+
voice
v.t.
To vote; to elect; to appoint.
+
voucher
n.
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.
+
vaccinator
n.
One who, or that which, vaccinates.
+
venerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Venerate
+
vinery
n.
A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.
+
vibrate
v.t.
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
+
vallation
n.
A rampart or intrenchment.
+
voltigeur
n.
One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
+
volt
n.
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
+
volte
pl.
of Volta
+
vassaless
n.
A female vassal.
+
valuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Value
+
vexing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vex
+
vaulting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vault
+
vertiginous
a.
Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion.
+
vert
n.
Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer.
+
vineyard
n.
An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
+
venus
n.
The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.
+
vigesimoquarto
a.
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc.
+
virus
v.i.
Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.
+
vends
n.pl.
See Wends.
+
volumetric
a.
Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.
+
varan
n.
The monitor. See Monitor, 3.
+
vesuvine
n.
A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.
+
verberation
n.
The impulse of a body; which causes sound.
+
vacation
n.
Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
+
vogue
n.
Influence; power; sway.
+
vas
n.
A vessel; a duct.
+
vitrification
n.
Same as Vitrifaction.
+
vend
n.
The total sales of coal from a colliery.
+
vengeful
a.
Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.
+
vertebre
n.
A vertebra.
+
versify
v.t.
To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
+
venison
n.
Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.
+
vilifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vilify
+
vow
n.
A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.
+
venditate
v.t.
To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon.
+
vex
v.t.
To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
+
valedictory
n.
A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
+
vexillar

Alt. of Vexillary
+
viviparity
n.
The quality or condition of being viviparous.
+
virgularian
n.
Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.
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validation
n.
The act of giving validity.
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vile
superl.
Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
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varnishing
n.
The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
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vetturini
pl.
of Vetturino
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verve
n.
Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
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vanished
imp.|p.p.
of Vanish
+
vole
v.i.
To win all the tricks by a vole.
+
virmilion
n.
See Vermilion.
+
vower
n.
One who makes a vow.
+
value
n.
Valor.
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vanquishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vanquish
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vegetation
n.
The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
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volition
n.
The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.
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verbal
a.
Abounding with words; verbose.
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vibrant
a.
Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.
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vacancy
n.
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.
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viticulose
a.
Having long and slender trailing stems.
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victor
n.
The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of.
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vestal
a.
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
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vespiary
n.
A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.
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volador
n.
A flying fish of California (Exoc/tus Californicus): -- called also volator.
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vowed
imp.|p.p.
of Vow
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violaceous
a.
Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
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vindemiation
n.
The operation of gathering grapes.
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vocalized
imp.|p.p.
of Vocalize
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vise
n.
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
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vaniloquence
n.
Vain or foolish talk.
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vigorous
a.
Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.
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vesta
n.
A wax friction match.
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veinous
a.
Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
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volante
n.
A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
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vitta
n.
A band, or stripe, of color.
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viperoides
n.pl.
A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.
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vinegar
a.
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.
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verify
v.t.
To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
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verticillated
a.
Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.
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vespertiliones
n.pl.
A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.
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vernicle
n.
A Veronica.  See Veronica, 1.
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vulgarian
n.
A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.
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virtuosi
pl.
of Virtuoso
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verticalness
n.
Quality or state of being vertical.
+
visioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vision
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vigor
v.t.
To invigorate.
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volutation
n.
A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
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volatilizable
a.
Capable of being volatilized.
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volunteer
v.t.
To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
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void
a.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
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valency
n.
See Valence.
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vesicular
a.
Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
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visard
n.
A mask.  See Visor.
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viability
n.
The capacity of living after birth.
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view
n.
Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued.
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venturous
n.
Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.
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volcanic
a.
Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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valor
n.
Value; worth.
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vocation
n.
A calling by the will of God.
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vaporific
a.
Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.
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ventilate
v.t.
To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
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vindemial
a.
Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest.
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ventriloquous
a.
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.
+
vindicated
imp.|p.p.
of Vindicate
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velella
n.
Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.
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vagina
n.
A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
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varec
n.
The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
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virgin
v.i.
To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it.  See It, 5.
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verse
v.i.
To make verses; to versify.
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volute
n.
A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals.  See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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vialed
imp.|p.p.
of Vial
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volitation
n.
The act of flying; flight.
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vicegerent
a.
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
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violent
a.
Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
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virgin
n.
A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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vilipendency
n.
Disesteem; slight; disparagement.
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vade
v.i.
To fade; hence, to vanish.
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vively
adv.
In a lively manner.
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vibrate
v.t.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
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veronica
n.
A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.
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vill
n.
A small collection of houses; a village.
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virgouleuse
n.
An old French variety of pear, of little value.
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vibices
n.pl.
More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.
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virulence
n.
Alt. of Virulency
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vocation
n.
A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.
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victorious
a.
Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.
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violantin
n.
A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid.
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vest
n.
An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
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versute
a.
Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.
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verd
n.
Greenness; freshness.
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vagrant
a.
Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
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vague
v.i.
To wander; to roam; to stray.
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vortex
n.
A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
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vers de societe

See Society verses, under Society.
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volume
n.
Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
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volitional
a.
Belonging or relating to volition.
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vamping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vamp
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virtueless
a.
Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.
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vaporate
v.i.
To emit vapor; to evaporate.
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vegetoanimal
a.
Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.
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view
n.
The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.
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victim
n.
Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
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vialled

of Vial
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vindicatory
a.
Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.
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vapor
n.
To emit vapor or fumes.
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virtually
adv.
In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
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vacuate
v.t.
To make void, or empty.
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vanquish
n.
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
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vivace
a.|adv.
Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.
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vivandiere
n.
In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
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vermiparous
a.
Producing or breeding worms.
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vent
n.
Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
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violation
n.
An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
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voiceful
a.
Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.
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visaged
a.
Having a visage.
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vulpine
a.
Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.
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varicosity
n.
An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.
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viscin
n.
A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
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vertebrally
adv.
At or within a vertebra or vertebrae; -- distinguished from interverterbrally.
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ventricle
n.
Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating.
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voyage
n.
Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.
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vagrant
a.
Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
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vell
n.
To cut the turf from, as for burning.
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versableness
n.
Versability.
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volumeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity.
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variable
n.
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
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violent
n.
An assailant.
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vermiculose
a.
Alt. of Vermiculous
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vintner
n.
One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant.
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vasa
pl.
of Vas
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view
n.
That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.
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vined
a.
Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves.
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verily
adv.
In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.
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value
n.
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 [/].
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vivacity
n.
The quality or state of being vivacious.
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variegating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Variegate
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vasculum
n.
A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants.
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vixenly
a.
Like a vixen; vixenish.
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vacuity
n.
Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
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velleity
n.
The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
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vertiginate
a.
Turned round; giddy.
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vestiary
n.
A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.
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vomition
n.
The act or power of vomiting.
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vivisect
v.t.
To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
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vituline
a.
Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
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vaulted
a.
Covered with an arch, or vault.
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verdant
a.
Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
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virulency
n.
Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
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vaudeville
n.
A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.
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vugh
n.
A cavity in a lode; -- called also vogle.
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varicous
a.
Varicose.
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vortex
n.
Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.  See Illustration in Appendix.
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varanus
n.
A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.
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visionary
n.
One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
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volutas
pl.
of Voluta
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vivificative
a.
Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
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vengeance
n.
Harm; mischief.
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vying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Vie
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vanity
n.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
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vignette
n.
A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
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vagabondage
n.
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
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vigesimal
a.
Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts.
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victor
a.
Victorious.
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voracity
n.
The quality of being voracious; voraciousness.
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valuation
n.
The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.
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villanizer
n.
One who villanizes.
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vitrify
v.t.
To become glass; to be converted into glass.
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vampire
n.
Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
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verecundious
a.
Verecund.
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vat
n.
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
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vamped
imp.|p.p.
of Vamp
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ventose
a.
The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20.  See Vend/miaire.
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vidette
n.
Same Vedette.
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vociferated
imp.|p.p.
of Vociferate
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vie
v.t.
To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
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volauvent
n.
A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.
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vice
n.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
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vitrifaction
n.
The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified.
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veiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Veil
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vendition
n.
The act of vending, or selling; sale.
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vested
a.
Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
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violate
v.t.
To disturb; to interrupt.
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verisimilitude
n.
The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
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vitiousness
n.
See Vicious, Viciously, Viciousness.
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vandal
n.
Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature.
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vulcanism
n.
Volcanism.
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violuric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts.
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vincibleness
n.
The quality or state of being vincible.
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vienna paste

A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.
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vanadic
a.
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.
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vincture
n.
A binding.
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virtuosity
n.
Virtuosos, collectively.
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vibrissa
n.
The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
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vidame
n.
One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
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volatile
a.
Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
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vamp
n.
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
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vestured
a.
Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
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vivificate
v.t.
To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce.
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vitis
n.
A genus of plants including all true grapevines.
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variably
adv.
In a variable manner.
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verge
n.
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
+
valentinian
n.
One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
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villain
v.t.
To debase; to degrade.
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vincentian
n.
A member of certain charitable sisterhoods.
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volatility
n.
Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.
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vestal
a.
A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
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ventail
n.
That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.
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verge
n.
A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
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vitriolizable
a.
Capable of being converted into a vitriol.
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ventose
n.
A ventouse.
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vavasor
n.
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.
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verisimilar
a.
Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely.
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viced
imp.|p.p.
of Vice
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valenciennes lace

A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.
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vulnerable
a.
Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.
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velveting
n.
The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
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vegetative
a.
Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.
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vive

Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.
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vaudeville
n.
A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
+
vary
n.
Alteration; change.
+
vagina
n.
Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.
+
vicissitudinary
a.
Subject to vicissitudes.
+
valerylene
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine.
+
vanish
n.
The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.
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vulnose
a.
Having wounds; vulnerose.
+
vertu
n.
See Virtu.
+
vulpic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.
+
vertex
n.
A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.
+
vivisectional
a.
Of or pertaining to vivisection.
+
vaward
n.
The fore part; van.
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verrucose
a.
Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.
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veteran
a.
Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
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vulva
n.
The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
+
venture
v.i.
To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
+
valvule
n.
A small valvelike process.
+
violaniline
n.
A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.
+
virginity
n.
The unmarried life; celibacy.
+
victoress
n.
A victress.
+
variate
v.t.|i.
To alter; to make different; to vary.
+
vulgarity
n.
Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
+
vulviform
a.
Like a cleft with projecting edges.
+
viceroy
prep.
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.
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vegete
a.
Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
+
vyce
n.
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
+
venemous
a.
Venomous.
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vagient
a.
Crying like a child.
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