1  "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."
   2  
   3  "V () As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin."
   4  
   5  Vaagmer (n.) The dealfish.
   6  
   7  Vacancies (pl. ) of Vacancy
   8  
   9  "Vacancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness."
  10  
  11  Vacancy (n.) That which is vacant.
  12  
  13  Vacancy (n.) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
  14  
  15  "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."
  16  
  17  Vacancy (n.) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
  18  
  19  "Vacancy (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc."
  20  
  21  "Vacant (a.) Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room."
  22  
  23  "Vacant (a.) Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours."
  24  
  25  "Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish."
  26  
  27  "Vacant (a.) Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind."
  28  
  29  "Vacant (a.) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate."
  30  
  31  Vacantly (adv.) In a vacant manner; inanely.
  32  
  33  Vacated (imp. & p. p.) of Vacate
  34  
  35  Vacating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vacate
  36  
  37  "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."
  38  
  39  "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."
  40  
  41  Vacate (v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.
  42  
  43  "Vacation (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter."
  44  
  45  "Vacation (n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure."
  46  
  47  Vacation (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
  48  
  49  "Vacation (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation."
  50  
  51  "Vacation (n.) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant."
  52  
  53  "Vaccary (n.) A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture."
  54  
  55  Vaccina (n.) Vaccinia.
  56  
  57  Vaccinal (a.) Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.
  58  
  59  Vaccinated (imp. & p. p.) of Vaccinate
  60  
  61  Vaccinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaccinate
  62  
  63  "Vaccinate (v. t.) To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows."
  64  
  65  "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."
  66  
  67  "Vaccinator (n.) One who, or that which, vaccinates."
  68  
  69  "Vaccine (a.) Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease."
  70  
  71  Vaccine (n.) The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
  72  
  73  "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."
  74  
  75  Vaccinia (n.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
  76  
  77  Vaccinist (n.) A vaccinator.
  78  
  79  Vaccinium (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
  80  
  81  Vacher (n.) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
  82  
  83  Vachery (n.) An inclosure for cows.
  84  
  85  Vachery (n.) A dairy.
  86  
  87  "Vacillancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering."
  88  
  89  Vacillant (a.) Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
  90  
  91  Vacillated (imp. & p. p.) of Vacillate
  92  
  93  Vacillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vacillate
  94  
  95  Vacillate (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
  96  
  97  Vacillate (v. t.) To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
  98  
  99  Vacillating (a.) Inclined to fluctuate; wavering.
 100  
 101  Vacillation (n.) The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
 102  
 103  Vacillatory (a.) Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.
 104  
 105  "Vacuate (v. t.) To make void, or empty."
 106  
 107  Vacuation (n.) The act of emptying; evacuation.
 108  
 109  "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."
 110  
 111  "Vacuity (n.) The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance."
 112  
 113  "Vacuity (n.) Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum."
 114  
 115  Vacuity (n.) Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
 116  
 117  "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."
 118  
 119  "Vacuolated (a.) Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells."
 120  
 121  "Vacuolation (n.) Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles."
 122  
 123  "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."
 124  
 125  Vacuous (a.) Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
 126  
 127  Vacuousness (n.) The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.
 128  
 129  Vacuums (pl. ) of Vacuum
 130  
 131  Vacua (pl. ) of Vacuum
 132  
 133  "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."
 134  
 135  "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."
 136  
 137  "Vadantes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds."
 138  
 139  "Vade (v. i.) To fade; hence, to vanish."
 140  
 141  Vade mecum () A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
 142  
 143  Vadimony (n.) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
 144  
 145  Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
 146  
 147  Vae (n.) See Voe.
 148  
 149  "Vafrous (a.) Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks."
 150  
 151  Vagabond (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
 152  
 153  Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
 154  
 155  Vagabond (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
 156  
 157  "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."
 158  
 159  Vagabond (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
 160  
 161  Vagabondage (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
 162  
 163  Vagabondism (n.) Vagabondage.
 164  
 165  Vagabondize (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
 166  
 167  Vagabondry (n.) Vagabondage.
 168  
 169  "Vagal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric."
 170  
 171  Vagancy (n.) A wandering; vagrancy.
 172  
 173  "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."
 174  
 175  "Vagarious (a.) Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety."
 176  
 177  Vagaries (pl. ) of Vagary
 178  
 179  Vagary (n.) A wandering or strolling.
 180  
 181  "Vagary (n.) Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose."
 182  
 183  Vagient (a.) Crying like a child.
 184  
 185  Vaginae (pl. ) of Vagina
 186  
 187  "Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein."
 188  
 189  "Vagina (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca."
 190  
 191  "Vagina (n.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca."
 192  
 193  "Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath."
 194  
 195  "Vagina (n.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise."
 196  
 197  "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."
 198  
 199  "Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery."
 200  
 201  "Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing."
 202  
 203  Vaginate (a.) Alt. of Vaginated
 204  
 205  "Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf."
 206  
 207  Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
 208  
 209  "Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder."
 210  
 211  Vaginicola (n.) A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
 212  
 213  "Vaginismus (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible."
 214  
 215  "Vaginitis (n.) Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane."
 216  
 217  Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.
 218  
 219  "Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses."
 220  
 221  Vaginula (n.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
 222  
 223  Vaginule (n.) A vaginula.
 224  
 225  Vagissate (v. i.) To caper or frolic.
 226  
 227  Vagous (a.) Wandering; unsettled.
 228  
 229  Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
 230  
 231  Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
 232  
 233  "Vagrant (a.) Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar."
 234  
 235  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.
 236  
 237  Vagrantly (adv.) In a vagrant manner.
 238  
 239  Vagrantness (n.) State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
 240  
 241  Vague (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
 242  
 243  "Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition."
 244  
 245  "Vague (v. i.) Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report."
 246  
 247  Vague (n.) An indefinite expanse.
 248  
 249  Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
 250  
 251  Vague (n.) A wandering; a vagary.
 252  
 253  Vaguely (adv.) In a vague manner.
 254  
 255  Vagueness (n.) The quality or state of being vague.
 256  
 257  Vagus (a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
 258  
 259  "Vagus (n.) The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve."
 260  
 261  Vail (n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.
 262  
 263  Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
 264  
 265  Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
 266  
 267  Vail (n.) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
 268  
 269  Vail (v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
 270  
 271  "Vail (v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like."
 272  
 273  "Vail (v. i.) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like."
 274  
 275  Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
 276  
 277  Vailer (n.) One who vails.
 278  
 279  "Vaimure (n.) An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure."
 280  
 281  "Vain (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying."
 282  
 283  "Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt."
 284  
 285  "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."
 286  
 287  Vain (superl.) Showy; ostentatious.
 288  
 289  Vain (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
 290  
 291  Vainglorious (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
 292  
 293  Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
 294  
 295  Vainly (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.
 296  
 297  Vainness (n.) The quality or state of being vain.
 298  
 299  "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."
 300  
 301  Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
 302  
 303  Vaishnava (n.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
 304  
 305  Vaishnavism (n.) The worship of Vishnu.
 306  
 307  "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."
 308  
 309  Vaivode (n.) See Waywode.
 310  
 311  "Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador."
 312  
 313  "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."
 314  
 315  Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
 316  
 317  Valanced (imp. & p. p.) of Valance
 318  
 319  Valancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Valance
 320  
 321  Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
 322  
 323  "Vale (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley."
 324  
 325  "Vale (n.) See 2d Vail, 3."
 326  
 327  Valediction (n.) A farewell; a bidding farewell.
 328  
 329  "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."
 330  
 331  "Valedictory (a.) Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration."
 332  
 333  Valedictories (pl. ) of Valedictory
 334  
 335  "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."
 336  
 337  "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."
 338  
 339  "Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton."
 340  
 341  "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."
 342  
 343  Valencies (pl. ) of Valency
 344  
 345  Valency (n.) See Valence.
 346  
 347  Valency (n.) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
 348  
 349  Valentia (n.) See Valencia.
 350  
 351  Valentine (n.) A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
 352  
 353  "Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day."
 354  
 355  "Valentinian (n.) One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder."
 356  
 357  "Valeramide (n.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance."
 358  
 359  Valerate (n.) A salt of valeric acid.
 360  
 361  "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."
 362  
 363  "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."
 364  
 365  Valerianate (n.) A valerate.
 366  
 367  "Valerianic (a.) Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid."
 368  
 369  "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."
 370  
 371  "Valeridine (n.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids."
 372  
 373  "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."
 374  
 375  "Valeritrine (n.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles."
 376  
 377  "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."
 378  
 379  Valerone (n.) A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.
 380  
 381  "Valeryl (n.) The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives."
 382  
 383  "Valerylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine."
 384  
 385  Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
 386  
 387  Valet (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
 388  
 389  Valetudinarian (a.) Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
 390  
 391  Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
 392  
 393  Valetudinarianism (n.) The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
 394  
 395  Valetudinary (a.) Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.
 396  
 397  Valetudinary (n.) A valetudinarian.
 398  
 399  Valetudinous (a.) Valetudinarian.
 400  
 401  "Valhalla (n.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle."
 402  
 403  "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."
 404  
 405  Valiance (n.) Alt. of Valiancy
 406  
 407  Valiancy (n.) The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor.
 408  
 409  "Valiant (a.) Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer."
 410  
 411  Valiant (a.) Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
 412  
 413  Valiant (a.) Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
 414  
 415  Valid (a.) Strong; powerful; efficient.
 416  
 417  "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."
 418  
 419  "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."
 420  
 421  Validate (v. t.) To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
 422  
 423  Validation (n.) The act of giving validity.
 424  
 425  "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."
 426  
 427  "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."
 428  
 429  Validity (n.) Value.
 430  
 431  Validly (adv.) In a valid manner; so as to be valid.
 432  
 433  Validness (n.) The quality or state of being valid.
 434  
 435  Valinch (n.) A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.
 436  
 437  "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."
 438  
 439  "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."
 440  
 441  "Valkyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle."
 442  
 443  Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.
 444  
 445  Vallar (a.) Of or pertaining to a rampart.
 446  
 447  Vallar (n.) A vallar crown.
 448  
 449  Vallary (a.) Same as Vallar.
 450  
 451  Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.
 452  
 453  "Vallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reads."
 454  
 455  Valleculae (pl. ) of Vallecula
 456  
 457  "Vallecula (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum."
 458  
 459  "Vallecula (n.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants."
 460  
 461  "Vallet's pills () Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass."
 462  
 463  Valleys (pl. ) of Valley
 464  
 465  "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."
 466  
 467  "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."
 468  
 469  Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
 470  
 471  Valla (pl. ) of Vallum
 472  
 473  Vallums (pl. ) of Vallum
 474  
 475  "Vallum (n.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification."
 476  
 477  "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."
 478  
 479  "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."
 480  
 481  Valor (n.) Value; worth.
 482  
 483  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.
 484  
 485  Valor (n.) A brave man; a man of valor.
 486  
 487  Valorous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
 488  
 489  "Valsalvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century."
 490  
 491  "Valuable (a.) Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo."
 492  
 493  "Valuable (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion."
 494  
 495  "Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural."
 496  
 497  Valuableness (n.) The quality of being valuable.
 498  
 499  Valuably (adv.) So as to be of value.
 500  
 501  "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."
 502  
 503  "Valuation (n.) Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation."
 504  
 505  "Valuator (n.) One who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser."
 506  
 507  "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."
 508  
 509  "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."
 510  
 511  "Value (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument"
 512  
 513  Value (n.) Esteem; regard.
 514  
 515  "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 [/]."
 516  
 517  "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."
 518  
 519  Value (n.) Valor.
 520  
 521  Valued (imp. & p. p.) of Value
 522  
 523  Valuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Value
 524  
 525  "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."
 526  
 527  "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."
 528  
 529  "Value (v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value."
 530  
 531  Value (v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.
 532  
 533  "Valued (a.) Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend."
 534  
 535  Valueless (a.) Being of no value; having no worth.
 536  
 537  Valuer (n.) One who values; an appraiser.
 538  
 539  Valure (n.) Value.
 540  
 541  Valvasor (n.) See Vavasor.
 542  
 543  Valvata (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
 544  
 545  "Valvate (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular."
 546  
 547  "Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation."
 548  
 549  "Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers."
 550  
 551  "Valve (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door."
 552  
 553  "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."
 554  
 555  "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."
 556  
 557  Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
 558  
 559  Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
 560  
 561  "Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry."
 562  
 563  Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
 564  
 565  Valved (a.) Having a valve or valve; valvate.
 566  
 567  "Valvelet (n.) A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp."
 568  
 569  Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
 570  
 571  Valvulae (pl. ) of Valvula
 572  
 573  Valvula (n.) A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
 574  
 575  "Valvular (a.) Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease."
 576  
 577  "Valvular (a.) Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule."
 578  
 579  Valvule (n.) A little valve; a valvelet.
 580  
 581  Valvule (n.) A small valvelike process.
 582  
 583  "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."
 584  
 585  Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
 586  
 587  Vamose (v. i. & t.) To depart quickly; to depart from.
 588  
 589  Vamp (v. i.) To advance; to travel.
 590  
 591  "Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper."
 592  
 593  "Vamp (n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t."
 594  
 595  Vamped (imp. & p. p.) of Vamp
 596  
 597  Vamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vamp
 598  
 599  "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."
 600  
 601  Vamper (n.) One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.
 602  
 603  Vamper (v. i.) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
 604  
 605  "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."
 606  
 607  Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
 608  
 609  "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."
 610  
 611  "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."
 612  
 613  Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.
 614  
 615  Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
 616  
 617  Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.
 618  
 619  "Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand."
 620  
 621  Vamure (n.) See Vauntmure.
 622  
 623  "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."
 624  
 625  Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
 626  
 627  "Van (v. t.) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel."
 628  
 629  "Van (n.) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods."
 630  
 631  "Van (n.) A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition."
 632  
 633  "Van (n.) A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2."
 634  
 635  "Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain."
 636  
 637  Van (n.) A wing with which the air is beaten.
 638  
 639  "Van (v. t.) To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow."
 640  
 641  Vanadate (n.) A salt of vanadic acid.
 642  
 643  "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."
 644  
 645  "Vanadinite (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride."
 646  
 647  "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."
 648  
 649  "Vanadite (n.) A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite."
 650  
 651  "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."
 652  
 653  Vanadous (a.) Of or pertaining to vanadium; obtained from vanadium; -- said of an acid containing one equivalent of vanadium and two of oxygen.
 654  
 655  "Vanadyl (n.) The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds."
 656  
 657  Van-courier (n.) One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
 658  
 659  "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."
 660  
 661  "Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature."
 662  
 663  Vandal (a.) Alt. of Vandalic
 664  
 665  Vandalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
 666  
 667  "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."
 668  
 669  Vandyke (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
 670  
 671  "Vandyke (n.) A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge."
 672  
 673  Vandyke (v. t.) fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
 674  
 675  "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."
 676  
 677  "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."
 678  
 679  Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
 680  
 681  "Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc."
 682  
 683  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.
 684  
 685  Vanessian (n.) A vanessa.
 686  
 687  "Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water."
 688  
 689  Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
 690  
 691  "Vanglo (n.) Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies."
 692  
 693  Vanguard (n.) The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
 694  
 695  "Vanilla (n.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America."
 696  
 697  "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."
 698  
 699  Vanillate (n.) A salt of vanillic acid.
 700  
 701  "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."
 702  
 703  "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."
 704  
 705  "Vanilloes (n. pl.) An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona."
 706  
 707  Vanillyl (n.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.
 708  
 709  Vaniloquence (n.) Vain or foolish talk.
 710  
 711  Vanished (imp. & p. p.) of Vanish
 712  
 713  Vanishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vanish
 714  
 715  "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."
 716  
 717  Vanish (v. i.) To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
 718  
 719  "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."
 720  
 721  "Vanishing () a. & n. from Vanish, v."
 722  
 723  Vanishment (n.) A vanishing.
 724  
 725  Vanities (pl. ) of Vanity
 726  
 727  Vanity (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
 728  
 729  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.
 730  
 731  "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."
 732  
 733  "Vanity (n.) One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5."
 734  
 735  "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."
 736  
 737  Vanner (n.) A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.
 738  
 739  Vanner hawk () The kestrel.
 740  
 741  "Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner."
 742  
 743  Vanquished (imp. & p. p.) of Vanquish
 744  
 745  Vanquishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vanquish
 746  
 747  "Vanquish (v. t.) To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy."
 748  
 749  "Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute."
 750  
 751  "Vanquish (n.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away."
 752  
 753  Vanquishable (a.) That may be vanquished.
 754  
 755  "Vanquisher (n.) One who, or that which, vanquishes."
 756  
 757  "Vanquishment (n.) The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished."
 758  
 759  "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."
 760  
 761  Vant (v. i.) See Vaunt.
 762  
 763  Vantage (n.) superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
 764  
 765  Vantage (n.) The first point after deuce.
 766  
 767  Vantage (v. t.) To profit; to aid.
 768  
 769  Vantbrace (n.) Alt. of Vantbrass
 770  
 771  Vantbrass (n.) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
 772  
 773  Vant-courier (n.) An avant-courier. See Van-courier.
 774  
 775  "Vanward (a.) Being on, or towards, the van, or front."
 776  
 777  "Vap (n.) That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine."
 778  
 779  "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."
 780  
 781  Vapidity (n.) The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.
 782  
 783  "Vapor (n.) Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid."
 784  
 785  "Vapor (n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc."
 786  
 787  Vapor (n.) Wind; flatulence.
 788  
 789  "Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting."
 790  
 791  "Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues."
 792  
 793  Vapor (n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
 794  
 795  Vapored (imp. & p. p.) of Vapor
 796  
 797  Vaporing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vapor
 798  
 799  "Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate."
 800  
 801  Vapor (n.) To emit vapor or fumes.
 802  
 803  Vapor (n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
 804  
 805  "Vapor (v. t.) To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid."
 806  
 807  Vaporability (n.) The quality or state of being vaporable.
 808  
 809  Vaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.
 810  
 811  Vaporate (v. i.) To emit vapor; to evaporate.
 812  
 813  "Vaporation (n.) The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation."
 814  
 815  Vapored (a.) Wet with vapors; moist.
 816  
 817  "Vapored (a.) Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5."
 818  
 819  Vaporer (n.) One who vapors; a braggart.
 820  
 821  Vaporiferous (a.) Conveying or producing vapor.
 822  
 823  "Vaporific (a.) Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent."
 824  
 825  "Vaporiform (a.) Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance."
 826  
 827  "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."
 828  
 829  Vaporing (a.) Talking idly; boasting; vaunting.
 830  
 831  Vaporish (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.
 832  
 833  Vaporish (a.) Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.
 834  
 835  Vaporizable (a.) Capable of being vaporized into vapor.
 836  
 837  "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."
 838  
 839  Vaporized (imp. & p. p.) of Vaporize
 840  
 841  Vaporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaporize
 842  
 843  "Vaporize (v. t.) To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially."
 844  
 845  Vaporize (v. i.) To pass off in vapor.
 846  
 847  "Vaporizer (n.) One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor."
 848  
 849  Vaporose (a.) Full of vapor; vaporous.
 850  
 851  Vaporous (a.) Having the form or nature of vapor.
 852  
 853  Vaporous (a.) Full of vapors or exhalations.
 854  
 855  "Vaporous (a.) Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent."
 856  
 857  Vaporous (a.) Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
 858  
 859  Vaporousness (n.) The quality of being vaporous.
 860  
 861  Vapory (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.
 862  
 863  Vapory (a.) Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
 864  
 865  Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.
 866  
 867  "Vaquero (n.) One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman."
 868  
 869  Vara (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
 870  
 871  "Varan (n.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3."
 872  
 873  "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."
 874  
 875  "Varanus (n.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3."
 876  
 877  Vare (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice.
 878  
 879  Vare (n.) A weasel.
 880  
 881  "Varec (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack."
 882  
 883  Vari (n.) The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.
 884  
 885  Variability (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
 886  
 887  "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."
 888  
 889  "Variable (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity."
 890  
 891  "Variable (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable."
 892  
 893  "Variable (n.) That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change."
 894  
 895  "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."
 896  
 897  "Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force."
 898  
 899  "Variable (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts."
 900  
 901  Variableness (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variability.
 902  
 903  Variably (adv.) In a variable manner.
 904  
 905  Variance (n.) The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
 906  
 907  Variance (n.) Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
 908  
 909  "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."
 910  
 911  "Variant (a.) Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse."
 912  
 913  Variant (a.) Changeable; changing; fickle.
 914  
 915  "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."
 916  
 917  Variate (v. t. & i.) To alter; to make different; to vary.
 918  
 919  "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."
 920  
 921  Variation (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
 922  
 923  "Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc."
 924  
 925  "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."
 926  
 927  Variation (n.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.
 928  
 929  Varicella (n.) Chicken pox.
 930  
 931  Varices (n. pl.) See Varix.
 932  
 933  Variciform (a.) Resembling a varix.
 934  
 935  "Varicocele (n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum."
 936  
 937  "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."
 938  
 939  "Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like."
 940  
 941  Varicosity (n.) The quality or state of being varicose.
 942  
 943  "Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers."
 944  
 945  Varicous (a.) Varicose.
 946  
 947  "Varied (a.) Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery."
 948  
 949  Variegated (imp. & p. p.) of Variegate
 950  
 951  Variegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Variegate
 952  
 953  "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."
 954  
 955  "Variegated (a.) Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers."
 956  
 957  "Variegation (n.) The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors."
 958  
 959  Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
 960  
 961  "Varietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species."
 962  
 963  "Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var."
 964  
 965  Varieties (pl. ) of Variety
 966  
 967  Variety (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
 968  
 969  Variety (n.) That which is various.
 970  
 971  "Variety (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks."
 972  
 973  "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."
 974  
 975  "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."
 976  
 977  "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."
 978  
 979  Variform (a.) Having different shapes or forms.
 980  
 981  Variformed (a.) Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.
 982  
 983  Varify (v. t.) To make different; to vary; to variegate.
 984  
 985  Variola (n.) The smallpox.
 986  
 987  Variolar (a.) Variolous.
 988  
 989  Variolation (n.) Inoculation with smallpox.
 990  
 991  Variolic (a.) Variolous.
 992  
 993  "Variolite (n.) A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance."
 994  
 995  "Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted."
 996  
 997  "Variolitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite."
 998  
 999  Varioloid (a.) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
1000  
1001  Varioloid (a.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
1002  
1003  "Variolous (a.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic."
1004  
1005  "Variorum (a.) Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book."
1006  
1007  "Various (a.) Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors."
1008  
1009  Various (a.) Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
1010  
1011  Various (a.) Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
1012  
1013  Variously (adv.) In various or different ways.
1014  
1015  Variscite (n.) An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.
1016  
1017  "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."
1018  
1019  Varices (pl. ) of Varix
1020  
1021  "Varix (n.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein."
1022  
1023  Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
1024  
1025  "Vark (n.) The bush hog, or boshvark."
1026  
1027  "Varlet (n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman."
1028  
1029  "Varlet (n.) Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet."
1030  
1031  "Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack."
1032  
1033  Varletry (n.) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
1034  
1035  "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."
1036  
1037  "Varnish (n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance."
1038  
1039  Varnish (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
1040  
1041  Varnished (imp. & p. p.) of Varnish
1042  
1043  Varnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Varnish
1044  
1045  "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."
1046  
1047  "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."
1048  
1049  Varnisher (n.) One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.
1050  
1051  Varnisher (n.) One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.
1052  
1053  "Varnishing (n.) The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish."
1054  
1055  "Vartabed (n.) A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions."
1056  
1057  "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."
1058  
1059  "Varvel (n.) In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses."
1060  
1061  "Varveled (a.) Having varvels, or rings."
1062  
1063  Varied (imp. & p. p.) of Vary
1064  
1065  Varying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vary
1066  
1067  "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."
1068  
1069  Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
1070  
1071  Vary (v. t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
1072  
1073  "Vary (v. t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4."
1074  
1075  "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."
1076  
1077  "Vary (v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England."
1078  
1079  "Vary (v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another."
1080  
1081  "Vary (v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason."
1082  
1083  "Vary (v. i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion."
1084  
1085  Vary (n.) Alteration; change.
1086  
1087  Varying () a. & n. from Vary.
1088  
1089  Vasa (pl. ) of Vas
1090  
1091  Vas (n.) A vessel; a duct.
1092  
1093  Vasa deferentia (pl. ) of Vas
1094  
1095  "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."
1096  
1097  "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."
1098  
1099  "Vascular (a.) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions."
1100  
1101  "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."
1102  
1103  Vascularities (pl. ) of Vascularity
1104  
1105  Vascularity (n.) The quality or state of being vascular.
1106  
1107  "Vasculose (n.) One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media."
1108  
1109  Vascula (pl. ) of Vasculum
1110  
1111  "Vasculum (n.) Same as Ascidium, n., 1."
1112  
1113  "Vasculum (n.) A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants."
1114  
1115  "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."
1116  
1117  "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."
1118  
1119  "Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum."
1120  
1121  Vase (n.) The calyx of a plant.
1122  
1123  "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."
1124  
1125  "Vase-shaped (a.) Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot."
1126  
1127  "Vasiform (a.) Having the form of a vessel, or duct."
1128  
1129  "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."
1130  
1131  Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.
1132  
1133  "Vasodentine (n.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine."
1134  
1135  "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."
1136  
1137  "Vasoformative (a.) Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells."
1138  
1139  Vaso-inhibitory (a.) See Vasodilator.
1140  
1141  "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."
1142  
1143  "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."
1144  
1145  Vassal (n.) A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.
1146  
1147  Vassal (a.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
1148  
1149  Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
1150  
1151  "Vassalage (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory."
1152  
1153  "Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks."
1154  
1155  Vassalage (n.) A territory held in vassalage.
1156  
1157  "Vassalage (n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry."
1158  
1159  "Vassalage (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage."
1160  
1161  Vassaless (n.) A female vassal.
1162  
1163  Vassalry (n.) The body of vassals.
1164  
1165  Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
1166  
1167  "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."
1168  
1169  "Vast (superl.) Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money."
1170  
1171  "Vast (superl.) Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern."
1172  
1173  Vast (n.) A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
1174  
1175  Vastation (n.) A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.
1176  
1177  Vastel (n.) See Wastel.
1178  
1179  Vastidity (n.) Vastness; immensity.
1180  
1181  Vastitude (n.) Vastness; immense extent.
1182  
1183  Vastitude (n.) Destruction; vastation.
1184  
1185  Vastity (n.) Vastness.
1186  
1187  Vastly (adv.) To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely.
1188  
1189  Vastness (n.) The quality or state of being vast.
1190  
1191  Vasty (a.) Vast; immense.
1192  
1193  "Vasum (n.) A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella."
1194  
1195  "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."
1196  
1197  "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."
1198  
1199  Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
1200  
1201  "Vat (n.) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry."
1202  
1203  Vat (n.) A vessel for holding holy water.
1204  
1205  Vatted (imp. & p. p.) of Vat
1206  
1207  Vatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vat
1208  
1209  Vat (v. t.) To put or transfer into a vat.
1210  
1211  Vatfuls (pl. ) of Vatful
1212  
1213  Vatful (n.) As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat.
1214  
1215  Vatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
1216  
1217  "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."
1218  
1219  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.
1220  
1221  Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
1222  
1223  "Vaticide (n.) The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet."
1224  
1225  Vaticinal (a.) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
1226  
1227  Vaticinate (v. i. & t.) To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.
1228  
1229  Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.
1230  
1231  Vaticinator (n.) One who vaticinates; a prophet.
1232  
1233  Vaticine (n.) A prediction; a vaticination.
1234  
1235  "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."
1236  
1237  "Vaudeville (n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs."
1238  
1239  "Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud."
1240  
1241  Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) A modern name of the Waldenses.
1242  
1243  Vaudoux (n. & a.) See Voodoo.
1244  
1245  "Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy."
1246  
1247  "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."
1248  
1249  Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.
1250  
1251  Vault (n.) A leap or bound.
1252  
1253  Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
1254  
1255  "Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like."
1256  
1257  Vaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Vault
1258  
1259  Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vault
1260  
1261  "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."
1262  
1263  "Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence."
1264  
1265  Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
1266  
1267  Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
1268  
1269  "Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar."
1270  
1271  "Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof."
1272  
1273  "Vaulted (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault."
1274  
1275  "Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers."
1276  
1277  Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.
1278  
1279  Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
1280  
1281  Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
1282  
1283  Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.
1284  
1285  Vaunce (v. i.) To advance.
1286  
1287  Vaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Vaunt
1288  
1289  Vaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaunt
1290  
1291  "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."
1292  
1293  Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
1294  
1295  "Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag."
1296  
1297  Vaunt (n.) The first part.
1298  
1299  Vaunt (v. t.) To put forward; to display.
1300  
1301  Vaunt-courier (n.) See Van-courier.
1302  
1303  Vaunter (n.) One who vaunts; a boaster.
1304  
1305  Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.
1306  
1307  Vauntingly (adv.) In a vaunting manner.
1308  
1309  Vauntmure (n.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.
1310  
1311  "Vauquelinite (n.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green."
1312  
1313  Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.
1314  
1315  Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.
1316  
1317  Vauty (a.) Vaulted.
1318  
1319  "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."
1320  
1321  "Vavasory (n.) The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor."
1322  
1323  Vaward (n.) The fore part; van.
1324  
1325  "Vaza parrot () Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot."
1326  
1327  "Veadar (n.) The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year."
1328  
1329  Veal (n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
1330  
1331  Vection (n.) Vectitation.
1332  
1333  "Vectitation (n.) The act of carrying, or state of being carried."
1334  
1335  Vector (n.) Same as Radius vector.
1336  
1337  "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."
1338  
1339  Vecture (n.) The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
1340  
1341  "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."
1342  
1343  "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."
1344  
1345  Vedantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vedas.
1346  
1347  Vedantist (n.) One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas.
1348  
1349  "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."
1350  
1351  "Vedro (n.) A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons."
1352  
1353  Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Veer
1354  
1355  Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veer
1356  
1357  "Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north."
1358  
1359  "Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel."
1360  
1361  Veering (a.) Shifting.
1362  
1363  "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."
1364  
1365  "Vega (n.) A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra."
1366  
1367  Vegetability (n.) The quality or state of being vegetable.
1368  
1369  "Vegetable (v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc."
1370  
1371  "Vegetable (v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom."
1372  
1373  Vegetable (v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
1374  
1375  "Vegetable (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division."
1376  
1377  Vegetable (n.) A plant. See Plant.
1378  
1379  "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."
1380  
1381  "Vegetal (a.) Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable."
1382  
1383  "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."
1384  
1385  Vegetal (n.) A vegetable.
1386  
1387  "Vegetality (n.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable."
1388  
1389  "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."
1390  
1391  "Vegetarian (n.) One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk."
1392  
1393  "Vegetarian (a.) Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet."
1394  
1395  Vegetarianism (n.) The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.
1396  
1397  Vegetated (imp. & p. p.) of Vegetate
1398  
1399  Vegetating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vegetate
1400  
1401  "Vegetate (v. i.) To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate."
1402  
1403  Vegetate (v. i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
1404  
1405  "Vegetate (v. i.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule."
1406  
1407  "Vegetation (n.) The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth."
1408  
1409  "Vegetation (n.) The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation."
1410  
1411  "Vegetation (n.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart."
1412  
1413  "Vegetative (a.) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating."
1414  
1415  "Vegetative (a.) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil."
1416  
1417  "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."
1418  
1419  Vegete (a.) Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
1420  
1421  "Vegetive (a.) Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life."
1422  
1423  Vegetive (n.) A vegetable.
1424  
1425  "Vegeto-animal (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."
1426  
1427  Vegetous (a.) Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
1428  
1429  "Vehemence (n.) The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence."
1430  
1431  "Vehemence (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions."
1432  
1433  Vehemency (n.) Vehemence.
1434  
1435  "Vehement (a.) Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat."
1436  
1437  "Vehement (a.) Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion."
1438  
1439  Vehemently (adv.) In a vehement manner.
1440  
1441  "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."
1442  
1443  "Vehicle (n.) That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy."
1444  
1445  Vehicle (n.) A substance in which medicine is taken.
1446  
1447  "Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it."
1448  
1449  Vehicled (a.) Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle.
1450  
1451  "Vehicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance."
1452  
1453  Vehiculary (a.) Vehicular.
1454  
1455  Vehiculate (v. t. & i.) To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.
1456  
1457  Vehiculation (n.) Movement of vehicles.
1458  
1459  Vehiculatory (a.) Vehicular.
1460  
1461  "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."
1462  
1463  "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."
1464  
1465  Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
1466  
1467  Veil (n.) The calyptra of mosses.
1468  
1469  Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
1470  
1471  "Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil."
1472  
1473  "Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3."
1474  
1475  Veiled (imp. & p. p.) of Veil
1476  
1477  Veiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veil
1478  
1479  Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
1480  
1481  Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
1482  
1483  "Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden."
1484  
1485  "Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils."
1486  
1487  Veilless (a.) Having no veil.
1488  
1489  "Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2."
1490  
1491  Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
1492  
1493  Vein (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
1494  
1495  "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."
1496  
1497  "Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance."
1498  
1499  "Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation."
1500  
1501  "Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course."
1502  
1503  "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."
1504  
1505  Veined (imp. & p. p.) of Vein
1506  
1507  Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vein
1508  
1509  Vein (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
1510  
1511  Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
1512  
1513  "Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble."
1514  
1515  "Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf."
1516  
1517  "Veinless (a.) Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf."
1518  
1519  Veinlet (n.) A small vein.
1520  
1521  Veinous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
1522  
1523  "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."
1524  
1525  "Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble."
1526  
1527  Velar (a.) Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
1528  
1529  "Velar (a.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q."
1530  
1531  Velaria (pl. ) of Velarium
1532  
1533  Velarium (n.) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
1534  
1535  Velate (a.) Having a veil; veiled.
1536  
1537  Vele (n.) A veil.
1538  
1539  Velella (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.
1540  
1541  Veliferous (a.) Carrying or bearing sails.
1542  
1543  Veliger (n.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
1544  
1545  Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
1546  
1547  Velivolant (a.) Flying with sails; passing under full sail.
1548  
1549  "Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag."
1550  
1551  "Vell (n.) To cut the turf from, as for burning."
1552  
1553  Velleity (n.) The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
1554  
1555  Vellet (n.) Velvet.
1556  
1557  Vellicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vellicate
1558  
1559  Vellicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vellicate
1560  
1561  Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
1562  
1563  "Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates."
1564  
1565  "Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch."
1566  
1567  "Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face."
1568  
1569  "Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication."
1570  
1571  Vellon (n.) A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real.
1572  
1573  "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."
1574  
1575  Vellumy (a.) Resembling vellum.
1576  
1577  "Velocimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles."
1578  
1579  "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."
1580  
1581  Velecipedist (n.) One who rides on a velocipede.
1582  
1583  Velocities (pl. ) of Velocity
1584  
1585  "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."
1586  
1587  "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."
1588  
1589  Velours (n.) One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
1590  
1591  Veltfare (n.) The fieldfare.
1592  
1593  Vela (pl. ) of Velum
1594  
1595  "Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate."
1596  
1597  "Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b)."
1598  
1599  Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
1600  
1601  Velum (n.) A veil-like organ or part.
1602  
1603  Velum (n.) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
1604  
1605  Velum (n.) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
1606  
1607  Velure (n.) Velvet.
1608  
1609  Velutina (n.) Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
1610  
1611  "Velutinous (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf."
1612  
1613  Velverd (n.) The veltfare.
1614  
1615  Velveret (n.) A kind of velvet having cotton back.
1616  
1617  "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."
1618  
1619  Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
1620  
1621  "Velvet (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety."
1622  
1623  Velvet (v. i.) To pain velvet.
1624  
1625  "Velvet (v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet."
1626  
1627  Velvetbreast (n.) The goosander.
1628  
1629  "Velveteen (n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet."
1630  
1631  Velveting (n.) The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
1632  
1633  "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."
1634  
1635  "Velvety (a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate."
1636  
1637  Venae (pl. ) of Vena
1638  
1639  Vena (n.) A vein.
1640  
1641  Venae cavae (pl. ) of Vena
1642  
1643  VenAe portae (pl. ) of Vena
1644  
1645  Venada (N.) The pudu.
1646  
1647  "Venal (a.) Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood."
1648  
1649  "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."
1650  
1651  "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."
1652  
1653  Venally (adv.) In a venal manner.
1654  
1655  "Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey."
1656  
1657  "Venary (a.) Of or, pertaining to hunting."
1658  
1659  Venatic (a.) Alt. of Venatical
1660  
1661  Venatical (a.) Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting.
1662  
1663  Venatica (n.) See Vinatico.
1664  
1665  "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."
1666  
1667  "Venation (n.) The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted."
1668  
1669  Venatorial (a.) Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.
1670  
1671  Vended (imp. & p. p.) of Vend
1672  
1673  Vending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vend
1674  
1675  "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."
1676  
1677  Vend (n.) The act of vending or selling; a sale.
1678  
1679  Vend (n.) The total sales of coal from a colliery.
1680  
1681  "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."
1682  
1683  "Vendee (n.) The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor."
1684  
1685  "Vendemiaire (n.) The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792."
1686  
1687  "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."
1688  
1689  Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
1690  
1691  "Vendibility (n.) The quality or state of being vendible, or salable."
1692  
1693  "Vendible (a.) Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable."
1694  
1695  "Vendible (n.) Something to be sold, or offered for sale."
1696  
1697  Venditate (v. t.) To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon.
1698  
1699  Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
1700  
1701  "Vendition (n.) The act of vending, or selling; sale."
1702  
1703  Vendor (n.) A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.
1704  
1705  Vends (n. pl.) See Wends.
1706  
1707  "Vendue (n.) A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction."
1708  
1709  Veneered (imp. & p. p.) of Veneer
1710  
1711  Veneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veneer
1712  
1713  "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."
1714  
1715  "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."
1716  
1717  Veneering (n.) The act or art of one who veneers.
1718  
1719  Veneering (n.) Thin wood or other material used as a veneer.
1720  
1721  Venefical (a.) Veneficial.
1722  
1723  Venefice (n.) The act or practice of poisoning.
1724  
1725  Veneficial (a.) Alt. of Veneficious
1726  
1727  Veneficious (a.) Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.
1728  
1729  Venemous (a.) Venomous.
1730  
1731  Venenate (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison.
1732  
1733  Venenate (a.) Poisoned.
1734  
1735  Vennation (n.) The act of poisoning.
1736  
1737  Vennation (n.) Poison; venom.
1738  
1739  Venene (a.) Poisonous; venomous.
1740  
1741  Venenose (a.) Poisonous.
1742  
1743  Venerability (n.) The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness.
1744  
1745  "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."
1746  
1747  "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."
1748  
1749  "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."
1750  
1751  Venerated (imp. & p. p.) of Venerate
1752  
1753  Venerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venerate
1754  
1755  "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."
1756  
1757  "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."
1758  
1759  Venerator (n.) One who venerates.
1760  
1761  "Venereal (a.) Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse."
1762  
1763  "Venereal (a.) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison."
1764  
1765  "Venereal (a.) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines."
1766  
1767  Venereal (a.) Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
1768  
1769  "Venereal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus."
1770  
1771  Venereal (n.) The venereal disease; syphilis.
1772  
1773  "Venerean (a.) Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal."
1774  
1775  Venereous (a.) Venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac.
1776  
1777  Venereous (a.) Lustful; lascivious; libidinous.
1778  
1779  Venerous (a.) Venereous.
1780  
1781  Venery (n.) Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
1782  
1783  "Venery (n.) The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase."
1784  
1785  Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
1786  
1787  Venetian (a.) Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
1788  
1789  Venetian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Venice.
1790  
1791  "Venew (n.) A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney."
1792  
1793  Veney (n.) A bout; a thrust; a venew.
1794  
1795  Venge (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
1796  
1797  Vengeable (a.) Revengeful; deserving revenge.
1798  
1799  "Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge."
1800  
1801  Vengeance (n.) Harm; mischief.
1802  
1803  Vengeancely (adv.) Extremely; excessively.
1804  
1805  Vengeful (a.) Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.
1806  
1807  Vengement (n.) Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.
1808  
1809  Venger (n.) An avenger.
1810  
1811  Veniable (a.) Venial; pardonable.
1812  
1813  "Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression."
1814  
1815  Venial (a.) Allowed; permitted.
1816  
1817  Veniality (n.) The quality or state of being venial; venialness.
1818  
1819  "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."
1820  
1821  Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.
1822  
1823  Venison (n.) Beasts of the chase.
1824  
1825  "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."
1826  
1827  "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."
1828  
1829  "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."
1830  
1831  Venom (n.) Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.
1832  
1833  Venom (n.) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
1834  
1835  "Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous."
1836  
1837  "Venomous (a.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects."
1838  
1839  "Venomous (a.) Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer."
1840  
1841  "Venose (a.) Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond."
1842  
1843  Venosity (n.) The quality or state of being venous.
1844  
1845  "Venosity (n.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is."
1846  
1847  "Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood."
1848  
1849  "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."
1850  
1851  "Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf."
1852  
1853  Vent (n.) Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
1854  
1855  Vent (v. t.) To sell; to vend.
1856  
1857  Vent (n.) A baiting place; an inn.
1858  
1859  Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
1860  
1861  "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."
1862  
1863  "Vent (n.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes."
1864  
1865  "Vent (n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole."
1866  
1867  Vent (n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
1868  
1869  Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
1870  
1871  Vent (n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
1872  
1873  Vented (imp. & p. p.) of Vent
1874  
1875  Venting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vent
1876  
1877  "Vent (v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to."
1878  
1879  "Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint."
1880  
1881  Vent (v. t.) To utter; to report; to publish.
1882  
1883  "Vent (v. t.) To scent, as a hound."
1884  
1885  "Vent (v. t.) To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold."
1886  
1887  "Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent."
1888  
1889  "Ventail (n.) That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor."
1890  
1891  "Venter (n.) One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes."
1892  
1893  Venter (n.) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
1894  
1895  "Venter (n.) The uterus, or womb."
1896  
1897  "Venter (n.) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula."
1898  
1899  Venter (n.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
1900  
1901  "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."
1902  
1903  Venthole (n.) A touchhole; a vent.
1904  
1905  Ventiduct (n.) A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.
1906  
1907  Ventilated (imp. & p. p.) of Ventilate
1908  
1909  Ventilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ventilate
1910  
1911  "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."
1912  
1913  "Ventilate (v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket."
1914  
1915  "Ventilate (v. t.) To change or renew, as the air of a room."
1916  
1917  "Ventilate (v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat."
1918  
1919  "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."
1920  
1921  Ventilate (v. t.) To give vent; to utter; to make public.
1922  
1923  "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."
1924  
1925  "Ventilation (n.) The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood."
1926  
1927  "Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain."
1928  
1929  "Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure."
1930  
1931  Ventilation (n.) The act of giving vent or expression.
1932  
1933  "Ventilative (a.) Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus."
1934  
1935  "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."
1936  
1937  Ventose (n.) A ventouse.
1938  
1939  Ventose (a.) Windy; flatulent.
1940  
1941  "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."
1942  
1943  "Ventosity (n.) Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride."
1944  
1945  Ventouse (n.) A cupping glass.
1946  
1947  Ventouse (v. t. & i.) To cup; to use a cupping glass.
1948  
1949  Ventrad (adv.) Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; -- opposed to dorsad.
1950  
1951  "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."
1952  
1953  "Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower."
1954  
1955  Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.
1956  
1957  "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."
1958  
1959  Ventricle (n.) The stomach.
1960  
1961  "Ventricle (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating."
1962  
1963  Ventricose (a.) Alt. of Ventricous
1964  
1965  "Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla."
1966  
1967  Ventricular (a.) Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied.
1968  
1969  "Ventriculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period."
1970  
1971  Ventriculous (a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
1972  
1973  Ventriculi (pl. ) of Ventriculus
1974  
1975  Ventriculus (n.) One of the stomachs of certain insects.
1976  
1977  Ventriculus (n.) The body cavity of a sponge.
1978  
1979  Ventrilocution (n.) Ventriloquism.
1980  
1981  Ventriloquial (a.) Ventriloquous.
1982  
1983  "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."
1984  
1985  "Ventriloquist (n.) One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism."
1986  
1987  Ventriloquized (imp. & p. p.) of Ventriloquize
1988  
1989  Ventriloquizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ventriloquize
1990  
1991  Ventriloquize (v. i.) To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
1992  
1993  Ventriloquous (a.) Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.
1994  
1995  Ventriloquy (n.) Same as Ventriloquism.
1996  
1997  Ventrimeson (n.) See Meson.
1998  
1999  "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."
2000  
2001  "Ventro-inguinal (a.) Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia."
2002  
2003  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.
2004  
2005  "Venture (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck."
2006  
2007  "Venture (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade."
2008  
2009  Ventured (imp. & p. p.) of Venture
2010  
2011  Venturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venture
2012  
2013  "Venture (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare."
2014  
2015  Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
2016  
2017  "Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon."
2018  
2019  "Venture (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies."
2020  
2021  Venture (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
2022  
2023  "Venturer (n.) One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer."
2024  
2025  Venturer (n.) A strumpet; a prostitute.
2026  
2027  "Venturesome (a.) Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act."
2028  
2029  Venturine (n.) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.
2030  
2031  "Venturous (n.) Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier."
2032  
2033  Ventuse (v. t. & i.) See Ventouse.
2034  
2035  "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."
2036  
2037  Venue (n.) A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.
2038  
2039  "Venule (n.) A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects."
2040  
2041  "Venulose (a.) Full of venules, or small veins."
2042  
2043  "Venus (n.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified."
2044  
2045  "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."
2046  
2047  "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."
2048  
2049  "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."
2050  
2051  Venust (a.) Beautiful.
2052  
2053  "Veracious (a.) Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian."
2054  
2055  "Veracious (a.) Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative."
2056  
2057  Veraciously (adv.) In a veracious manner.
2058  
2059  "Veracity (n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity."
2060  
2061  "Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia."
2062  
2063  Veratralbine (n.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
2064  
2065  Veratrate (n.) A salt of veratric acid.
2066  
2067  Veratria (n.) Veratrine.
2068  
2069  "Veratric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum."
2070  
2071  Veratrina (n.) Same as Veratrine.
2072  
2073  "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."
2074  
2075  "Veratrol (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin."
2076  
2077  Veratrum (n.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
2078  
2079  Verb (n.) A word; a vocable.
2080  
2081  "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."
2082  
2083  "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."
2084  
2085  "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."
2086  
2087  "Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation."
2088  
2089  Verbal (a.) Abounding with words; verbose.
2090  
2091  "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."
2092  
2093  Verbal (n.) A noun derived from a verb.
2094  
2095  Verbalism (n.) Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
2096  
2097  "Verbalist (n.) A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist."
2098  
2099  Verbality (n.) The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.
2100  
2101  "Verbalization (n.) The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized."
2102  
2103  Verbalized (imp. & p. p.) of Verbalize
2104  
2105  Verbalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbalize
2106  
2107  Verbalize (v. t.) To convert into a verb; to verbify.
2108  
2109  Verbalize (v. i.) To be verbose.
2110  
2111  Verbally (adv.) In a verbal manner; orally.
2112  
2113  Verbally (adv.) Word for word; verbatim.
2114  
2115  Verbarian (a.) Of or pertaining to words; verbal.
2116  
2117  Verbarian (n.) One who coins words.
2118  
2119  "Verbarium (n.) A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2."
2120  
2121  "Verbatim (adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it."
2122  
2123  Verbena (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
2124  
2125  "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."
2126  
2127  Verbenated (imp. & p. p.) of Verbenate
2128  
2129  Verbenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbenate
2130  
2131  "Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites."
2132  
2133  Verberate (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
2134  
2135  Verberation (n.) The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
2136  
2137  Verberation (n.) The impulse of a body; which causes sound.
2138  
2139  "Verbiage (n.) The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness."
2140  
2141  Verify (v. t.) To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
2142  
2143  "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."
2144  
2145  Verbosities (pl. ) of Verbosity
2146  
2147  Verbosity (n.) The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
2148  
2149  Verd (n.) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
2150  
2151  Verd (n.) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
2152  
2153  Verd (n.) Greenness; freshness.
2154  
2155  Verdancy (n.) The quality or state of being verdant.
2156  
2157  "Verdant (a.) Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn."
2158  
2159  "Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth."
2160  
2161  Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.
2162  
2163  Verd antique () A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
2164  
2165  Verdantly (adv.) In a verdant manner.
2166  
2167  Verderer (n.) Alt. of Verderor
2168  
2169  "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."
2170  
2171  "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."
2172  
2173  "Verdict (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public."
2174  
2175  "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."
2176  
2177  Verdigris (n.) The green rust formed on copper.
2178  
2179  "Verdigris (v. t.) To cover, or coat, with verdigris."
2180  
2181  "Verdin (n.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit."
2182  
2183  Verdine (n.) A commercial name for green aniline dye.
2184  
2185  Verdingale (n.) See Farthingale.
2186  
2187  Verdit (n.) Verdict.
2188  
2189  Verditer (n.) Verdigris.
2190  
2191  "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."
2192  
2193  Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.
2194  
2195  "Verdoy (a.) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of a border."
2196  
2197  "Verdure (n.) Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June."
2198  
2199  Verdured (a.) Covered with verdure.
2200  
2201  Verdureless (a.) Destitute of verdure.
2202  
2203  "Verdurous (a.) Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures."
2204  
2205  Verecund (a.) Rashful; modest.
2206  
2207  Verecundious (a.) Verecund.
2208  
2209  Verecundity (n.) The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.
2210  
2211  "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."
2212  
2213  Vergalien (n.) Alt. of Vergaloo
2214  
2215  Vergaloo (n.) See Virgalieu.
2216  
2217  "Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean."
2218  
2219  "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."
2220  
2221  "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."
2222  
2223  Verge (n.) A virgate; a yardland.
2224  
2225  "Verge (n.) A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent."
2226  
2227  Verge (n.) A circumference; a circle; a ring.
2228  
2229  "Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft."
2230  
2231  Verge (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
2232  
2233  "Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement."
2234  
2235  Verge (n.) The edge or outside of a bed or border.
2236  
2237  "Verge (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre."
2238  
2239  Verge (n.) The penis.
2240  
2241  "Verge (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix."
2242  
2243  Verged (imp. & p. p.) of Verge
2244  
2245  Verging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verge
2246  
2247  Verge (v. i.) To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
2248  
2249  "Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north."
2250  
2251  "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."
2252  
2253  Vergency (n.) The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
2254  
2255  "Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays."
2256  
2257  "Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office."
2258  
2259  "Verger (n.) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc."
2260  
2261  Verger (n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
2262  
2263  Verger (n.) A garden or orchard.
2264  
2265  "Vergette (a.) Divided by pallets, or pales; paly."
2266  
2267  Vergette (n.) A small pale.
2268  
2269  Veridical (a.) Truth-telling; truthful; veracious.
2270  
2271  Verifiable (a.) Capable of being verified; confirmable.
2272  
2273  "Verfication (n.) The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication."
2274  
2275  Verfication (n.) Confirmation by evidence.
2276  
2277  Verfication (n.) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.
2278  
2279  Verificative (a.) Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
2280  
2281  "Verifier (n.) One who, or that which, verifies."
2282  
2283  Verified (imp. & p. p.) of Verify
2284  
2285  Verifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verify
2286  
2287  Verify (v. t.) To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
2288  
2289  "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."
2290  
2291  Verify (v. t.) To maintain; to affirm; to support.
2292  
2293  Veriloquent (a.) Speaking truth; truthful.
2294  
2295  Verily (adv.) In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.
2296  
2297  Verine (n.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.
2298  
2299  Verisimilar (a.) Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely.
2300  
2301  Verisimilitude (n.) The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
2302  
2303  Verisimility (n.) Verisimilitude.
2304  
2305  Versimilous (a.) Verisimilar.
2306  
2307  Veritable (a.) Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.
2308  
2309  Veritas (n.) The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.
2310  
2311  Verities (pl. ) of Verity
2312  
2313  "Verity (n.) The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality."
2314  
2315  Verity (n.) That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.
2316  
2317  "Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice."
2318  
2319  "Verjuice (n.) Tartness; sourness, as of disposition."
2320  
2321  "Vermeil (n.) Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red."
2322  
2323  Vermeil (n.) Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
2324  
2325  Vermeil (n.) A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
2326  
2327  "Vermeologist (n.) One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist."
2328  
2329  Vermeology (n.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.
2330  
2331  "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."
2332  
2333  "Vermes (n. pl.) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders."
2334  
2335  Vermetid (n.) Any species of vermetus.
2336  
2337  "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."
2338  
2339  "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."
2340  
2341  Vermicide (n.) A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
2342  
2343  Vermicious (a.) Of or pertaining to worms; wormy.
2344  
2345  "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."
2346  
2347  Vermiculated (imp. & p. p.) of Vermiculate
2348  
2349  Vermiculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vermiculate
2350  
2351  "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."
2352  
2353  "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."
2354  
2355  "Vermiculate (a.) Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical."
2356  
2357  Vermiculated (a.) Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate.
2358  
2359  "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."
2360  
2361  "Vermiculation (n.) The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm."
2362  
2363  Vermiculation (n.) Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
2364  
2365  "Vermiculation (n.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds."
2366  
2367  "Vermicule (n.) A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body."
2368  
2369  "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."
2370  
2371  Vermiculose (a.) Alt. of Vermiculous
2372  
2373  "Vermiculous (a.) Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms."
2374  
2375  "Vermiform (a.) Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum."
2376  
2377  Vermiformia (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.
2378  
2379  "Vermifugal (a.) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic."
2380  
2381  Vermifuge (n.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
2382  
2383  Vermil (n.) See Vermeil.
2384  
2385  "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."
2386  
2387  "Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues."
2388  
2389  "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."
2390  
2391  "Vermilion (n.) Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion."
2392  
2393  "Vermilion (v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red."
2394  
2395  Vermily (n.) Vermeil.
2396  
2397  "Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general."
2398  
2399  "Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc."
2400  
2401  "Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings."
2402  
2403  Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.
2404  
2405  Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.
2406  
2407  Vermination (n.) A griping of the bowels.
2408  
2409  Verminly (a. & adv.) Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin.
2410  
2411  Verminous (a.) Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.
2412  
2413  "Verminous (a.) Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease."
2414  
2415  Verminously (adv.) In a verminous manner.
2416  
2417  Vermiparous (a.) Producing or breeding worms.
2418  
2419  "Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds."
2420  
2421  "Vermuth (n.) A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite."
2422  
2423  "Vernacle (n.) See Veronica, 1."
2424  
2425  "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."
2426  
2427  "Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality."
2428  
2429  Vernacularism (n.) A vernacular idiom.
2430  
2431  "Vernacularization (n.) The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular."
2432  
2433  Vernacularly (adv.) In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.
2434  
2435  Vernaculous (a.) Vernacular.
2436  
2437  Vernaculous (a.) Scoffing; scurrilous.
2438  
2439  Vernage (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Italy.
2440  
2441  "Vernal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom."
2442  
2443  "Vernal (a.) Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life."
2444  
2445  "Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal."
2446  
2447  Vernate (v. i.) To become young again.
2448  
2449  "Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation."
2450  
2451  "Vernicle (n.) A Veronica. See Veronica, 1."
2452  
2453  "Vernicose (a.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves."
2454  
2455  "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."
2456  
2457  Vernile (a.) Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.
2458  
2459  Vernility (n.) Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.
2460  
2461  "Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance."
2462  
2463  Vernish (n. & v.) Varnish.
2464  
2465  "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."
2466  
2467  "Veronese (a.) Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy."
2468  
2469  "Veronese (n. sing. & pl.) A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona."
2470  
2471  "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."
2472  
2473  Veronica (n.) A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.
2474  
2475  Verray (a.) Very; true.
2476  
2477  Verrayment (adv.) Verily; truly.
2478  
2479  Verrel (n.) See Ferrule.
2480  
2481  "Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches."
2482  
2483  Verruciform (a.) Shaped like a wart or warts.
2484  
2485  "Verrucose (a.) Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule."
2486  
2487  Verrucous (a.) Verrucose.
2488  
2489  "Verruculose (a.) Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk."
2490  
2491  Vers (n. sing. & pl.) A verse or verses. See Verse.
2492  
2493  Versability (n.) The quality or state of being versable.
2494  
2495  Versable (a.) Capable of being turned.
2496  
2497  Versableness (n.) Versability.
2498  
2499  Versal (a.) Universal.
2500  
2501  Versant (a.) Familiar; conversant.
2502  
2503  "Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect."
2504  
2505  Versatile (a.) Capable of being turned round.
2506  
2507  Versatile (a.) Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
2508  
2509  "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."
2510  
2511  "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."
2512  
2513  Versatility (n.) The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.
2514  
2515  "Vers de societe () See Society verses, under Society."
2516  
2517  "Verse (n.) A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules."
2518  
2519  Verse (n.) Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
2520  
2521  Verse (n.) A short division of any composition.
2522  
2523  "Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses."
2524  
2525  Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
2526  
2527  Verse (n.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
2528  
2529  Verse (n.) A piece of poetry.
2530  
2531  Versed (imp. & p. p.) of Verse
2532  
2533  Versing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verse
2534  
2535  "Verse (v. t.) To tell in verse, or poetry."
2536  
2537  Verse (v. i.) To make verses; to versify.
2538  
2539  "Versed (a.) Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced."
2540  
2541  Versed (a.) Turned.
2542  
2543  Verseman (n.) Same as Versemonger.
2544  
2545  "Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt."
2546  
2547  Verser (n.) A versifier.
2548  
2549  Verset (n.) A verse.
2550  
2551  "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."
2552  
2553  Versicolor (a.) Alt. of Versicolored
2554  
2555  Versicolored (a.) Having various colors; changeable in color.
2556  
2557  Versicular (a.) Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.
2558  
2559  "Versification (n.) The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition."
2560  
2561  Versificator (n.) A versifier.
2562  
2563  "Versifier (n.) One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet."
2564  
2565  "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."
2566  
2567  Versified (imp. & p. p.) of Versify
2568  
2569  Versifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Versify
2570  
2571  Versify (v. i.) To make verses.
2572  
2573  Versify (v. t.) To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
2574  
2575  "Versify (v. t.) To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms."
2576  
2577  "Version (n.) A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning."
2578  
2579  "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."
2580  
2581  "Version (n.) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language."
2582  
2583  "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."
2584  
2585  "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."
2586  
2587  Versionist (n.) One who makes or favors a version; a translator.
2588  
2589  "Verso (n.) The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto."
2590  
2591  Versor (n.) The turning factor of a quaternion.
2592  
2593  "Verst (n.) A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet."
2594  
2595  Versual (a.) Of or pertaining to a verse.
2596  
2597  "Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs."
2598  
2599  Versute (a.) Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.
2600  
2601  "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."
2602  
2603  Vert (n.) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
2604  
2605  "Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right."
2606  
2607  Verteber (n.) A vertebra.
2608  
2609  Vertebrae (pl. ) of Vertebra
2610  
2611  Vertebra (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
2612  
2613  Vertebra (n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
2614  
2615  "Vertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian."
2616  
2617  Vertebral (a.) Vertebrate.
2618  
2619  Vertebral (n.) A vertebrate.
2620  
2621  Vertebrally (adv.) At or within a vertebra or vertebrae; -- distinguished from interverterbrally.
2622  
2623  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.
2624  
2625  "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."
2626  
2627  Vertebrate (n.) One of the Vertebrata.
2628  
2629  Vertebrate (a.) Alt. of Vertebrated
2630  
2631  "Vertebrated (a.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes."
2632  
2633  "Vertebrated (a.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals."
2634  
2635  Vertebrated (a.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
2636  
2637  Vertebrated (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
2638  
2639  Vertebre (n.) A vertebra.
2640  
2641  "Vertebro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal."
2642  
2643  Vertebro-iliac (a.) Iliolumbar.
2644  
2645  Vertexes (pl. ) of Vertex
2646  
2647  Vertices (pl. ) of Vertex
2648  
2649  Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.
2650  
2651  "Vertex (n.) The top, or crown, of the head."
2652  
2653  "Vertex (n.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead."
2654  
2655  "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."
2656  
2657  "Vertical (a.) Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one."
2658  
2659  "Vertical (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line."
2660  
2661  Vertical (n.) Vertical position; zenith.
2662  
2663  "Vertical (n.) A vertical line, plane, or circle."
2664  
2665  Verticality (n.) The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness.
2666  
2667  "Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically."
2668  
2669  Verticalness (n.) Quality or state of being vertical.
2670  
2671  Verticil (n.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.
2672  
2673  "Verticillaster (a.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl."
2674  
2675  Verticillate (a.) Alt. of Verticillated
2676  
2677  "Verticillated (a.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell."
2678  
2679  Verticillus (n.) A whorl; a verticil.
2680  
2681  Verticity (n.) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
2682  
2683  Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.
2684  
2685  Vertiginate (a.) Turned round; giddy.
2686  
2687  "Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion."
2688  
2689  Vertiginous (a.) Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2690  
2691  Vertigoes (pl. ) of Vertigo
2692  
2693  Vertigines (pl. ) of Vertigo
2694  
2695  "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."
2696  
2697  "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."
2698  
2699  Vertilinear (a.) Straight; rectilinear.
2700  
2701  Vertu (n.) Virtue; power. See Virtue.
2702  
2703  Vertu (n.) See Virtu.
2704  
2705  Vertuous (a.) Virtuous; powerful.
2706  
2707  "Verumontanum (n.) An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it."
2708  
2709  Vervain (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbena.
2710  
2711  "Verve (n.) Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy."
2712  
2713  Vervel (n.) See Varvel.
2714  
2715  "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."
2716  
2717  Very (v. t.) True; real; actual; veritable.
2718  
2719  "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."
2720  
2721  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.
2722  
2723  Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
2724  
2725  Vesica (n.) A bladder.
2726  
2727  Vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder.
2728  
2729  Vesicant (n.) A vesicatory.
2730  
2731  Vesicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vesicate
2732  
2733  Vesicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vesicate
2734  
2735  Vesicate (v. t.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.
2736  
2737  "Vesication (n.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters."
2738  
2739  "Vesicatory (a.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister."
2740  
2741  Vesicatory (n.) A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
2742  
2743  Vesicle (n.) A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
2744  
2745  "Vesicle (n.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf."
2746  
2747  "Vesicle (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid."
2748  
2749  "Vesicle (n.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle."
2750  
2751  Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
2752  
2753  "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."
2754  
2755  "Vesico- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal."
2756  
2757  Vesicoprostatic (a.) Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.
2758  
2759  Vesicouterine (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.
2760  
2761  Vesicovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.
2762  
2763  Vesiculae (pl. ) of Vesicula
2764  
2765  Vesicula (n.) A vesicle.
2766  
2767  "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."
2768  
2769  "Vesicular (a.) Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf."
2770  
2771  "Vesicular (a.) Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body."
2772  
2773  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.
2774  
2775  Vesiculata (n. pl.) The campanularian medusae.
2776  
2777  "Vesiculate (a.) Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular."
2778  
2779  "Vesiculate (v. t.) To form vesicles in, as lava."
2780  
2781  "Vesiculation (n.) The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed."
2782  
2783  Vesiculose (a.) Alt. of Vesiculous
2784  
2785  "Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell."
2786  
2787  Vespa (n.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
2788  
2789  "Vesper (n.) The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening."
2790  
2791  "Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells."
2792  
2793  Vesperal (a.) Vesper; evening.
2794  
2795  Vespers (n.) One of the little hours of the Breviary.
2796  
2797  Vespers (n.) The evening song or service.
2798  
2799  Vespertilio (n.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.
2800  
2801  "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."
2802  
2803  Vespertilionine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.
2804  
2805  Vespertinal (a.) Vespertine.
2806  
2807  Vespertine (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.
2808  
2809  Vespertine (a.) Blossoming in the evening.
2810  
2811  "Vespiary (n.) A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind."
2812  
2813  Vespilloes (pl. ) of Vespillo
2814  
2815  Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
2816  
2817  "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."
2818  
2819  "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."
2820  
2821  "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."
2822  
2823  "Vessel (n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc."
2824  
2825  "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."
2826  
2827  Vessel (v. t.) To put into a vessel.
2828  
2829  Vesselfuls (pl. ) of Vesselful
2830  
2831  Vesselful (n.) As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
2832  
2833  Vesses (n.) Alt. of Vessets
2834  
2835  "Vessets (n.) A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth."
2836  
2837  Vessicnon (n.) Alt. of Vessignon
2838  
2839  Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
2840  
2841  Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
2842  
2843  Vest (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
2844  
2845  "Vest (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat."
2846  
2847  Vested (imp. & p. p.) of Vest
2848  
2849  Vesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vest
2850  
2851  "Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely."
2852  
2853  "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."
2854  
2855  "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."
2856  
2857  "Vest (n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses."
2858  
2859  "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."
2860  
2861  "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."
2862  
2863  "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."
2864  
2865  "Vesta (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807."
2866  
2867  Vesta (n.) A wax friction match.
2868  
2869  "Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste."
2870  
2871  "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."
2872  
2873  "Vestal (a.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun."
2874  
2875  "Vestales (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies."
2876  
2877  Vested (a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
2878  
2879  "Vested (a.) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests."
2880  
2881  Vestiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
2882  
2883  Vestiary (n.) A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.
2884  
2885  "Vestiary (a.) Pertaining to clothes, or vestments."
2886  
2887  Vestibular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
2888  
2889  Vestibule (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
2890  
2891  Vestibula (pl. ) of Vestibulum
2892  
2893  "Vestibulum (n.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open."
2894  
2895  Vestigate (v. t.) To investigate.
2896  
2897  "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."
2898  
2899  Vestigial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
2900  
2901  Vesting (n.) Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
2902  
2903  Vestiture (n.) In vestiture.
2904  
2905  "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."
2906  
2907  Vestment (n.) A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress
2908  
2909  Vestment (n.) any priestly garment.
2910  
2911  Vestries (pl. ) of Vestry
2912  
2913  "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."
2914  
2915  Vestry (n.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
2916  
2917  "Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns."
2918  
2919  Vestrymen (pl. ) of Vestryman
2920  
2921  "Vestryman (n.) A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry."
2922  
2923  Vesture (v. t.) A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
2924  
2925  "Vesture (v. t.) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre."
2926  
2927  Vesture (v. t.) Seizin; possession.
2928  
2929  Vestured (a.) Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
2930  
2931  "Vesuvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples."
2932  
2933  Vesuvian (a.) Vesuvianite.
2934  
2935  "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."
2936  
2937  "Vesuvine (n.) A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc."
2938  
2939  "Vetch (n.) Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa."
2940  
2941  "Vetchling (n.) Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia."
2942  
2943  Vetchy (a.) Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
2944  
2945  Vetchy (a.) Abounding with vetches.
2946  
2947  "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."
2948  
2949  "Veteran (n.) One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had."
2950  
2951  Veteranize (v. i.) To reenlist for service as a soldier.
2952  
2953  Veterinarian (n.) One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
2954  
2955  "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."
2956  
2957  "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."
2958  
2959  Vetoes (pl. ) of Veto
2960  
2961  Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
2962  
2963  "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."
2964  
2965  "Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes."
2966  
2967  Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
2968  
2969  Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Veto
2970  
2971  Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veto
2972  
2973  "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."
2974  
2975  "Vetoist (n.) One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto."
2976  
2977  Vetture (pl. ) of Vettura
2978  
2979  "Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach."
2980  
2981  Vetturini (pl. ) of Vetturino
2982  
2983  Vetturino (n.) One who lets or drives a vettura.
2984  
2985  Vetturino (n.) A vettura.
2986  
2987  Vetust (a.) Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.
2988  
2989  Vexed (imp. & p. p.) of Vex
2990  
2991  Vexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vex
2992  
2993  Vex (v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
2994  
2995  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.
2996  
2997  Vex (v. t.) To twist; to weave.
2998  
2999  Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
3000  
3001  "Vexation (n.) The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation."
3002  
3003  Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
3004  
3005  "Vexation (n.) A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit."
3006  
3007  "Vexatious (a.) Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor."
3008  
3009  "Vexatious (a.) Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed."
3010  
3011  Vexed (a.) Annoyed; harassed; troubled.
3012  
3013  "Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question."
3014  
3015  Vexer (n.) One who vexes or troubles.
3016  
3017  Vexil (n.) A vexillum.
3018  
3019  Vexillar () Alt. of Vexillary
3020  
3021  Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
3022  
3023  "Vexillary () Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers."
3024  
3025  Vexillary (n.) A standard bearer.
3026  
3027  Vexillation (n.) A company of troops under one vexillum.
3028  
3029  Vexilla (pl. ) of Vexillum
3030  
3031  Vexillum (n.) A flag or standard.
3032  
3033  Vexillum (n.) A company of troops serving under one standard.
3034  
3035  Vexillum (n.) A banner.
3036  
3037  Vexillum (n.) The sign of the cross.
3038  
3039  Vexillum (n.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
3040  
3041  Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.
3042  
3043  "Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate."
3044  
3045  "V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V."
3046  
3047  Via (n.) A road way.
3048  
3049  "Via (prep.) By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London."
3050  
3051  Viability (n.) The quality or state of being viable.
3052  
3053  Viability (n.) The capacity of living after birth.
3054  
3055  "Viability (n.) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species."
3056  
3057  "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."
3058  
3059  "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."
3060  
3061  Viage (n.) A voyage; a journey.
3062  
3063  "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."
3064  
3065  Vialed (imp. & p. p.) of Vial
3066  
3067  Vialled () of Vial
3068  
3069  Vialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vial
3070  
3071  Vialling () of Vial
3072  
3073  Vial (v. t.) To put in a vial or vials.
3074  
3075  Viameter (n.) An odometer; -- called also viatometer.
3076  
3077  Viand (n.) An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural.
3078  
3079  "Viander (n.) A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host."
3080  
3081  Vi-apple (n.) See Otaheite apple.
3082  
3083  Viary (a.) Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads.
3084  
3085  "Viatecture (n.) The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc."
3086  
3087  Viatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling.
3088  
3089  Viaticum (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
3090  
3091  Viaticum (n.) Provisions for a journey.
3092  
3093  "Viaticum (n.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death."
3094  
3095  Viatometer (n.) A viameter.
3096  
3097  Vibices (n. pl.) More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.
3098  
3099  Vibracula (pl. ) of Vibraculum
3100  
3101  "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."
3102  
3103  Vibrancy (n.) The state of being vibrant; resonance.
3104  
3105  "Vibrant (a.) Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums."
3106  
3107  Vibrate (imp. & p. p.) of Vibrate
3108  
3109  Vibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vibrate
3110  
3111  "Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff."
3112  
3113  "Vibrate (v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds."
3114  
3115  Vibrate (v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
3116  
3117  "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."
3118  
3119  "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."
3120  
3121  "Vibrate (v. i.) To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear."
3122  
3123  "Vibrate (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions."
3124  
3125  "Vibratile (a.) Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects."
3126  
3127  Vibratility (n.) The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation.
3128  
3129  "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."
3130  
3131  "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."
3132  
3133  Vibratiuncle (a.) A small vibration.
3134  
3135  Vibrative (a. Vibrating) ; vibratory.
3136  
3137  "Vibratory (a.) Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power."
3138  
3139  Vibrios (pl. ) of Vibrio
3140  
3141  Vibriones (pl. ) of Vibrio
3142  
3143  "Vibrio (n.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus."
3144  
3145  Vibrissae (pl. ) of Vibrissa
3146  
3147  "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."
3148  
3149  Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
3150  
3151  Vibroscope (n.) An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
3152  
3153  Vibroscope (n.) An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
3154  
3155  "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."
3156  
3157  Vicar (n.) One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
3158  
3159  Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
3160  
3161  Vicarage (n.) The benefice of a vicar.
3162  
3163  Vicarage (n.) The house or residence of a vicar.
3164  
3165  "Vicarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes."
3166  
3167  "Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power."
3168  
3169  Vicarian (n.) A vicar.
3170  
3171  "Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious."
3172  
3173  Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
3174  
3175  "Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority."
3176  
3177  "Vicarious (prep.) Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer."
3178  
3179  "Vicarious (prep.) Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment."
3180  
3181  "Vicarious (prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation."
3182  
3183  Vicariously (adv.) In a vicarious manner.
3184  
3185  Vicarship (n.) The office or dignity of a vicar.
3186  
3187  Vicary (n.) A vicar.
3188  
3189  "Vice (n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse."
3190  
3191  "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."
3192  
3193  "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."
3194  
3195  "Vice (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise."
3196  
3197  "Vice (n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements."
3198  
3199  Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.
3200  
3201  Viced (imp. & p. p.) of Vice
3202  
3203  Vicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vice
3204  
3205  "Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice."
3206  
3207  "Vice (prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned."
3208  
3209  "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."
3210  
3211  Viced (a.) Vicious; corrupt.
3212  
3213  Vicegerency (n.) The office of a vicegerent.
3214  
3215  "Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another."
3216  
3217  "Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another."
3218  
3219  "Vicegerent (n.) An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar."
3220  
3221  Vicemen (pl. ) of Viceman
3222  
3223  Viceman (n.) A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
3224  
3225  Vicenary (a.) Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.
3226  
3227  Vicennial (a.) Lasting or comprising twenty years.
3228  
3229  "Vicennial (a.) Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration."
3230  
3231  Vice-regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty.
3232  
3233  "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."
3234  
3235  "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."
3236  
3237  "Viceroyalty (n.) The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy."
3238  
3239  Viceroyship (n.) Viceroyalty.
3240  
3241  Vicety (n.) Fault; defect; coarseness.
3242  
3243  "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."
3244  
3245  Viciate (v. t.) See Vitiate.
3246  
3247  "Viinage (n.) The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage."
3248  
3249  Vicinal (a.) Near; vicine.
3250  
3251  Vicine (a.) Near; neighboring; vicinal.
3252  
3253  Vicine (n.) An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
3254  
3255  "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."
3256  
3257  "Vicinity (n.) That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood."
3258  
3259  Viciosity (n.) Vitiosity.
3260  
3261  Vicious (a.) Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
3262  
3263  "Vicious (a.) Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct."
3264  
3265  "Vicious (a.) Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc."
3266  
3267  "Vicious (a.) Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms."
3268  
3269  "Vicious (a.) Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse."
3270  
3271  Vicious (a.) Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
3272  
3273  Vicissitude (n.) Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
3274  
3275  Vicissitude (n.) Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
3276  
3277  Vicissitudinary (a.) Subject to vicissitudes.
3278  
3279  "Vicissitudinous (a.) Full of, or subject to, changes."
3280  
3281  "Vicissy duck () A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated."
3282  
3283  Vicontiel (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.
3284  
3285  "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."
3286  
3287  Vicount (n.) See Viscount.
3288  
3289  "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."
3290  
3291  "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."
3292  
3293  "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."
3294  
3295  "Victim (n.) Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull."
3296  
3297  Victimate (v. t.) To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate.
3298  
3299  Victimized (imp. & p. p.) of Victimize
3300  
3301  Victimizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victimize
3302  
3303  "Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat."
3304  
3305  "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."
3306  
3307  Victor (n.) A destroyer.
3308  
3309  Victor (a.) Victorious.
3310  
3311  Victoress (n.) A victress.
3312  
3313  "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."
3314  
3315  "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."
3316  
3317  Victoria (n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.
3318  
3319  "Victorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets."
3320  
3321  Victorine (n.) A woman's fur tippet.
3322  
3323  "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."
3324  
3325  Victories (pl. ) of Victory
3326  
3327  "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."
3328  
3329  Victress (n.) A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.
3330  
3331  Victrice (n.) A victress.
3332  
3333  Victrix (n.) Victress.
3334  
3335  Victual (n.) Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.
3336  
3337  Victual (n.) Grain of any kind.
3338  
3339  Victualed (imp. & p. p.) of Victual
3340  
3341  Victualled () of Victual
3342  
3343  Victualing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victual
3344  
3345  Victualling () of Victual
3346  
3347  "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."
3348  
3349  Victualage (n.) Victuals; food.
3350  
3351  Victualer (n.) One who furnishes victuals.
3352  
3353  Victualer (n.) One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.
3354  
3355  "Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship."
3356  
3357  Victualer (n.) One who deals in grain; a corn factor.
3358  
3359  "Victualing (a.) Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship."
3360  
3361  "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."
3362  
3363  Victus (n.) Food; diet.
3364  
3365  Vicu?a (n.) Alt. of Vicugna
3366  
3367  "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."
3368  
3369  Vida finch () The whidah bird.
3370  
3371  "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."
3372  
3373  "Vide () imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above."
3374  
3375  Videlicet (adv.) To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
3376  
3377  Vidette (n.) Same Vedette.
3378  
3379  "Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe."
3380  
3381  "Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively."
3382  
3383  Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
3384  
3385  Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
3386  
3387  Viduity (n.) Widowhood.
3388  
3389  Vied (imp. & p. p.) of Vie
3390  
3391  Vying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vie
3392  
3393  "Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie."
3394  
3395  "Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition."
3396  
3397  Vie (v. t.) To stake; to wager.
3398  
3399  "Vie (v. t.) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy."
3400  
3401  "Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager."
3402  
3403  Vielle (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
3404  
3405  Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.
3406  
3407  "Viennese (a.) Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna."
3408  
3409  "Viennese (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna."
3410  
3411  View (n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
3412  
3413  "View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case."
3414  
3415  "View (n.) Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect."
3416  
3417  "View (n.) That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window."
3418  
3419  "View (n.) The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George."
3420  
3421  "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."
3422  
3423  "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."
3424  
3425  View (n.) Appearance; show; aspect.
3426  
3427  Viewed (imp. & p. p.) of View
3428  
3429  Viewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of View
3430  
3431  "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."
3432  
3433  "View (v. t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects."
3434  
3435  Viewer (n.) One who views or examines.
3436  
3437  "Viewer (n.) A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same."
3438  
3439  Viewer (n.) The superintendent of a coal mine.
3440  
3441  "Viewiness (n.) The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views."
3442  
3443  Viewless (a.) Not perceivable by the eye; invisible; unseen.
3444  
3445  Viewly (a.) Alt. of Viewsome
3446  
3447  Viewsome (a.) Pleasing to the sight; sightly.
3448  
3449  "Viewy (a.) Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person."
3450  
3451  Viewy (a.) Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination.
3452  
3453  "Vifda (n.) In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted."
3454  
3455  "Vigesimal (a.) Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts."
3456  
3457  Vigesimation (n.) The act of putting to death every twentieth man.
3458  
3459  "Vigesimo-quarto (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc."
3460  
3461  -tos (pl. ) of Vigesimo-quarto
3462  
3463  "Vigesimo-quarto (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?."
3464  
3465  "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."
3466  
3467  "Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises."
3468  
3469  "Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast."
3470  
3471  "Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast."
3472  
3473  Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
3474  
3475  Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
3476  
3477  Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
3478  
3479  Vigilance (n.) Guard; watch.
3480  
3481  Vigilancy (n.) Vigilance.
3482  
3483  "Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary."
3484  
3485  Vigilantly (adv.) In a vigilant manner.
3486  
3487  Vigily (n.) A vigil.
3488  
3489  "Vigintivirate (n.) The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri."
3490  
3491  "Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture."
3492  
3493  "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."
3494  
3495  "Vignette (v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away."
3496  
3497  "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."
3498  
3499  "Vigor (n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy."
3500  
3501  "Vigor (n.) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor."
3502  
3503  Vigor (n.) Strength; efficacy; potency.
3504  
3505  Vigor (v. t.) To invigorate.
3506  
3507  Vigorite (n.) An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.
3508  
3509  Vigoroso (a. & adv.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.
3510  
3511  "Vigorous (a.) Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant."
3512  
3513  "Vigorous (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war."
3514  
3515  "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."
3516  
3517  Vilany (n.) Villainy.
3518  
3519  Vilayet (n.) One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
3520  
3521  Vild (a.) Vile.
3522  
3523  Vile (superl.) Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
3524  
3525  Vile (superl.) Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad.
3526  
3527  Viled (a.) Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile.
3528  
3529  Vileyns (a.) Villainous.
3530  
3531  Vilification (n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
3532  
3533  Vilifier (n.) One who vilifies or defames.
3534  
3535  Vilified (imp. & p. p.) of Vilify
3536  
3537  Vilifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vilify
3538  
3539  Vilify (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
3540  
3541  Vilify (v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
3542  
3543  Vilify (v. t.) To treat as vile; to despise.
3544  
3545  Vilipend (v. t.) To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.
3546  
3547  Vilipendency (n.) Disesteem; slight; disparagement.
3548  
3549  Vility (n.) Vileness; baseness.
3550  
3551  Vill (n.) A small collection of houses; a village.
3552  
3553  Villas (pl. ) of Villa
3554  
3555  Villa (n.) A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.
3556  
3557  "Village (n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city."
3558  
3559  Villager (n.) An inhabitant of a village.
3560  
3561  Villagery (n.) Villages; a district of villages.
3562  
3563  "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."
3564  
3565  Villain (n.) A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.
3566  
3567  "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."
3568  
3569  Villain (a.) Villainous.
3570  
3571  Villain (v. t.) To debase; to degrade.
3572  
3573  "Villainous (a.) Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch."
3574  
3575  "Villainous (a.) Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action."
3576  
3577  Villainous (a.) Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.
3578  
3579  Villainies (pl. ) of Villainy
3580  
3581  "Villainy (n.) The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer."
3582  
3583  "Villainy (n.) Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk."
3584  
3585  Villainy (n.) The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
3586  
3587  Villakin (n.) A little villa.
3588  
3589  Villan (n.) A villain.
3590  
3591  "Villanage (n.) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord."
3592  
3593  Villanage (n.) Baseness; infamy; villainy.
3594  
3595  Villanel (n.) A ballad.
3596  
3597  Villanelle (pl. ) of Villanella
3598  
3599  "Villanella (n.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing."
3600  
3601  "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."
3602  
3603  Villanette (n.) A small villa.
3604  
3605  Villanized (imp. & p. p.) of Villanize
3606  
3607  Villanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Villanize
3608  
3609  Villanize (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
3610  
3611  Villanizer (n.) One who villanizes.
3612  
3613  Villanous (n.) Alt. of Villanousness
3614  
3615  Villanously (n.) Alt. of Villanousness
3616  
3617  "Villanousness (n.) See Villainous, etc."
3618  
3619  Villany (n.) See Villainy.
3620  
3621  Villatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a farm or a village; rural.
3622  
3623  "Villein (n.) See Villain, 1."
3624  
3625  Villenage (n.) Villanage.
3626  
3627  Villenous (a.) Of or pertaining to a villein.
3628  
3629  Villi (n.) pl. of Villus.
3630  
3631  "Villiform (a.) Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform."
3632  
3633  Villose (a.) See Villous.
3634  
3635  Villosity (n.) State of being villous.
3636  
3637  "Villosity (n.) A coating of long, slender hairs."
3638  
3639  Villosity (n.) A villus.
3640  
3641  "Villous (a.) Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy."
3642  
3643  Villous (a.) Furnished or clothed with villi.
3644  
3645  Villi (pl. ) of Villus
3646  
3647  "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."
3648  
3649  "Villus (n.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet."
3650  
3651  Vim (n.) Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
3652  
3653  "Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch."
3654  
3655  Viminal (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
3656  
3657  Vimineous (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
3658  
3659  "Vimineous (a.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots."
3660  
3661  "Vinaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes."
3662  
3663  "Vinaceous (a.) Of the color of wine, especially of red wine."
3664  
3665  "Vinaigrette (n.) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats."
3666  
3667  "Vinaigrette (n.) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette."
3668  
3669  "Vinaigrette (n.) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man."
3670  
3671  Vinagrous (a.) Resembling vinegar; sour.
3672  
3673  Vinagrous (a.) Fig.: Unamiable; morose.
3674  
3675  "Vinasse (n.) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate."
3676  
3677  "Vinatico (n.) Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica."
3678  
3679  "Vincentian (a.) Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him."
3680  
3681  Vincentian (n.) Same as Lazarist.
3682  
3683  Vincentian (n.) A member of certain charitable sisterhoods.
3684  
3685  "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."
3686  
3687  "Vincibility (n.) The quality or state of being vincible, vincibleness."
3688  
3689  Vincible (a.) Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable.
3690  
3691  Vincibleness (n.) The quality or state of being vincible.
3692  
3693  Vincture (n.) A binding.
3694  
3695  Vincula (pl. ) of Vinculum
3696  
3697  Vinculums (pl. ) of Vinculum
3698  
3699  Vinculum (n.) A bond of union; a tie.
3700  
3701  "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."
3702  
3703  Vinculum (n.) A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.
3704  
3705  Vinculum (n.) A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.
3706  
3707  "Vindemial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest."
3708  
3709  Vindemiate (v. i.) To gather the vintage.
3710  
3711  Vindemiation (n.) The operation of gathering grapes.
3712  
3713  Vindicable (a.) Capable of being vindicated.
3714  
3715  Vindicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vindicate
3716  
3717  Vindicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vindicate
3718  
3719  Vindicate (v. t.) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
3720  
3721  "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."
3722  
3723  "Vindicate (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify."
3724  
3725  "Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies."
3726  
3727  Vindicate (v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
3728  
3729  "Vindicate (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity."
3730  
3731  "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."
3732  
3733  "Vindication (n.) The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing."
3734  
3735  "Vindicative (a.) Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy."
3736  
3737  Vindicative (a.) Revengeful; vindictive.
3738  
3739  Vindicator (n.) One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.
3740  
3741  Vindicatory (a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
3742  
3743  Vindicatory (a.) Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.
3744  
3745  Vindictive (a.) Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
3746  
3747  Vindictive (a.) Punitive.
3748  
3749  Vine (n.) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
3750  
3751  "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."
3752  
3753  Vineal (a.) Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines.
3754  
3755  Vine-clad (a.) Covered with vines.
3756  
3757  Vined (a.) Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves.
3758  
3759  "Vinedresser (n.) One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard."
3760  
3761  "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."
3762  
3763  "Vinegar (a.) Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically."
3764  
3765  Vinegar (v. t.) To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
3766  
3767  "Vinegarette (n.) See Vinaigrette, n., 2."
3768  
3769  Vinegary (a.) Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.
3770  
3771  Viner (n.) A vinedresser.
3772  
3773  Vinery (n.) A vineyard.
3774  
3775  "Vinery (n.) A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery."
3776  
3777  Vinette (n.) A sprig or branch.
3778  
3779  Vinewed (a.) Same as Vinnewed.
3780  
3781  Vineyard (n.) An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
3782  
3783  Vineyardist (n.) One who cultivates a vineyard.
3784  
3785  "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."
3786  
3787  Vingtun (n.) Contraction for Vingt et un.
3788  
3789  "Vinic (a.) Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol."
3790  
3791  "Viniculture (n.) The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture."
3792  
3793  Vinnewed (a.) Moldy; musty.
3794  
3795  Vinny (a.) Vinnewed.
3796  
3797  Vinolency (n.) Drunkennes.
3798  
3799  Vinolent (a.) Given to wine; drunken; intemperate.
3800  
3801  Vinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine by measuring its density.
3802  
3803  "Vin ordinaire () A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France."
3804  
3805  Vinose (a.) Vinous.
3806  
3807  Vinosity (n.) The quality or state of being vinous.
3808  
3809  "Vinous (a.) Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste."
3810  
3811  "Vinquish (n.) See Vanquish, n."
3812  
3813  "Vintage (n.) The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840."
3814  
3815  "Vintage (n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season."
3816  
3817  Vintager (n.) One who gathers the vintage.
3818  
3819  "Vintaging (n.) The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes."
3820  
3821  "Vintner (n.) One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant."
3822  
3823  Vintry (n.) A place where wine is sold.
3824  
3825  "Viny (a.) Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines."
3826  
3827  "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."
3828  
3829  "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."
3830  
3831  Viol (n.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.
3832  
3833  "Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets."
3834  
3835  "Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass."
3836  
3837  "Violable (a.) Capable of being violated, broken, or injured."
3838  
3839  Violaceous (a.) Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
3840  
3841  "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."
3842  
3843  "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."
3844  
3845  "Violantin (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid."
3846  
3847  "Violaquercitrin (n.) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin."
3848  
3849  Violascent (a.) Violescent.
3850  
3851  Violates (imp. & p. p.) of Violate
3852  
3853  Violating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Violate
3854  
3855  Violate (v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
3856  
3857  "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."
3858  
3859  Violate (v. t.) To disturb; to interrupt.
3860  
3861  Violate (v. t.) To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
3862  
3863  "Violation (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated."
3864  
3865  "Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc."
3866  
3867  "Violation (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church."
3868  
3869  "Violation (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance."
3870  
3871  Violation (n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.
3872  
3873  "Violative (a.) Violating, or tending to violate."
3874  
3875  Violator (n.) One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher.
3876  
3877  Viole (n.) A vial.
3878  
3879  "Violence (n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force."
3880  
3881  "Violence (n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault."
3882  
3883  Violence (n.) Ravishment; rape; constupration.
3884  
3885  "Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel."
3886  
3887  "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."
3888  
3889  "Violent (a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech."
3890  
3891  Violent (a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
3892  
3893  Violent (n.) An assailant.
3894  
3895  Violent (v. t.) To urge with violence.
3896  
3897  Violent (v. i.) To be violent; to act violently.
3898  
3899  Violently (adv.) In a violent manner.
3900  
3901  Violescent (a.) Tending to a violet color; violascent.
3902  
3903  "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)."
3904  
3905  "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."
3906  
3907  "Violet (n.) In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color."
3908  
3909  "Violet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera."
3910  
3911  "Violet (n.) Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined."
3912  
3913  Violet-tip (n.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
3914  
3915  "Violin (n.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle."
3916  
3917  "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)."
3918  
3919  Violine (n.) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.
3920  
3921  Violinist (n.) A player on the violin.
3922  
3923  Violist (n.) A player on the viol.
3924  
3925  Violoncellist (n.) A player on the violoncello.
3926  
3927  "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."
3928  
3929  "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."
3930  
3931  Violous (a.) Violent.
3932  
3933  "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."
3934  
3935  "Viper (a.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae."
3936  
3937  "Viper (a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person."
3938  
3939  Viperina (n. pl.) See Viperoidea.
3940  
3941  Viperine (a.) Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.
3942  
3943  Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
3944  
3945  Viperoidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Viperoides
3946  
3947  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.
3948  
3949  "Viperous (a.) Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue."
3950  
3951  Viraginian (a.) Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.
3952  
3953  Viraginity (n.) The qualities or characteristics of a virago.
3954  
3955  Viragoes (pl. ) of Virago
3956  
3957  "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."
3958  
3959  "Virago (n.) Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen."
3960  
3961  "Vire (n.) An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton."
3962  
3963  "Virelay (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain."
3964  
3965  Virent (a.) Green; not withered.
3966  
3967  "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."
3968  
3969  Virescence () The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.
3970  
3971  Virescent (a.) Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.
3972  
3973  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.
3974  
3975  "Virgalieu (n.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne."
3976  
3977  Virgate (a.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
3978  
3979  "Virgate (n.) A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres."
3980  
3981  Virgated (a.) Striped; streaked.
3982  
3983  Virge (n.) A wand. See Verge.
3984  
3985  Virger (n.) See Verger.
3986  
3987  "Virgilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil."
3988  
3989  Virgin (n.) A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
3990  
3991  Virgin (n.) A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
3992  
3993  Virgin (n.) See Virgo.
3994  
3995  Virgin (n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
3996  
3997  "Virgin (n.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect."
3998  
3999  "Virgin (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush."
4000  
4001  "Virgin (a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold."
4002  
4003  Virgin (a.) Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
4004  
4005  "Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5."
4006  
4007  Virginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
4008  
4009  "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."
4010  
4011  "Virginal (v. i.) To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat."
4012  
4013  Virginhood (n.) Virginity; maidenhood.
4014  
4015  Virginia (n.) One of the States of the United States of America.
4016  
4017  Virginia (a.) Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
4018  
4019  Virginity (n.) The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.
4020  
4021  Virginity (n.) The unmarried life; celibacy.
4022  
4023  "Virgo (n.) A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs."
4024  
4025  "Virgo (n.) A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica."
4026  
4027  "Virgouleuse (n.) An old French variety of pear, of little value."
4028  
4029  "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."
4030  
4031  Virgulate (a.) Shaped like a little twig or rod.
4032  
4033  Virgule (n.) A comma.
4034  
4035  "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."
4036  
4037  Virid (a.) Green.
4038  
4039  Viridescence (n.) Quality or state of being viridescent.
4040  
4041  Viridescent (a.) Slightly green; greenish.
4042  
4043  "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."
4044  
4045  "Viridite (n.) A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation."
4046  
4047  Viridity (n.) Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.
4048  
4049  Viridity (n.) Freshness; soundness.
4050  
4051  Viridness (n.) Viridity; greenness.
4052  
4053  "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."
4054  
4055  "Virility (n.) The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion."
4056  
4057  "Viripotent (a.) Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable."
4058  
4059  Virmilion (n.) See Vermilion.
4060  
4061  Virole (n.) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
4062  
4063  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.
4064  
4065  Virose (a.) Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
4066  
4067  Virtu (n.) A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
4068  
4069  Virtual (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
4070  
4071  "Virtual (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute."
4072  
4073  Virtuality (n.) The quality or state of being virtual.
4074  
4075  Virtuality (n.) Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence.
4076  
4077  "Virtually (adv.) In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically."
4078  
4079  Virtuate (v. t.) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
4080  
4081  Virtue (n.) Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
4082  
4083  "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."
4084  
4085  Virtue (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
4086  
4087  Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
4088  
4089  "Virtue (n.) Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty."
4090  
4091  "Virtue (n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc."
4092  
4093  "Virtue (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity."
4094  
4095  Virtue (n.) One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
4096  
4097  Virtueless (a.) Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.
4098  
4099  "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."
4100  
4101  "Virtuosity (n.) Virtuosos, collectively."
4102  
4103  Virtuosity (n.) An art or study affected by virtuosos.
4104  
4105  Virtuosos (pl. ) of Virtuoso
4106  
4107  Virtuosi (pl. ) of Virtuoso
4108  
4109  "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."
4110  
4111  "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."
4112  
4113  "Virtuosoship (n.) The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso."
4114  
4115  Virtuous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
4116  
4117  Virtuous (a.) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
4118  
4119  Virtuous (a.) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
4120  
4121  "Virtuous (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action."
4122  
4123  Virtuous (a.) Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
4124  
4125  Virulence (n.) Alt. of Virulency
4126  
4127  Virulency (n.) The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
4128  
4129  Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
4130  
4131  Virulent (a.) Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
4132  
4133  "Virulent (a.) Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective."
4134  
4135  Virulented (a.) Made virulent; poisoned.
4136  
4137  Virulently (adv.) In a virulent manner.
4138  
4139  "Virus (v. i.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons."
4140  
4141  "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."
4142  
4143  "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."
4144  
4145  Vis (n.) Force; power.
4146  
4147  Vis (n.) Physical force.
4148  
4149  Vis (n.) Moral power.
4150  
4151  Visa (n.) See Vis/.
4152  
4153  Visaed (imp. & p. p.) of Visa
4154  
4155  Visaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Visa
4156  
4157  "Visa (v. t.) To indorse, after examination, with the word vise, as a passport; to vise."
4158  
4159  "Visage (n.) The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face."
4160  
4161  Visage (v. t.) To face.
4162  
4163  Visaged (a.) Having a visage.
4164  
4165  Visard (n.) A mask. See Visor.
4166  
4167  Visard (v. t.) To mask.
4168  
4169  "Vis-a-vis (n.) One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing."
4170  
4171  "Vis-a-vis (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."
4172  
4173  Vis-a-vis (adv.) Face to face.
4174  
4175  Viscacha (n.) Alt. of Viz-cacha
4176  
4177  "Viz-cacha (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."
4178  
4179  Viscera (n.) pl. of Viscus.
4180  
4181  Visceral (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.
4182  
4183  Visceral (a.) Fig.: Having deep sensibility.
4184  
4185  Viscerated (imp. & p. p.) of Viscerate
4186  
4187  Viscerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Viscerate
4188  
4189  "Viscerate (v. t.) To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel."
4190  
4191  "Visceroskeletal (a.) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles."
4192  
4193  "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."
4194  
4195  "Viscidity (n.) The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness."
4196  
4197  "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."
4198  
4199  "Viscoidal (a.) Somewhat viscous. Cf. Mobile, a., 2."
4200  
4201  "Viscosimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum."
4202  
4203  Viscosity (n.) The quality or state of being viscous.
4204  
4205  "Viscosity (n.) A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases."
4206  
4207  "Viscount (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county."
4208  
4209  "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."
4210  
4211  Viscountcy (n.) The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.
4212  
4213  Viscountess (n.) The wife of a viscount.
4214  
4215  Viscountship (n.) Alt. of Viscounty
4216  
4217  "Viscounty (n.) The quality, rank, or office of a viscount."
4218  
4219  "Viscous (a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice."
4220  
4221  "Viscum (n.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe."
4222  
4223  "Viscum (n.) Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe."
4224  
4225  Viscera (pl. ) of Viscus
4226  
4227  "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."
4228  
4229  "Vise (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing."
4230  
4231  "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."
4232  
4233  Viseed (imp. & p. p.) of Vise
4234  
4235  Viseing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vise
4236  
4237  "Vise (v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa."
4238  
4239  "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."
4240  
4241  Visibility (n.) The quality or state of being visible.
4242  
4243  "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."
4244  
4245  Visible (a.) Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous.
4246  
4247  Visigoth (n.) One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth.
4248  
4249  Vision (v.) The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
4250  
4251  "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."
4252  
4253  Vision (v.) That which is seen; an object of sight.
4254  
4255  "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."
4256  
4257  "Vision (v.) Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy."
4258  
4259  Visioned (imp. & p. p.) of Vision
4260  
4261  Visioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vision
4262  
4263  Vision (v. t.) To see in a vision; to dream.
4264  
4265  Visional (a.) Of or pertaining to a vision.
4266  
4267  Visionariness (n.) The quality or state of being visionary.
4268  
4269  "Visionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions."
4270  
4271  "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."
4272  
4273  "Visionary (a.) Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project."
4274  
4275  Visionaries (pl. ) of Visionary
4276  
4277  Visionary (n.) One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
4278  
4279  Visionary (n.) One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
4280  
4281  "Visioned (a.) Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions."
4282  
4283  Visionist (n.) A visionary.
4284  
4285  Visionless (a.) Destitute of vision; sightless.
4286  
4287  Visited (imp. & p. p.) of Visit
4288  
4289  Visiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Visit
4290  
4291  "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."
4292  
4293  "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."
4294  
4295  "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."
4296  
4297  Visit (v. i.) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
4298  
4299  "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."
4300  
4301  "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."
4302  
4303  Visitable (a.) Liable or subject to be visited or inspected.
4304  
4305  Visitant (n.) One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
4306  
4307  Visitant (a.) Visiting.
4308  
4309  "Visitation (n.) The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination."
4310  
4311  "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."
4312  
4313  Visitation (n.) The object of a visit.
4314  
4315  "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."
4316  
4317  "Visitation (n.) Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment."
4318  
4319  "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."
4320  
4321  "Visitatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial."
4322  
4323  Visite (n.) A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
4324  
4325  Visiter (n.) A visitor.
4326  
4327  Visiting () a. & vb. n. from Visit.
4328  
4329  "Visitor () One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship."
4330  
4331  "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."
4332  
4333  Visitorial (a.) Same as Visitatorial.
4334  
4335  Visive (a.) Of or pertaining to the sight; visual.
4336  
4337  Visne (n.) Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue.
4338  
4339  Visnomy (n.) Face; countenance.
4340  
4341  Vison (n.) The mink.
4342  
4343  "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."
4344  
4345  Visor (n.) A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
4346  
4347  "Visor (n.) The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes."
4348  
4349  Visored (a.) Wearing a visor; masked.
4350  
4351  Vistas (pl. ) of Vista
4352  
4353  "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."
4354  
4355  Visto (n.) A vista; a prospect.
4356  
4357  "Visual (a.) Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve."
4358  
4359  Visual (a.) That can be seen; visible.
4360  
4361  "Visualize (v. t.) To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy."
4362  
4363  Vitaille (n.) Food; victuals.
4364  
4365  "Vital (a.) Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions."
4366  
4367  "Vital (a.) Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood."
4368  
4369  Vital (a.) Containing life; living.
4370  
4371  Vital (a.) Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
4372  
4373  Vital (a.) Very necessary; highly important; essential.
4374  
4375  Vital (a.) Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
4376  
4377  Vital (n.) A vital part; one of the vitals.
4378  
4379  Vitalic (a.) Pertaining to life; vital.
4380  
4381  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.
4382  
4383  Vitalist (n.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.
4384  
4385  "Vitalistic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle."
4386  
4387  "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."
4388  
4389  "Vitalization (n.) The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle."
4390  
4391  Vitalized (imp. & p. p.) of Vitalize
4392  
4393  Vitalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitalize
4394  
4395  "Vitalize (v. t.) To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood."
4396  
4397  Vitally (adv.) In a vital manner.
4398  
4399  "Vitals (n. pl.) Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain."
4400  
4401  "Vitals (n. pl.) Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state."
4402  
4403  Vitellary (a.) Vitelline.
4404  
4405  "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."
4406  
4407  "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."
4408  
4409  "Vitelline (a.) Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus."
4410  
4411  "Vitellogene (n.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths."
4412  
4413  Vitellus (n.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.
4414  
4415  Vitellus (n.) Perisperm in an early condition.
4416  
4417  Vitiated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitiate
4418  
4419  Vitiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitiate
4420  
4421  "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."
4422  
4423  "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."
4424  
4425  "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."
4426  
4427  Viticulose (a.) Having long and slender trailing stems.
4428  
4429  Viticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to viticulture.
4430  
4431  Viticulture (n.) The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.
4432  
4433  Viticulturist (n.) One engaged in viticulture.
4434  
4435  "Vitiligo (n.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body."
4436  
4437  Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
4438  
4439  Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.
4440  
4441  Vitiosity (n.) Viciousness; depravity.
4442  
4443  Vitious (n.) Alt. of Vitiousness
4444  
4445  Vitiously (n.) Alt. of Vitiousness
4446  
4447  "Vitiousness (n.) See Vicious, Viciously, Viciousness."
4448  
4449  Vitis (n.) A genus of plants including all true grapevines.
4450  
4451  Vitoe (a.) See Durukuli.
4452  
4453  Vitrella (n.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
4454  
4455  "Vitre-o-electic (a.) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity."
4456  
4457  "Vitreous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks."
4458  
4459  "Vitreous (a.) Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity."
4460  
4461  Vitreousness (n.) The quality or state of being vitreous.
4462  
4463  "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."
4464  
4465  Vitrescent (a.) Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.
4466  
4467  Vitrescible (a.) That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.
4468  
4469  Vitric (a.) Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.
4470  
4471  "Vitrifaction (n.) The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified."
4472  
4473  Vitrifacture (n.) The manufacture of glass and glassware.
4474  
4475  "Vitrifiable (a.) Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable."
4476  
4477  Vitrificable (a.) Vitrifiable.
4478  
4479  Vitrificate (v. t.) To convert into glass; to vitrify.
4480  
4481  Vitrification (n.) Same as Vitrifaction.
4482  
4483  Vitrified (a.) Converted into glass.
4484  
4485  Vitriform (a.) Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.
4486  
4487  Vitrified (imp. & p. p.) of Vitrify
4488  
4489  Vitrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitrify
4490  
4491  "Vitrify (v. t.) To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion."
4492  
4493  Vitrify (v. t.) To become glass; to be converted into glass.
4494  
4495  "Vitrina (n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name."
4496  
4497  "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."
4498  
4499  "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."
4500  
4501  Vitriolated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitriolate
4502  
4503  Vitriolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitriolate
4504  
4505  "Vitriolate (v. t.) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate."
4506  
4507  "Vitriolate (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol."
4508  
4509  Vitriolate (a.) Vitriolated.
4510  
4511  Vitriolate (n.) A sulphate.
4512  
4513  "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."
4514  
4515  "Vitriolation (n.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating."
4516  
4517  "Vitriolic (a.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol."
4518  
4519  Vitriolizable (a.) Capable of being converted into a vitriol.
4520  
4521  "Vitriolization (n.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation."
4522  
4523  Vitriolize (v. t.) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
4524  
4525  Vitriolous (a.) See Vitriolic.
4526  
4527  "Vitrite (n.) A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus."
4528  
4529  "Vitruvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect."
4530  
4531  Vittae (pl. ) of Vitta
4532  
4533  Vitta (n.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
4534  
4535  "Vitta (n.) A band, or stripe, of color."
4536  
4537  Vittate (a.) Bearing or containing vittae.
4538  
4539  Vittate (a.) Striped longitudinally.
4540  
4541  Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
4542  
4543  "Vituperable (a.) Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure."
4544  
4545  Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
4546  
4547  Vituperation (n.) The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
4548  
4549  "Vituperative (a.) Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive."
4550  
4551  "Vituperator (n.) One who vituperates, or censures abusively."
4552  
4553  Vituperrious (a.) Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful.
4554  
4555  Vivace (a. & adv.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.
4556  
4557  Vivacious (a.) Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
4558  
4559  "Vivacious (a.) Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet."
4560  
4561  "Vivacious (a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial."
4562  
4563  Vivacity (n.) The quality or state of being vivacious.
4564  
4565  Vivacity (n.) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor.
4566  
4567  "Vivacity (n.) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance."
4568  
4569  "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."
4570  
4571  Vivariums (pl. ) of Vivarium
4572  
4573  Vivaria (pl. ) of Vivarium
4574  
4575  "Vivarium (n.) A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc."
4576  
4577  Vivaries (pl. ) of Vivary
4578  
4579  Vivary (n.) A vivarium.
4580  
4581  Viva voce () By word of mouth; orally.
4582  
4583  Vivda (n.) See Vifda.
4584  
4585  "Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport."
4586  
4587  Vive (a.) Lively; animated; forcible.
4588  
4589  Vively (adv.) In a lively manner.
4590  
4591  Vivency (n.) Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation.
4592  
4593  Viverra (n.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
4594  
4595  "Viverrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Viverridae, or Civet family."
4596  
4597  Vivers (n. pl.) Provisions; victuals.
4598  
4599  "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."
4600  
4601  "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."
4602  
4603  "Vivid (a.) True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors."
4604  
4605  "Vivid (a.) Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination."
4606  
4607  Vividity (n.) The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.
4608  
4609  Vivific (a.) Alt. of Vivifical
4610  
4611  Vivifical (a.) Giving life; reviving; enlivening.
4612  
4613  Vivificate (v. t.) To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
4614  
4615  "Vivificate (v. t.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce."
4616  
4617  "Vivification (n.) The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival."
4618  
4619  "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."
4620  
4621  Vivification (n.) The act or process of vivificating.
4622  
4623  "Vivificative (a.) Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying."
4624  
4625  Vivified (imp. & p. p.) of Vivify
4626  
4627  Vivifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vivify
4628  
4629  Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
4630  
4631  Vivipara (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
4632  
4633  Viviparity (n.) The quality or condition of being viviparous.
4634  
4635  "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."
4636  
4637  Viviparously (adv.) In a viviparous manner.
4638  
4639  Viviparousness (n.) The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.
4640  
4641  Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
4642  
4643  "Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations."
4644  
4645  Vivisectional (a.) Of or pertaining to vivisection.
4646  
4647  Vivisectionist (n.) One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.
4648  
4649  Vivisector (n.) A vivisectionist.
4650  
4651  Vixen (n.) A female fox.
4652  
4653  "Vixen (n.) A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman."
4654  
4655  Vixenish (a.) Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
4656  
4657  Vixenly (a.) Like a vixen; vixenish.
4658  
4659  Viz (adv.) To wit; that is; namely.
4660  
4661  Vizard (n.) A mask; a visor.
4662  
4663  Vizarded (a.) Wearing a vizard.
4664  
4665  Vizcacha (n.) Same as Viscacha.
4666  
4667  Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
4668  
4669  "Vizierate (n.) The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier."
4670  
4671  Vizier-azem (n.) A grand vizier. See under Vizier.
4672  
4673  "Vizierial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier."
4674  
4675  Vizir (n.) See Vizier.
4676  
4677  Vizor (n.) See Visor.
4678  
4679  Vlissmaki (n.) The diadem indris. See Indris.
4680  
4681  V moth () A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.
4682  
4683  "Vocable (n.) A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning."
4684  
4685  Vocabularies (pl. ) of Vocabulary
4686  
4687  "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."
4688  
4689  Vocabulary (n.) A sum or stock of words employed.
4690  
4691  Vocabulist (n.) The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.
4692  
4693  "Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices."
4694  
4695  "Vocal (a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer."
4696  
4697  "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."
4698  
4699  "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."
4700  
4701  Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.
4702  
4703  "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."
4704  
4705  Vocal (n.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
4706  
4707  Vocalic (a.) Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.
4708  
4709  Vocalism (n.) The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.
4710  
4711  Vocalism (n.) A vocalic sound.
4712  
4713  "Vocalist (n.) A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist."
4714  
4715  "Vocality (n.) The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters."
4716  
4717  Vocality (n.) The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
4718  
4719  "Vocalization (n.) The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized."
4720  
4721  Vocalization (n.) The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
4722  
4723  Vocalized (imp. & p. p.) of Vocalize
4724  
4725  Vocalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vocalize
4726  
4727  Vocalize (v. t.) To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
4728  
4729  Vocalize (v. t.) To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
4730  
4731  Vocally (adv.) In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.
4732  
4733  "Vocally (adv.) In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally."
4734  
4735  Vocalness (n.) The quality of being vocal; vocality.
4736  
4737  "Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession."
4738  
4739  Vocation (n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
4740  
4741  Vocation (n.) A calling by the will of God.
4742  
4743  "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."
4744  
4745  "Vocation (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry."
4746  
4747  "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."
4748  
4749  Vocative (n.) The vocative case.
4750  
4751  Vociferance (n.) Vociferation; noise; clamor.
4752  
4753  Vociferant (a.) Noisy; clamorous.
4754  
4755  Vociferate (v. i.) To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
4756  
4757  Vociferated (imp. & p. p.) of Vociferate
4758  
4759  Vociferating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vociferate
4760  
4761  Vociferate (v. t.) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
4762  
4763  Vociferation (n.) The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
4764  
4765  "Vociferator (n.) One who vociferates, or is clamorous."
4766  
4767  "Vociferous (a.) Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds."
4768  
4769  "Vocule (n.) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b."
4770  
4771  "Vodanium (n.) A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc."
4772  
4773  Vodka (n.) A Russian drink distilled from rye.
4774  
4775  "Voe (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands."
4776  
4777  Vogle (n.) Same as Vugg.
4778  
4779  "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."
4780  
4781  Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
4782  
4783  "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."
4784  
4785  "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."
4786  
4787  Voice (n.) The tone or sound emitted by anything.
4788  
4789  "Voice (n.) The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice."
4790  
4791  Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
4792  
4793  Voice (n.) Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
4794  
4795  Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
4796  
4797  Voice (n.) One who speaks; a speaker.
4798  
4799  "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."
4800  
4801  Voiced (imp. & p. p.) of Voice
4802  
4803  Voicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Voice
4804  
4805  "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."
4806  
4807  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.
4808  
4809  "Voice (v. t.) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ."
4810  
4811  Voice (v. t.) To vote; to elect; to appoint.
4812  
4813  Voice (v. i.) To clamor; to cry out.
4814  
4815  Voiced (a.) Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.
4816  
4817  Voiced (a.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.
4818  
4819  Voiceful (a.) Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.
4820  
4821  "Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb."
4822  
4823  "Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd."
4824  
4825  Void (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
4826  
4827  Void (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
4828  
4829  "Void (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use."
4830  
4831  Void (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
4832  
4833  Void (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
4834  
4835  "Void (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2."
4836  
4837  Void (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.
4838  
4839  Voided (imp. & p. p.) of Void
4840  
4841  Voiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Void
4842  
4843  "Void (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table."
4844  
4845  "Void (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements."
4846  
4847  Void (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
4848  
4849  Void (v. i.) To be emitted or evacuated.
4850  
4851  "Voidable (a.) Capable of being voided, or evacuated."
4852  
4853  "Voidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed."
4854  
4855  "Voidance (n.) The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating."
4856  
4857  Voidance (n.) A ejection from a benefice.
4858  
4859  "Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent."
4860  
4861  Voidance (n.) Evasion; subterfuge.
4862  
4863  Voided (a.) Emptied; evacuated.
4864  
4865  Voided (a.) Annulled; invalidated.
4866  
4867  "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."
4868  
4869  "Voider (n.) One who, or that which, voids, /mpties, vacates, or annuls."
4870  
4871  "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."
4872  
4873  "Voider (n.) A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal."
4874  
4875  "Voider (n.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller."
4876  
4877  "Voiding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, v/ids."
4878  
4879  Voiding (n.) That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
4880  
4881  Voiding (a.) Receiving what is ejected or voided.
4882  
4883  Voidness (n.) The quality or state of being void; /mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.
4884  
4885  "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."
4886  
4887  Voiture (n.) A carriage.
4888  
4889  Voivode (n.) See Waywode.
4890  
4891  Volacious (a.) Apt or fit to fly.
4892  
4893  Volador (n.) A flying fish of California (Exoc/tus Californicus): -- called also volator.
4894  
4895  Volador (n.) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.
4896  
4897  Volage (a.) Light; giddy.
4898  
4899  "Volant (a.) Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current."
4900  
4901  Volant (a.) Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
4902  
4903  "Volant (a.) Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant."
4904  
4905  Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
4906  
4907  "Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879."
4908  
4909  "Volapukist (n.) One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapuk."
4910  
4911  Volar (a.) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
4912  
4913  Volary (n.) See Volery.
4914  
4915  "Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly."
4916  
4917  "Volatile (a.) Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation."
4918  
4919  "Volatile (a.) Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper."
4920  
4921  Volatile (n.) A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
4922  
4923  Volatileness (n.) Alt. of Volatility
4924  
4925  Volatility (n.) Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.
4926  
4927  Volatilizable (a.) Capable of being volatilized.
4928  
4929  "Volatilization (n.) The act or process of volatilizing, or rendering volatile; the state of being volatilized."
4930  
4931  Volatilized (imp. & p. p.) of Volatilize
4932  
4933  Volatilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volatilize
4934  
4935  Volatilize (v. t.) To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor.
4936  
4937  "Volator (n.) Same as Volador, 1."
4938  
4939  "Vol-au-vent (n.) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish."
4940  
4941  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.
4942  
4943  Volcanian (a.) Volcanic.
4944  
4945  "Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat."
4946  
4947  "Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa."
4948  
4949  Volcanic (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4950  
4951  Volcanically (adv.) Like a volcano.
4952  
4953  Volcanicity (n.) Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
4954  
4955  Volcanism (n.) Volcanic power or action; volcanicity.
4956  
4957  Volcanist (n.) One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes.
4958  
4959  "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."
4960  
4961  "Volcanity (n.) The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin; volcanicity."
4962  
4963  "Volcanization (n.) The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it."
4964  
4965  Volcanized (imp. & p. p.) of Volcanize
4966  
4967  Volcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volcanize
4968  
4969  "Volcanize (v. t.) To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action."
4970  
4971  Volcanoes (pl. ) of Volcano
4972  
4973  "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."
4974  
4975  Vole (n.) A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
4976  
4977  Vole (v. i.) To win all the tricks by a vole.
4978  
4979  "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."
4980  
4981  Volery (n.) A flight of birds.
4982  
4983  Volery (n.) A large bird cage; an aviary.
4984  
4985  Volge (n.) The common sort of people; the crowd; the mob.
4986  
4987  Volitable (a.) Volatilizable.
4988  
4989  Volitation (n.) The act of flying; flight.
4990  
4991  "Volitient (a.) Exercising the will; acting from choice; willing, or having power to will."
4992  
4993  Volition (n.) The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.
4994  
4995  Volition (n.) The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice.
4996  
4997  Volition (n.) The power of willing or determining; will.
4998  
4999  Volitional (a.) Belonging or relating to volition.
5000  
5001  Volitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the will; originating in the will; having the power to will.
5002  
5003  "Volitive (a.) Used in expressing a wish or permission as, volitive proposition."
5004  
5005  Volkslieder (pl. ) of Volkslied
5006  
5007  "Volkslied (n.) A popular song, or national air."
5008  
5009  Volleys (pl. ) of Volley
5010  
5011  "Volley (n.) A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms."
5012  
5013  "Volley (n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words."
5014  
5015  Volley (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
5016  
5017  Volley (n.) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
5018  
5019  Volleyed (imp. & p. p.) of Volley
5020  
5021  Volleying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volley
5022  
5023  "Volley (v. t.) To discharge with, or as with, a volley."
5024  
5025  "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."
5026  
5027  Volley (v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.
5028  
5029  Volley (v. i.) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
5030  
5031  "Volleyed (a.) Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder."
5032  
5033  Volow (v. t.) To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
5034  
5035  Volt (n.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
5036  
5037  Volt (n.) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
5038  
5039  "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."
5040  
5041  Volte (pl. ) of Volta
5042  
5043  "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."
5044  
5045  "Volta-electric (a.) Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism."
5046  
5047  Volta-electrometer (n.) An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.
5048  
5049  "Voltage (n.) Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts."
5050  
5051  "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."
5052  
5053  "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."
5054  
5055  "Voltaic (a.) Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc."
5056  
5057  "Voltairean (a.) Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author."
5058  
5059  Voltairism (n.) The theories or practice of Voltaire.
5060  
5061  "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."
5062  
5063  "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."
5064  
5065  "Voltaplast (n.) A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping."
5066  
5067  Voltatype (n.) An electrotype.
5068  
5069  "Volti (imperative.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf."
5070  
5071  Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
5072  
5073  Voltigeur (n.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
5074  
5075  Voltmeter (n.) An instrument for measuring in volts the differences of potential between different points of an electrical circuit.
5076  
5077  Voltzite (n.) An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine.
5078  
5079  Volubilate (a.) Alt. of Volubile
5080  
5081  "Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble."
5082  
5083  Volubility (n.) The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
5084  
5085  "Voluble (a.) Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter."
5086  
5087  "Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue."
5088  
5089  Voluble (a.) Changeable; unstable; fickle.
5090  
5091  "Voluble (a.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants."
5092  
5093  "Volume (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients."
5094  
5095  "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."
5096  
5097  Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
5098  
5099  "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."
5100  
5101  "Volume (n.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone."
5102  
5103  "Volumed (a.) Having the form of a volume, or roil; as, volumed mist."
5104  
5105  "Volumed (a.) Having volume, or bulk; massive; great."
5106  
5107  "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."
5108  
5109  Volumenometry (n.) The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer.
5110  
5111  "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."
5112  
5113  Volumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity.
5114  
5115  Volumetric (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.
5116  
5117  Volumetrical (a.) Volumetric.
5118  
5119  Voluminous (a.) Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
5120  
5121  "Voluminous (a.) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions."
5122  
5123  "Voluminous (a.) Of great volume, or bulk; large."
5124  
5125  "Voluminous (a.) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer."
5126  
5127  Volumist (n.) One who writes a volume; an author.
5128  
5129  Voluntarily (adv.) In a voluntary manner; of one's own will; spontaneously.
5130  
5131  "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."
5132  
5133  Voluntary (v. t.) Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
5134  
5135  "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."
5136  
5137  "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."
5138  
5139  "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."
5140  
5141  "Voluntary (v. t.) Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent."
5142  
5143  "Voluntary (v. t.) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration."
5144  
5145  "Voluntary (v. t.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church."
5146  
5147  Voluntaries (pl. ) of Voluntary
5148  
5149  Voluntary (n.) One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
5150  
5151  "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."
5152  
5153  Voluntary (n.) One who advocates voluntaryism.
5154  
5155  "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."
5156  
5157  "Volunteer (a.) One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will."
5158  
5159  "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."
5160  
5161  "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."
5162  
5163  "Volunteer (a.) Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice."
5164  
5165  Volunteered (imp. & p. p.) of Volunteer
5166  
5167  Volunteering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volunteer
5168  
5169  "Volunteer (v. t.) To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services."
5170  
5171  "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."
5172  
5173  Volupere (n.) A woman's cap.
5174  
5175  Voluptuaries (pl. ) of Voluptuary
5176  
5177  "Voluptuary (n.) A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites."
5178  
5179  Voluptuary (a.) Voluptuous; luxurious.
5180  
5181  "Voluptuous (a.) Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual."
5182  
5183  Voluptuous (a.) Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
5184  
5185  Volupty (n.) Voluptuousness.
5186  
5187  Volutas (pl. ) of Voluta
5188  
5189  Volutae (pl. ) of Voluta
5190  
5191  "Voluta (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera."
5192  
5193  Volutation (n.) A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
5194  
5195  "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."
5196  
5197  "Volute (n.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells."
5198  
5199  Volute (n.) Any voluta.
5200  
5201  "Voluted (a.) Having a volute, or spiral scroll."
5202  
5203  Volution (n.) A spiral turn or wreath.
5204  
5205  Volution (n.) A whorl of a spiral shell.
5206  
5207  "Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops."
5208  
5209  "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."
5210  
5211  Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.
5212  
5213  Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.
5214  
5215  Volyer (n.) A lurcher.
5216  
5217  "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."
5218  
5219  Vomer (n.) The pygostyle.
5220  
5221  Vomerine (a.) Of or pertaining to the vomer.
5222  
5223  Vomica (n.) An abscess cavity in the lungs.
5224  
5225  Vomica (n.) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
5226  
5227  Vomicine (n.) See Brucine.
5228  
5229  Vomic nut () Same as Nux vomica.
5230  
5231  Vomited (imp. & p. p.) of Vomit
5232  
5233  Vomiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vomit
5234  
5235  Vomit (n.) To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
5236  
5237  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.
5238  
5239  "Vomit (v. t.) Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc."
5240  
5241  "Vomit (n.) Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth."
5242  
5243  Vomit (n.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
5244  
5245  Vomiting (n.) The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
5246  
5247  Vomition (n.) The act or power of vomiting.
5248  
5249  Vomitive (a.) Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.
5250  
5251  "Vomito (n.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit."
5252  
5253  Vomitory (a.) Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
5254  
5255  Vomitories (pl. ) of Vomitory
5256  
5257  Vomitory (n.) An emetic; a vomit.
5258  
5259  "Vomitory (n.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater."
5260  
5261  Vomiturition (n.) An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
5262  
5263  "Vomiturition (n.) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort."
5264  
5265  Vondsira (n.) Same as Vansire.
5266  
5267  Voodoo (n.) See Voodooism.
5268  
5269  Voodoo (n.) One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
5270  
5271  "Voodoo (a.) Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations."
5272  
5273  "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."
5274  
5275  "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."
5276  
5277  Voracity (n.) The quality of being voracious; voraciousness.
5278  
5279  "Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring."
5280  
5281  Vortexes (pl. ) of Vortex
5282  
5283  Vortices (pl. ) of Vortex
5284  
5285  "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."
5286  
5287  "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."
5288  
5289  Vortex (n.) Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
5290  
5291  "Vortical (a.) Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion."
5292  
5293  Vorticel (n.) A vorticella.
5294  
5295  Vorticellas (pl. ) of Vorticella
5296  
5297  Vorticellae (pl. ) of Vorticella
5298  
5299  "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."
5300  
5301  "Vorticose (a.) Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion."
5302  
5303  Vortiginous (a.) Moving rapidly round a center; vortical.
5304  
5305  Votaress (n.) A woman who is a votary.
5306  
5307  Votarist (n.) A votary.
5308  
5309  Votary (a.) Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
5310  
5311  Votaries (pl. ) of Votary
5312  
5313  "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."
5314  
5315  Vote (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
5316  
5317  "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."
5318  
5319  "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."
5320  
5321  "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."
5322  
5323  "Vote (n.) Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote."
5324  
5325  Voted (imp. & p. p.) of Vote
5326  
5327  Voting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vote
5328  
5329  "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."
5330  
5331  "Vote (v. t.) To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office."
5332  
5333  "Vote (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution."
5334  
5335  "Vote (v. t.) To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore."
5336  
5337  Vote (v. t.) To condemn; to devote; to doom.
5338  
5339  "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."
5340  
5341  "Voting () a. & n. from Vote, v."
5342  
5343  Votist (n.) One who makes a vow.
5344  
5345  "Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet."
5346  
5347  Votress (n.) A votaress.
5348  
5349  Vouched (imp. & p. p.) of Vouch
5350  
5351  Vouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vouch
5352  
5353  Vouch (v. t.) To call; to summon.
5354  
5355  Vouch (v. t.) To call upon to witness; to obtest.
5356  
5357  Vouch (v. t.) To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
5358  
5359  Vouch (v. t.) To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
5360  
5361  "Vouch (v. t.) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title."
5362  
5363  Vouch (v. i.) To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
5364  
5365  Vouch (v. i.) To assert; to aver; to declare.
5366  
5367  Vouch (n.) Warrant; attestation.
5368  
5369  "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."
5370  
5371  "Voucher (n.) One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything."
5372  
5373  "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."
5374  
5375  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.
5376  
5377  "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."
5378  
5379  Vouchment (n.) A solemn assertion.
5380  
5381  "Vouch/or (n.) Same as Voucher, 3 (b)."
5382  
5383  Vouchsafed (imp. & p. p.) of Vouchsafe
5384  
5385  Vouchsafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vouchsafe
5386  
5387  Vouchsafe (v. t.) To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
5388  
5389  Vouchsafe (v. t.) To receive or accept in condescension.
5390  
5391  Vouchsafe (v. i.) To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
5392  
5393  "Vouchsafement (n.) The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension."
5394  
5395  Voussoir (n.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
5396  
5397  "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."
5398  
5399  "Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow."
5400  
5401  Vowed (imp. & p. p.) of Vow
5402  
5403  Vowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vow
5404  
5405  "Vow (n.) To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly."
5406  
5407  Vow (n.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
5408  
5409  "Vow (v. i.) To make a vow, or solemn promise."
5410  
5411  "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."
5412  
5413  Vowel (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
5414  
5415  Voweled (a.) Furnished with vowels.
5416  
5417  Vowelish (a.) Of the nature of a vowel.
5418  
5419  Vowelism (n.) The use of vowels.
5420  
5421  "Vowelize (v. t.) To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to."
5422  
5423  Vower (n.) One who makes a vow.
5424  
5425  Vow-fellow (n.) One bound by the same vow as another.
5426  
5427  Vox (n.) A voice.
5428  
5429  "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."
5430  
5431  Voyage (n.) The act or practice of traveling.
5432  
5433  Voyage (n.) Course; way.
5434  
5435  Voyaged (imp. & p. p.) of Voyage
5436  
5437  Voyaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Voyage
5438  
5439  "Voyage (v. i.) To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water."
5440  
5441  Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
5442  
5443  "Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable."
5444  
5445  Voyager (n.) One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.
5446  
5447  "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."
5448  
5449  "Voyol (n.) See Viol, 2."
5450  
5451  Voyol (n.) The block through which a messenger passes.
5452  
5453  Vraisemblance (n.) The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
5454  
5455  Vugg (n.) Alt. of Vugh
5456  
5457  Vugh (n.) A cavity in a lode; -- called also vogle.
5458  
5459  "Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus."
5460  
5461  "Vulcanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals."
5462  
5463  Vulcanian (a.) Volcanic.
5464  
5465  Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.
5466  
5467  "Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists."
5468  
5469  Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.
5470  
5471  Vulcanism (n.) Volcanism.
5472  
5473  Vulcanist (n.) A volcanist.
5474  
5475  Vulcanite (n.) Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.
5476  
5477  "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."
5478  
5479  Vulcanized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulcanize
5480  
5481  Vulcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulcanize
5482  
5483  "Vulcanize (v. t.) To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization."
5484  
5485  "Vulcanizer (n.) One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc."
5486  
5487  Vulcano (n.) A volcano.
5488  
5489  "Vulcanology (n.) The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc."
5490  
5491  "Vulgar (a.) Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular."
5492  
5493  "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."
5494  
5495  "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."
5496  
5497  Vulgar (n.) One of the common people; a vulgar person.
5498  
5499  "Vulgar (n.) The vernacular, or common language."
5500  
5501  Vulgarian (n.) A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.
5502  
5503  Vulgarism (n.) Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
5504  
5505  Vulgarism (n.) A vulgar phrase or expression.
5506  
5507  Vulgarity (n.) The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
5508  
5509  Vulgarity (n.) Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
5510  
5511  "Vulgarization (n.) The act or process of making vulgar, or common."
5512  
5513  Vulgarized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulgarize
5514  
5515  Vulgarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulgarize
5516  
5517  "Vulgarize (v. t. & i.) To make vulgar, or common."
5518  
5519  Vulgarly (adv.) In a vulgar manner.
5520  
5521  Vulgarness (n.) The quality of being vulgar.
5522  
5523  "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."
5524  
5525  "Vulgate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures."
5526  
5527  Vulnerability (n.) The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
5528  
5529  "Vulnerable (a.) Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body."
5530  
5531  "Vulnerable (a.) Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation."
5532  
5533  Vulnerableness (n.) The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability.
5534  
5535  "Vulnerary (a.) Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions."
5536  
5537  Vulnerary (n.) A vulnerary remedy.
5538  
5539  Vulnerate (v. t.) To wound; to hurt.
5540  
5541  "Vulneration (n.) The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded."
5542  
5543  Vulnerose (a.) Full of wounds; wounded.
5544  
5545  Vulnific (a.) Alt. of Vulnifical
5546  
5547  Vulnifical (a.) Causing wounds; inflicting wounds; wounding.
5548  
5549  Vulnose (a.) Having wounds; vulnerose.
5550  
5551  Vulpes (n.) A genus of Carnivora including the foxes.
5552  
5553  "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."
5554  
5555  "Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox."
5556  
5557  Vulpine (a.) Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.
5558  
5559  Vulpinic (a.) Same as Vulpic.
5560  
5561  Vulpinism (n.) The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness.
5562  
5563  "Vulpinite (n.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes."
5564  
5565  Vultern (n.) The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.
5566  
5567  "Vulture (n.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae."
5568  
5569  "Vulturine (a.) Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity."
5570  
5571  Vulturish (a.) Vulturous.
5572  
5573  Vulturism (n.) The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.
5574  
5575  Vulturous (a.) Like a vulture; rapacious.
5576  
5577  "Vulva (n.) The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs."
5578  
5579  Vulva (n.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
5580  
5581  Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.
5582  
5583  Vulvitis (n.) Inflammation of the vulva.
5584  
5585  Vulvo-uterine (a.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.
5586  
5587  Vulvovaginal (a.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.
5588  
5589  Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
5590  
5591  Vying () a. & n. from Vie.
5592