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Vacher
A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
Vacillant
Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
Vagarious
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
Vaginopennous
Having elytra; sheath-winged.
Vagrancy
The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Vague
A wandering; a vagary.
Vainglory
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Vale
See 2d , 3.
Valeritrine
A base, , produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.
Vallation
A rampart or intrenchment.
Van
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Vanadate
A salt of vanadic acid.
Vanadite
A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite.
Varsovienne
A kind of Polish dance.
Vaunt
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
Veery
An American thrush () 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 .
Vehiculation
Movement of vehicles.
Veinous
Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
Veiny
Full of veins; veinous; veined; .
Vendor's lien
An implied lien (that is, one not created by mortgage or other express agreement) given in equity to a vendor of lands for the unpaid purchase money.
Vent
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
Verdure
Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; .
Vergett
Divided by pallets, or pales; paly.
Verify
To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
Vernacularization
The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular.
Vested interest
a special personal interest, usually financial, in an existing system, law, or institution, which hinders a person from making objective decisions regarding that system, law, or institution. A vested interest may be one which benefits a relative, or, in an extended sense, one which defends a person's own reputation or previously expressed views.
Vibratiuncle
A small vibration.
Vichy water
A mineral water found at , France. It is essentially an effervescent of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, .
Victualing
Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; .
Vigorite
An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.
Village
A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
Villenous
Of or pertaining to a villein.
Vim
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
Vimineous
Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
Violence
To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
Violet
Any plant or flower of the genus , 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 ().
Virgalieu
A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called .
Viridescence
Quality or state of being viridescent.
Virulently
In a virulent manner.
Visible speech
A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.
Visigoth
One of the West Goths. See the Note under .
Visne
Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See .
vitamin A1
retinol (), one of the substances also called . It is also called more specifically . It is a required factor for human nutrition. The USP unit of activity is equal to 0.30 micrograms of retinol.
Vitilitigate
To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Vitreous
Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; .
Vocable
A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.
Vocalist
A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an .
Voiced
Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.
Vole
A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.
Volunteer
Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary;
Votary
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Votary
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.
Vouchsafe
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
Vulgate
Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.
Vulpine
Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.