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Vacantly
In a vacant manner; inanely.
Vaccinia
Cowpox; vaccina. See .
Vacuolation
Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
Vagal
Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
Vagrancy
The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Vagrantness
State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
Valentine
A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentinian
One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from , the founder.
Valerate
A salt of valeric acid.
Valerianate
A valerate.
Vamp
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by .
Vandyke beard
A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures by .
Vanglo
Benne (); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.
Vanjas
The Australian pied crow shrike (). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.
Vasoconstrictor
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; These nerves are also called .
Vasodilator
A substance which causes dilation of blood vessels.
Vaward
The fore part; van.
Vedette
A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.
Vell
To cut the turf from, as for burning.
Vellumy
Resembling vellum.
Velocipede
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 , and .
Velure
Velvet.
Velvetleaf
A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the , the , and the , and even the common mullein.
Vendmiaire
The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.
Venesection
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Venous
Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; .
Ventilative
Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; .
Ventriculous
Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
Verbarian
One who coins words; a neologist.
Verd antique
A mottled-green serpentine marble.
Verdin
A small yellow-headed bird () of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also .
Vergett
Divided by pallets, or pales; paly.
Vermetus
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to and allied genera, of the family . 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.
Vermivorous
Devouring worms; feeding on worms; .
Vernant
Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
Vernine
An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
Vertebral
Of or pertaining to a vertebra, vertebr, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.
Vertilinear
Straight; rectilinear.
Vese
Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
Vestal
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
Vested school
In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and is secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees.
Vesuvine
A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also , , etc.
Vexillum
A flag or standard.
V hook
A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter
Vice
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as .
Vicinage
The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; .
Videlicet
To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to
Vilayet
One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called .
Vindemiation
The operation of gathering grapes.
Vine
Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
Vintaging
The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes.
Violation
The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
Violative
Violating, or tending to violate.
Virginity
The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.
Virus
Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
Visage
The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
Visibility
The quality or state of being visible.
Visionist
A visionary.
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.
Vitrics
The art or study of the manufacture and decoration of glassware.
Vittate
Bearing or containing vitt.
Vixenish
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Vociferate
To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
Vociferator
One who vociferates, or is clamorous.
Volador
A flying fish of California (): -- called also .
Volante
A two-wheeled carriage formerly much used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
Vol-au-vent
A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.
Volumenometry
The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer.
Voodoo
See .
Voting
from ,
Voyage
To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Vulcanite
Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.