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Vacantly
In a vacant manner; inanely.
Vaccina
Vaccinia.
Vacuist
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 .
Vainly
In a vain manner; in vain.
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.
Valeryl
The hypothetical radical , regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.
Validation
The act of giving validity.
Valure
Value.
Vaporousness
The quality of being vaporous.
Variable
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable;
Variciform
Resembling a varix.
Varicose
Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; .
Vascularity
The quality or state of being vascular.
Vase
A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; See of , under .
Vaticination
Prediction; prophecy.
Vele
A veil.
Vellumy
Resembling vellum.
Veneer
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; . Used also figuratively.
Venerable
Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; .
Venerean
Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal.
Venger
An avenger.
Venite
The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm.
Ventriculous
Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
Ventrilocution
Ventriloquism.
Ventro-inguinal
Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; .
Venturer
One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.
Veratralbine
A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of .
Verger
A garden or orchard.
Vermination
The generation or breeding of vermin.
Verrucous
Verrucose.
Versify
To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
Vertebral
Of or pertaining to a vertebra, vertebr, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.
Vertically
In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; .
Vertigo
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.
Vesiculation
The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.
Vespa
A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
Vestibuled train
Same as , under .
Vestibulum
A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
Vesuvianite
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 .
Vexed
Annoyed; harassed; troubled.
Viable
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.
Viaticum
An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
Vicarian
A vicar.
Vicegerent
An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar.
Vicontiel
Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
Victoria
A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen . The is a native of and . 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.
Victoria crape
A kind of cotton crape.
Victress
A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.
Vielle
An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
Viewer
One who views or examines.
Vigily
A vigil.
Viking
One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.
Vileyns
Villainous.
Vilifier
One who vilifies or defames.
Villus
One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; .
Violence
The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
Violescent
Tending to a violet color; violascent.
Viridine
A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, , obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine.
Viridity
Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.
Virtuate
To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
vitamin K1
one of the two K vitamins, (). It is fat-soluble and occurs naturally as the isomer. Chemically it is .
Vitellin
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.
Vitelline
Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; .
Viticulture
The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.
Vitriol
A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
Vitriolate
Vitriolated.
Vitriolic
Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; . Cf. .
Vituperate
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Vocal
Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
Voidance
The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.
Volcanic wind
A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection currents over hot lava.
Volge
The common sort of people; the crowd; the mob.
Volumed
Having the form of a volume, or roil; .
Volva
A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
Voortreker
One who treks before or first; a pioneer.
Voraginous
Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring.
Vulgarness
The quality of being vulgar.