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- VIRGULEA medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
- VIRICIDALOf or pertaining to a viricide (killing of a husband)
- VIRIDESCENTGreen or greenish.
- VIRIDIANA bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.
- VIRILEManly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- VIROSEHaving a nauseous odour; fetid
- VIRTUE(Discuss this sense) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known
- VIRTUOSOAn expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.
- VIRTUOUSFull of virtue; having excellent moral character.
- VIRULENCEThe state of being virulent.
- VISAA permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
- VISAGECountenance; one's face.
- VISCERAplural of viscus
- VISCIDHaving a high viscosity.
- VISCOUNTA member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- VISEAn instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
- VISIBLEAble to be seen.
- VISIONThe sense or ability of sight.
- VISITTo habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- VISITATORAn apostolic visitor.
- VISNEneighborhood; vicinity; venue
- VISTAA distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
- VISUALRelated to or affecting the vision.
- VISUALITYThe quality of being visual
- VITAA hagiography; a biography of a saint.
- VITACEOUSOf or relating to the family Vitaceae of vines including grape.
- VITALRelating to or characteristic of life.
- VITALITYThe capacity to live and develop.
- VITASCOPEAn early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
- VITEXAny of several species of the genus Vitex.
- VITIATETo spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- VITICETUMA collection of vines.
- VITIOUSObsolete form of vicious.
- VITRAGEA curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French window or glazed door.
- VITREOUSOf or resembling glass; glassy.
- VITRESCENTBecoming glass; glassy, vitreous.
- VITRIFYTo convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.
- VITRINEA glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.
- VITTAA fillet, or garland for the head.
- VITULINEOf or pertaining to a calf or veal.
- VITUPERATIONThe act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring.
- VITUPEROUSVituperative.
- VIVATA cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
- VOCABLEA word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.
- VOCABULARRelating to vocabulary.
- VOCABULARYA usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- VOCALOf, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- VOCATION(Ecclesiastical) A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
- VOCIFERANTnoisy; clamorous
- VOCIFERANTSnoisy; clamorous
- VOCIFERATETo cry out with vehemence
- VOCIFEROUSMaking or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- VOCULEAn emphatic aspiration or burst of air.
- VOICESound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- VOIDContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- VOITUREA carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.
- VOLAGEFickle, capricious, reckless.
- VOLANTHaving extended wings as if flying.
- VOLARPertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- VOLCANOA vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and v
- VOLENSIn the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.
- VOLITATIONFlight; flying.
- VOLUCRINEOf or pertaining to birds.
- VOLUMEA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English me
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- VOLUNTARYDone, given, or acting of one's own free will.
- VOLUNTEEROne who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
- VOLUTATIONA circular movement; a rolling, wallowing, circulation or rotation.
- VOLUTEThe characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- VOLUTIONA turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
- VOMERThe vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
- VOMICAAn abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ.
- VOMITOThe most virulent form of yellow fever.
- VOMITORYThe entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
- VOMITUSVomit (the product of an emesis).
- VORACIOUSWanting or devouring great quantities of food.
- VORACITYThe state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
- VORAGOabyss, chasm, gulf
- VORTEXA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- VORTICALOf or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.
- VOTARYConsecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
- VOULGEA medieval poleaxe bearing resemblance to a glaive or a Lochaber ax, although the blade portion is somewhat more elongated.
- VOWELA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
- VOYAGEA long journey, especially by ship.
- VULGARITYThe quality of being vulgar.
- VULGATEMade common, published for common use.
- VULGOIn the vernacular; commonly known as.
- VULNOf a pelican, to wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.
- VULNERATETo wound, cause to become vulnerable.
- VULPICIDESomeone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds
- VULPIDAny member of the true fox genus (Vulpes).
- VULTUREAny of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
- VULTURINEPertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
- WAYMENTTo lament.
- WEERTrue; correct.
- WEEVERAny of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.
- WHARFINGERThe manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).
- WHISKEYAlternative letter-case form of Whiskey of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- WHISKYAlternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, Scotch; a drink of this liquor.