vespertine
adj. - in or of the evening; setting at same time as, or just after, the sun.
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vespiary
n. - wasps'nest. vespid, n. social wasp. vespine, adj. pertaining to or like wasps.
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vesta
n. - wax-match.
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vestiary
adj. - pertaining to clothes or dress.
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vesticate
v. - to blister
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vesuvian
n. - old-fashioned kind of match; fusee. vesuviate, v.i. erupt; burst with heat.
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vetanda
n. -pl. pl. forbidden things.
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vetitive
adj. - having power to forbid or veto.
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vexillary
adj. - pertaining to regimental colors or standard; n. standard-bearer. vexillology, n. study of flags.
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viaggiatory
adj. - on the move; traveling around
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viands
n. -pl. pl. food.
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viatic(al)
adj. - pertaining to roads or travel. viaticum, n. Holy Communion administered to dying person; travelling provisions or expenses. viator, n. traveller. viatorial, adj. travelling.
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vibrissa
n. - (pl. -sae ) sensitive whisker on animal's face. vibrissal, adj.
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viburnum
n. - kind of shrub or tree including guelder-rose, etc.
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vicarial
adj. - pertaining to vicar or delegate. vicarious, adj. acting for another; enjoyed or suffered for, or through, another; substituted.
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vicegerent
adj.,n. - (person) representing a ruler or God. vicegerency, n. vicegeral, adj.
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vicenary
adj. - pertaining to or consisting of 20; having 20 as a base. vicennial, adj. lasting, or happening every, 20 years.
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vicinage
n. - neighbourhood. vicinal, adj. neighbouring; local.
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vicissitude
n. - change of fortune; alternation. vicissitudinous, adj.
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vicissitudinary
adj. - pertaining to change, alteration, mutation
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victoria
n. - light open two-seater four-wheeled carriage, with raised driver's seat.
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victual
v. -i. provision; n.pl. food. victualler, n. licensee of public house.
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vicuna
n. - wild wool-bearing llama-like animal of the Andes.
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viduage
n. - widowhood. viduity, n.
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vigentennial
adj. - lasting, or happening every, twenty years; n. twentieth anniversary.
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vigesimal
adj. - pertaining to or based on number twenty; twentieth.
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vigesimation
n. - killing every twentieth person
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vignette
n. - small, ornamental illustration without frame or with background shaded off; slight portrait or character sketch.
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vilify
v. - slander; degrade. vilification, n. vilipend, v. speak slightingly of. vilipenditory, adj. despising.
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vilipend
v. - to belittle, to disparage
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villar
adj. - pertaining to feudal manor or village; n. villein. villatic, adj. rural; pertaining to villa.
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villein
n. - free villager; serf. villeinage, n.
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villus
n. - (pl. -li ) small vein-like outgrowth; soft hair. villiform, adj. like villus; with velvety surface. villose, villous, adj. bearing soft hairs. villosity, n.
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vimen
n. - (pl. -mina ) long thin branch or twig. vimineous, adj. pertaining to or made of twigs.
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vinaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like grapes or wine; wine-colored.
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vincular
adj. - connective. vinculum, n. (pl. - la) bond, tie; Mathematics, horizontal line over figures with the same function as brackets.
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vindemiate
v. -i. gather in fruit, or the vintage. vindemiation, n. vindemiatory, adj.
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vinous
adj. - pertaining to or like wine; fond of wine; wine-colored. vinosity, n.
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viparious
adj. - life-renewing
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virelay
n. - old French poem with refrain and various special rhyming schemes.
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virescent
adj. - becoming or slightly green. virescence, n.
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virgal
adj. - composed of twigs. virgate, adj. like a rod; having many twigs; v.i. branch off.
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virgule
n. - slanting mark (/) indicating pause, hyphen, or alternative. virgulate, adj. rod-like.
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viridescent
adj. - greenish. viridigenous a. producing greenness. viridity, n. greenness; freshness.
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virilescence
n. - acquisition by females of male characteristics. virilia, n. male reproductive organs. virilism, n. masculinity in women, especially with secondary male characteristics.
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virose
adj. - poisonous; foul-smelling.
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vis major
n. - 'greater force'; act of God; unavoidable accident.
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visard
n. - mask; visor.
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viscerotonic
adj. - Psychology, having sociable, comfort-loving temperament associated with endomorphy.
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viscid
adj. - viscous. viscose,, n. cellulose prepared for use as rayon, etc. viscous, adj. thick and sticky like glue or treacle. viscosity,, n. treacliness; force opposing flow.
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visile
adj.,n. - (person) with mental processes most readily stimulated by visual impressions.
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vitalism
n. - philosophical doctrine that life processes are not entirely explicable, or bound, by scientific laws. vitalist, n. vitalistic, adj.
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vitascope
n. - moving picture projector.
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vitative
adj. - fond of life.
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vitellus
n. - yolk of egg. vitelline, adj. pertaining to or colored like egg yolk. vitelline membrane, sac surrounding fertilized ovum. vitellin, n. protein in egg yolk.
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vitiate
v. - impair; spoil; debase; make useless or impure. vitiation, vitiator, n.
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viticula
n. - trailing, climbing vine
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viticulture
n. - vine-growing. vitiferous, adj. bearing vines.
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vitiligo
n. - Medicine, condition characterized by smooth white patches on skin.
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vitilitigate
adj. - to be particularly quarrelsome
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vitrail
n. - (pl. -aux ) stained glass.
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vitreous
adj. - pertaining to or like glass. vitreal, adj. vitrescent, adj. becoming vitreous; able to be made into glass. vitrescible, adj. vitrifiable. vitric, adj. glassy. vitrics, n. study of glassware. vitrifacture, n. making of glassware. vitriform, adj. glassy. vitrify, v.i. & t. make or become vitreous. vitrine, n. glass case.
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vittate
adj. - striped length-wise.
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vituline
adj. - pertaining to or like calf, or veal.
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vituperate
v. - speak bitterly, harshly or abusively (of). vituperation, vituperator, n. vituperative, vituperatory, adj.
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vivandière
n. - woman camp-follower supplying provisions.
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vivarium
n. - (pl. -ia) place or box, etc., for keeping living animals.
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viverrine
adj. - pertaining to or like a civet; belonging to civet family; n. civet.
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vives
n. - swelling of horse's submaxillary glands.
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viveur
n. - person who lives (well); person indulging in pleasures.
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vivify
v. - make alive or vivid; animate; sharpen. vivification, n.
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viviparous
adj. - bringing forth live young. viviparism, viviparity, n.
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vivisepulture
n. - live burial
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vocable
n. - word; name; sound. vocabular, adj.
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vocalic
adj. - pertaining to or like vowels.
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volant
adj. - flying; able to fly; quick.
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volar
adj. - pertaining to palm or sole; pertaining to flight.
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volary
n. - aviary.
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volation
n. - ability to fly.
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volent
adj. - exercising will power.
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volitate
v. -i. fly about; flutter. volitant, adj. able to fly; flying. volitation, n.
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volitient
adj. - exercising free will
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volitorial
adj. - able to fly.
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volplane
v. -i. glide through air.
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volte-face
n. - change to opposite opinion or direction.
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volucrine
adj. - pertaining to birds.
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voluptuary
n. - person excessively devoted to luxury. voluptuous, adj. luxurious; given up to luxury; sensuous. volupty, n. sexual pleasure.
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volute
adj.,n. - spiral (object or ornament). volutate v.i. roll. volution, n. twist; convolution.
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vomer
n. - slender bone which separates the nostrils
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vomitory
n. - emetic; vessel for receiving vomit; passageway leading to a tier of seats, especially in Roman amphitheatre.
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vomituration
n. - retching, ineffectual vomiting, dry heaves
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vomiturition
n. - retching; unsuccessful attempt to vomit; easy vomiting.
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voussoir
n. - any wedge-shaped stone forming part of arch, vault, etc.
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vrouw
n. - housewife; woman.
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vulcanology
n. - study of volcanic activity.
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vulgarian
n. - vulgar person, especially one who is rich or has pretensions to taste.
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vulgarism
n. - coarse, substandard or obscene expression; vulgarity.
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vulgate
n. - 4th-century Latin translation of Scriptures; generally accepted text or version.
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vulgus
n. - the common people; school composition in Latin verse.
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vulpicide
n. - killing or killer of fox, except by hunting. vulpecular, adj. pertaining to young fox. vulpine, adj. fox-like; cunning.
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vulva
n. - external portion of female reproductive organs. vulval, vulvar, adj. vulvate, vulviform, adj. shaped like vulva. vulvitis, n. inflammation of vulva.
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