Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 2
Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
Vaginate (a.) Alt. of Vaginated.
Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
Vaginicola (n.) A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
Vaginismus (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.
Vaginitis (n.) Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.
Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.
Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
Vaginula (n.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
Vaginule (n.) A vaginula.
Vagissate (v. i.) To caper or frolic.
Vagous (a.) Wandering; unsettled.
Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy. -- Barrow.
Vagrancy (n.) The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood.
Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. -- Prior.
While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love. -- Macaulay.
Vagrant (a.) Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. -- Prior.
Vagrant (a.) Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" [syn: {aimless}, {drifting}, {floating}, {vagabond}, {vagrant}].
Vagrant (n.) A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support [syn: {vagrant}, {drifter}, {floater}, {vagabond}].
Vagrantly (adv.) In a vagrant manner.
Vagrantness (n.) State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
Vague (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
Vague (v. i.) Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
Vague (n.) An indefinite expanse.
Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Vague (n.) A wandering; a vagary.
Vaguely (adv.) In a vague manner.
Vagueness (n.) The quality or state of being vague.
Vagus (a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
Vagus (n.) The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
Vail (n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.
Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
Vail (n.) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
Vail (v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
Vail (v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
Vail (v. i.) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
Vailer (n.) One who vails.
Vaimure (n.) An outer, or exterior. wall. See {Vauntmure}. [Obs.]
Vain (a.) 愛虛榮的，自負的，炫耀的；徒然的，無益的 Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Vain (a.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Vain (a.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
Vain (a.) Showy; ostentatious.
Vain (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase {in vain}.
In vain (ph.) 徒勞；無結果的；無用的；不尊敬的 If you do something in vain, you do not succeed in achieving what you intend.
// He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
// It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.
Synonyms: Uselessly, to no avail, unsuccessfully, fruitlessly.
Vain (a.) Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: {conceited}, {egotistic}, {egotistical}, {self- conceited}, {swollen}, {swollen-headed}, {vain}].
Vain (a.) Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" [syn: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile}, {sleeveless}, {vain}].
Vainglorious (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Vainly (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.
Vainness (n.) The quality or state of being vain.
Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
Vaishnava (n.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
Vaishnavism (n.) The worship of Vishnu.
Vaisya (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
Vaivode (n.) See Waywode.
Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.
Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Valanced (imp. & p. p.) of Valance.
Valancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Valance.
Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
Vale (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
Vale (n.) See 2d Vail, 3.
Valediction (n.) A farewell; a bidding farewell.
Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
Valedictory (a.) 【美】告別的 Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
Valedictories (n. pl. ) of Valedictory.
Valedictory (n.) （畢業生代表的）告別演講；告別辭 A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
Valedictory (a.) Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture."
Valedictory (a.) Of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address."
Valedictory (n.) A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) [syn: valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory].
Valedictory (a.) (Formal) （尤指正式）告別的 Relating to saying goodbye, especially formally.
// A valedictory speech.
Compare: Valance
Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. [Written also valence.]
Valance of Venice gold in needlework. -- Shak.
Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Valence (n.) (Chem.) The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.
Note: The valence of certain elements varies in different compounds. Valence in degree may extend as high as seven or eight, as in the cases of iodine and osmium respectively. The doctrine of valence has been of fundamental importance in distinguishing the equivalence from the atomic weight, and is an essential factor in explaining the chemical structures of compounds.
Valence (n.) (Biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: valence, valency].
Valence (n.) (Chemistry) A property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) [syn: valence, valency].
Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]
Valencia (n.) An industrial city in northern Venezuela.
Valencia (n.) A city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean; "Valencia is the third largest city in Spain".
Valencia -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000): 66152
Housing Units (2000): 24643
Land area (2000): 1067.627250 sq. miles (2765.141765 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.580609 sq. miles (1.503770 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1068.207859 sq. miles (2766.645535 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.745326 N, 106.765563 W
Headwords:
Valencia
Valencia, NM
Valencia County
Valencia County, NM
Valencia, NM -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico
Population (2000): 4500
Housing Units (2000): 1646
Land area (2000): 5.491685 sq. miles (14.223398 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.491685 sq. miles (14.223398 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81800
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.795206 N, 106.692575 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valencia, NM
Valencia
Valencia, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 384
Housing Units (2000): 106
Land area (2000): 0.385450 sq. miles (0.998310 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.385450 sq. miles (0.998310 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79504
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.674906 N, 79.988493 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16059
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valencia, PA
Valencia
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.
Valencies (n. pl. ) of Valency.
Valency (n.) (Chem.) See Valence.
Valency (n.) (Chem.) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
Valency (n.) The phenomenon of forming chemical bonds.
Valency (n.) (Biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: valence, valency].
Valency (n.) (Chemistry) A property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) [syn: valence, valency].
Degree
Valency, () The degree (or valency) of a node in a graph is the number of edges joined to it.
Valentia (n.) See Valencia.
Valentine (n.) 在情人節（二月十四日）贈送給情人的禮物（或情人卡）；（常大寫）在情人節選定（或向之表示傾慕）的情人；情人 [S] A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine's Day, 情人節 A day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
Valentine (n.) A sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"
Valentine (n.) A card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day.
Valentine, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 2820
Housing Units (2000): 1373
Land area (2000): 2.012706 sq. miles (5.212885 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002169 sq. miles (0.005617 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.014875 sq. miles (5.218502 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49950
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.873686 N, 100.550308 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69201
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Headwords:
Valentine, NE
Valentine
Valentine, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 187
Housing Units (2000): 138
Land area (2000): 0.481008 sq. miles (1.245805 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.481008 sq. miles (1.245805 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74648
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.587504 N, 104.495498 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79854
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valentine, TX
Valentine
Valentinian (n.) One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
Valeramide (n.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Valerate (n.) A salt of valeric acid.
Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.
Valerianate (n.) A valerate.
Valerianic (a.) Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
Valeridine (n.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.
Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.
Valeritrine (n.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.
Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.
Valerone (n.) A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.
Valeryl (n.) The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.
Valerylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine.
Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
Valet (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
Valetudinarian (a.) Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
Valetudinarianism (n.) The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
Valetudinary (a.) Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.
Valetudinary (n.) A valetudinarian.
Valetudinous (a.) Valetudinarian.