Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 24
Vivianite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
VIVID () A numerical constraint-oriented language.
["VIVID: The Kernel of a Knowledge Representation Environment Based on the Constraints Paradigm of Computation", J. Maleki, Proc 20th Annual Hawaii Intl Conf on System Sciences (Jan 1987) pp.591-597]. (1995-02-23)
Vivid (a.) （色彩，光線等）鮮豔的；鮮明的；強烈的；有生氣的；活潑的；生動的；逼真的；清晰的 True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. -- Cowper.
Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. -- Bp. Hobart.
Vivid (a.) Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. -- South.
Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. -- {viv"id*ly}, adv. -- {viv"id*ness}, n.
Vivid (a.) Evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: {graphic}, {lifelike}, {pictorial}, {vivid}].
Vivid (a.) Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a vivid recollection".
Vivid (a.) Having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: {bright}, {brilliant}, {vivid}].
Vivid (a.) (Of color) Having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" [syn: {intense}, {vivid}].
Vivid (a.) Of a picture, memory, etc. : seeming like real life because it is very clear, bright, or detailed : very bright in color.
Vivid (a.) Of a color : very strong : very high in chroma.
Vivid (a.) Having the appearance of vigorous life or freshness : Lively
// A vivid sketch.
Vivid (a.) Producing a strong or clear impression on the senses : Sharp, Intense; Specifically : producing distinct mental images.
// A vivid description.
Vivid (a.) Acting clearly and vigorously.
// A vivid imagination.
Vividly (adv.) of Vivid.
Vividly (adv.) 生動地；逼真地；鮮明地；活潑地 In a vivid manner; "he described his adventures vividly."
Vividness (n.) of Vivid.
Vividity (n.) The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.
Vivific (a.) Alt. of Vivifical.
Vivifical (a.) Giving life; reviving; enlivening.
Vivificate (v. t.) To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
Vivificate (v. t.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce.
Vivification (n.) 給與生氣，蘇醒 The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
Vivification (n.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.
Vivification (n.) The act or process of vivificating.
Vivification (n.) Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: {animation}, {spiritedness}, {invigoration}, {brio}, {vivification}].
Vivification (n.) The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: {vivification}, {invigoration}, {animation}].
Vivificative (a.) Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
Vivified (imp. & p. p.) of Vivify.
Vivifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vivify.
Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Vivipara (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
Viviparity (n.) The quality or condition of being viviparous.
Viviparous (a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
Viviparously (adv.) In a viviparous manner.
Viviparousness (n.) The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.
Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
Vivisectional (a.) Of or pertaining to vivisection.
Vivisectionist (n.) One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.
Vivisector (n.) A vivisectionist.
Vixen (n.) A female fox.
Vixen (n.) A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman.
Vixenish (a.) Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Vixenly (a.) Like a vixen; vixenish.
Viz (adv.) To wit; that is; namely.
Vizard (n.) A mask; a visor.
Vizarded (a.) Wearing a vizard.
Vizcacha (n.) Same as Viscacha.
Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
Vizierate (n.) The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
Vizier-azem (n.) A grand vizier. See under Vizier.
Vizierial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier.
Vizir (n.) See Vizier.
Vizor (n.) See Visor.
Vlissmaki (n.) The diadem indris. See Indris.
V moth () A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.
Vocable (n.) A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.
Vocabularies (n. pl. ) of Vocabulary.
Vocabulary (n.) A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.
Vocabulary (n.) A sum or stock of words employed.
Vocabulist (n.) The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.
Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
Vocal (a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.
Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.
Vocal (a.) (Phon.) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] [sect] 199-202.
Vocal (a.) (Phon.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.
Vocal cords or Vocal chords. (n. pl.) (Anat.) The two pairs of mucous membranes that project into the larynx, and which produce the sounds of speech by vibrating under the influence of air exhaled from the lungs. See Larynx, and the Note under Voice, n., 1.
Vocal fremitus [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring] (Med.), The perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the voice.
Vocal music, Music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice.
Vocal tube (Anat.), The part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth.
Vocal (n.) (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
Vocal (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Vocal (a.) Relating to or designed for or using the singing voice; "vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: instrumental].
Vocal (a.) Having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise."
Vocal (a.) Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal].
Vocal (a.) Full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children."
Vocal (n.) Music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment [syn: vocal music, vocal].
Vocal (n.) A short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal].
Vocalic (a.) 母音的；含母音的；多母音的 Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds. -- Earle.
The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic. -- Sir W. Scott.
Vocalic (a.) Being or containing or characterized by vowels; "vocalic sounds"; "the Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic"-. Walter Scott [ant: consonantal].
Vocalic (a.) Relating to or associated with or containing a vowel; "vocalic segments"; "the vocalic ablaut."
Vocalism (n.) 發聲法；歌唱法；母音組織 The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.
Vocalism (n.) A vocalic sound. [R.]
Vocalism (n.) The system of vowels used in a particular language [syn: {vowel system}, {vocalism}].
Vocalism (n.) The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" [syn: {voice}, {vocalization}, {vocalisation}, {vocalism}, {phonation}, {vox}]
Vocalist (n.) [C] 歌手；歌唱家；聲樂家 A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an {instrumentalist}.
Vocalist (n.) A person who sings [syn: {singer}, {vocalist}, {vocalizer}, {vocaliser}].
Vocalist (n.) [ C ] 歌手；（尤指）流行樂隊的主唱 A person who sings, especially with a group who play popular music.
// She won the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocalist.
Vocality (n.) The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.
Vocality (n.) The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
Vocalization (n.) The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
Vocalization (n.) The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
Vocalized (imp. & p. p.) of Vocalize.
Vocalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vocalize.
Vocalize (v. t.) To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
Vocalize (v. t.) To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
Vocally (adv.) In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.
Vocally (adv.) In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally.
Vocalness (n.) The quality of being vocal; vocality.
Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
Vocation (n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
Vocation (n.) A calling by the will of God.
Vocation (n.) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.
Vocation (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.
Vocative (a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
Vocative (n.) The vocative case.
Vociferance (n.) Vociferation; noise; clamor.
Vociferant (a.) Noisy; clamorous.
Vociferate (v. i.) To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
Vociferated (imp. & p. p.) of Vociferate.
Vociferating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vociferate.
Vociferate (v. t.) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
Vociferation (n.) The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
Vociferator (n.) One who vociferates, or is clamorous.
Vociferous (a.) 大聲叫的，喊叫的，喧嚷的 Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds.
Vociferous (a.) Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {blatant}, {clamant}, {clamorous}, {strident}, {vociferous}]
Vocule (n.) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
Vodanium (n.) A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
Vodka (n.) A Russian drink distilled from rye.
Voe (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
Vogle (n.) Same as Vugg.
Vogue (n.) The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.
Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
Voice (n.) Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
He with a manly voice saith his message. -- Chaucer.
Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. -- Shak.
Thy voice is music. -- Shak.
Join thy voice unto the angel choir. -- Milton.
Voice (n.) (Phon.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the so-called vocal cords in the larynx (see Illust. Of Larynx) which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power, or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome.
Its pitch depends on the number of aerial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 146, 155.
Voice (n.) The tone or sound emitted by anything.
After the fire a still small voice. -- 1 Kings xix. 12.
Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? -- Job xl. 9.
The floods have lifted up their voice. -- Ps. xciii. 3.
O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart Leaps at the trumpet's voice. -- Addison.
Voice (n.) The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. -- Gal. iv. 20.
My voice is in my sword. -- Shak.
Let us call on God in the voice of his church. -- Bp. Fell.
Voice (n.) Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
Sic. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? 1 Cit. He has our voices, sir. -- Shak.
Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice Of holy senates, and elect by voice. -- Dryden.
Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. -- Deut. viii. 20.
Voice (n.) One who speaks; a speaker. "A potent voice of Parliament." -- Tennyson.
Voice (n.) (Gram.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
Active voice (Gram.), That form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it.
Chest voice (Phon.), A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
Head voice (Phon.), A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.
Middle voice (Gram.), That form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage.
Passive voice. (Gram.) See under Passive, a.
Voice glide (Pron.), The brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as inable (a"b'l). See Glide, n., 2.
Voice stop. See Voiced stop, under Voiced, a.
With one voice, Unanimously. "All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians." -- Acts xix. 34.