Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 3
Valhalla (n.) (Scand. Myth.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany. Valiance
Valhalla (n.) (Norse mythology) The hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin [syn: Valhalla, Walhalla].
Valhalla, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 5379
Housing Units (2000): 1886
Land area (2000): 2.675387 sq. miles (6.929220 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.846023 sq. miles (2.191190 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.521410 sq. miles (9.120410 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76639
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.087195 N, 73.774511 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 10595
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valhalla, NY
Valhalla
Valiance (n.) Alt. of Valiancy
Valiancy (n.) The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor. [Obs.]
"His doughty valiance." -- Spenser.
Valiance (n.) The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: heroism, gallantry, valor, valour, valorousness, valiance, valiancy].
Valiant (a.) Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
Valiant (a.) Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
A valiant and most expert gentleman. -- Shak.
And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. -- 1 Sam. xviii. 17.
Valiant (a.) Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. "Thou bearest the highest name for valiant acts." -- Milton.
[The saints] have made such valiant confessions. -- J. H. Newman. -- Val"iant*ly, adv. -- Val"iant*ness, n.
Valiant (a.) Having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier" [syn: valiant, valorous].
Valid (a.) Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] "Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us." -- Milton.
Valid (a.) Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.
An answer that is open to no valid exception. -- I. Taylor.
Valid (a.) (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded.
Valid (a.) Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" [ant: invalid].
Valid (a.) Still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid."
Validate (v. t.) To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
Validation (n.) The act of giving validity.
Validity (n.) The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.
Validity (n.) (Law) Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.
Validity (n.) Value. [Obs.] "Rich validity." -- Shak.
Validity (n.) The quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour].
Validity (n.) The quality of having legal force or effectiveness [syn: validity, validness].
Validity (n.) The property of being strong and healthy in constitution [syn: robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity].
Validly (adv.) In a valid manner; so as to be valid.
Validly (adv.) With validity; in a valid manner; "this may not validly be done."
Validness (n.) The quality or state of being valid.
Validness (n.) The quality of having legal force or effectiveness [syn: validity, validness].
Valinch (n.) A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.
Valise (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
Valkyria (n.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.
Valkyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle.
Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.
Vallar (a.) Of or pertaining to a rampart.
Vallar (n.) A vallar crown.
Vallary (a.) Same as Vallar.
Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.
Vallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reads.
Valleculae (n. pl. ) of Vallecula.
Vallecula (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
Vallecula (n.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Vallet's pills () Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass.
Valleys (n. pl. ) of Valley.
Valley (n.) [C] 山谷；溪谷；流域；低凹處；【建】屋谷，屋頂排水溝 The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
The valley of the shadow of death. -- Ps. xxiii. 4.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. -- Milton.
Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc.
Valley (n.) (Arch.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
Valley (n.) (Arch.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
Valley board (Arch.), A board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States.
Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), The rafter which supports the valley.
Valley roof (Arch.), A roof having one or more valleys. See Valley, 2, above.
Valley (n.) A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: valley, vale].
Valley, () Heb. bik'ah, a "cleft" of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan (Josh. 11:17; 12:7), and the valley of Megiddo (2 Chr. 35:22).
Valley, () 'Emek, "deep;" "a long, low plain" (Job 39:10, 21; Ps. 65:13; Cant. 2:1), such as the plain of Esdraelon; the "valley of giants" (Josh. 15:8), usually translated "valley of Rephaim" (2 Sam. 5:18); of Elah (1 Sam. 17:2), of Berachah (2 Chr. 20:26); the king's "dale" (Gen. 14:17); of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12), of Achor (Josh. 7:24; Isa. 65:10), Succoth (Ps. 60:6), Ajalon (Josh. 10:12), Jezreel (Hos. 1:5).
Valley, () Ge, "a bursting," a "flowing together," a narrow glen or ravine, such as the valley of the children of Hinnom (2 Kings 23:10); of Eshcol (Deut. 1:24); of Sorek (Judg. 16:4), etc.
The "valley of vision" (Isa. 22:1) is usually regarded as denoting Jerusalem, which "may be so called," says Barnes (Com. on Isa.), "either (1) because there were several valleys within the city and adjacent to it, as the vale between Mount Zion and Moriah, the vale between Mount Moriah and Mount Ophel, between these and Mount Bezetha, and the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of the brook Kidron, etc., without the walls of the city; or (2) more probably it was called the valley in reference to its being compassed with hills rising to a considerable elevation above the city" (Ps. 125:2; comp. also Jer. 21:13, where Jerusalem is called a "valley").
Valley, () Heb. nahal, a wady or water-course (Gen. 26:19; Cant. 6:11).
Valley -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 7651
Housing Units (2000): 8084
Land area (2000): 3677.821913 sq. miles (9525.514622 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 55.840243 sq. miles (144.625558 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3733.662156 sq. miles (9670.140180 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 44.655511 N, 115.920089 W
Headwords:
Valley
Valley, ID
Valley County
Valley County, ID
Valley -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 7675
Housing Units (2000): 4847
Land area (2000): 4920.996217 sq. miles (12745.321151 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 140.982250 sq. miles (365.142335 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5061.978467 sq. miles (13110.463486 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.258176 N, 106.560531 W
Headwords:
Valley
Valley, MT
Valley County
Valley County, MT
Valley -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 4647
Housing Units (2000): 2273
Land area (2000): 568.108215 sq. miles (1471.393460 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.405518 sq. miles (6.230264 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 570.513733 sq. miles (1477.623724 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.549826 N, 98.972085 W
Headwords:
Valley
Valley, NE
Valley County
Valley County, NE
Valley, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1788
Housing Units (2000): 760
Land area (2000): 1.515030 sq. miles (3.923910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.033750 sq. miles (0.087411 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.548780 sq. miles (4.011321 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50020
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.314199 N, 96.348250 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68064
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valley, NE
Valley
Valley, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 9198
Housing Units (2000): 4194
Land area (2000): 9.741416 sq. miles (25.230150 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.741416 sq. miles (25.230150 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78204
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 32.811387 N, 85.177938 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36854
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valley, AL
Valley
Valley-Hi, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 20
Housing Units (2000): 29
Land area (2000): 0.504223 sq. miles (1.305932 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.064571 sq. miles (0.167238 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.568794 sq. miles (1.473170 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79644
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.026222 N, 78.196071 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Valley-Hi, PA
Valley-Hi
Valley, PA
Valley
Valla (n. pl. ) of Vallum.
Vallums (n. pl. ) of Vallum.
Vallum (n.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
Valonia (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.
Valonia (n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
Valor (n.) Value; worth.
Valor (n.) Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
Valor (n.) A brave man; a man of valor.
Valorous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
Valsalvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Valuable (a.) Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.
Valuable (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.
Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.
Valuableness (n.) The quality of being valuable.
Valuably (adv.) So as to be of value.
Valuation (n.) The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.
Valuation (n.) Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.
Valuator (n.) One who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser.
Value (n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.
Value (n.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.
Value (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
Value (n.) Esteem; regard.
Value (n.) (Mus.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [?] has the value of two eighth notes [?].
Value (n.) In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.
Value (n.) Valor.
Valued (imp. & p. p.) of Value.
Valuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Value.
Value (v. t.) To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
Value (v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.
Value (v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
Value (v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.
Valued (a.) Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.
Valueless (a.) Being of no value; having no worth.
Valuer (n.) One who values; an appraiser.
Valure (n.) Value.
Valvasor (n.) See Vavasor.
Valvata (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
Valvate (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
Valve (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
Valved (a.) Having a valve or valve; valvate.
Valvelet (n.) A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
Valvulae (n. pl. ) of Valvula.
Valvula (n.) A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
Valvular (a.) Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.
Valvular (a.) Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
Valvule (n.) A little valve; a valvelet.
Valvule (n.) A small valvelike process.
Valylene (n.) A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree. It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds. It has a garlic odor.
Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Vamose (v. i. & t.) To depart quickly; to depart from.
Vamp (v. i.) To advance; to travel.
Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
Vamp (n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
Vamped (imp. & p. p.) of Vamp.
Vamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vamp.
Vamp (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.