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veil.noun,.plural.veils;
spelt
'vail' is a variant
of 'veil'
a piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal
what is behind it; a curtain; something that conceals, separates or screens
like a curtain (a veil of secrecy; the veil in the Old Testament tabernacle);
a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders and often the
face; a length of netting attached to a woman's hat or headdress, worn
for decoration or to protect the head and face
veil, veiled,
veiling,
veils.transitive
verbs
to cover with or as if with a veil (dense
fog veiled the bridge); to conceal or disguise
vanguard.noun,.plural.vanguards
the foremost
position or leading position in a trend
or movement; those occupying a foremost position (the head of the company
was the forerunner for changes
that kept us on the cutting edge of success)
vanguardism.noun
vanguardist.noun,.plural.vanguardists
visit,
visited,
visiting,
visits.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
call on socially (visit friends);
to go to see or spend time at a place with a certain.intent
(visit a museum; visited nearby mountains); to go to see someone (visited
the dentist; visit the sick); to ask for a visit (Psalms
106:4 "Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that you bear unto your
people. Visit me with your salvation." James
1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction...")
intransitive
verb use.to
visit is to draw near to someone
for the purpose usually of conferring
a favor; to make a visit; to converse
or chat (stay and visit with me for
awhile
visit.noun,.plural.visits
the act
or an instance of visiting a
person, place or thing; a stay or sojourn
as a guest
visitation.noun,.plural.visitations
the act or an instance of
visiting or an instance of being visited
visitational.adjective
vernal.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.occurring
in the spring of the year; characteristic
of or resembling spring; fresh
and young; youthful (though she was beginning to show her age, she had
a vernal attitude)
vernally.adverb
vinyl.noun,.plural.vinyls
vinyl is a strong plastic
used for making things such as floor coverings and furniture (a modern
vinyl floor covering; a reclining chair upholstered in shiny blue vinyl);
you can use vinyl to refer to records, such as the LP's
of the sixties, which are now coming back, in contrast
to cassettes or compact discs
vinylic.adjective
vitamin.noun,.plural.vitamins
vitamins are substances
that you need in order to remain healthy, which are found in food or can
be eaten in the form of pills; being
in the sunshine, butter and fish are all good sources of vitamin
D; any of various fat soluble
or water soluble organic substances
essential
in minute amounts for normal growth
and activity of the body and obtained.naturally
when unprocessed, from plant
and animal foods
vitaminic.adjective
vase.noun,.plural.vases
an open container,
as of glass or porcelain, used
for holding flowers or for ornamentation
vat.noun,.plural.vats
a large vessel,
such as a tub, cistern or barrel,
used to hold or store liquids
vat,
vatted,
vatting,
vats.transitive
verbs
to put into or treat in
a vat (the trucks pick up used cooking oil and grease from restaurtants
and recycle it)
vicegerent.noun,.plural.vicegerents
a person appointed by a
ruler or head of state to act as an administrative.deputy;
a vice regent
vicegeral.adjective
vice regent.noun,.plural.vice
regents
one who acts as a regent's
deputy
vice-regency.noun,.plural.vice-regencies
veal.noun.also.vealer
the meat of a calf; a calf
raised to be slaughtered for
food
vane.noun,.plural.vanes
a weathervane; any of several
usually relatively thin, rigid, flat or sometimes curved surfaces radially
mounted along an axis, as a blade
in a turbine or a sail on a windmill,
that is turned by or used to turn a fluid; the flattened, weblike part
of a feather, consisting of a series of barbson
either side of the shaft
velar.adjective
of.or.relating.to
a velum; concerning or using the soft palate;
in linguistics, they
say it's articulated with
the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (g) in good
and (k) in cup
velar.noun
a velar sound
velum.noun,.plural.vela
in biology,
a covering or partition
of thin membranous.tissue,
such as the veil of a mushroom or a membrane of the brain; in anatomy,
the soft palate
vagabond.noun,.plural.vagabonds
an individual without a
permanent home who moves from place to place; a vagrant;
a
tramp; a wanderer;
a rover
vagabond.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.characteristic
of a wanderer; nomadic
vagabond,
vagabonded,
vagabonding,
vagabonds.intransitive
verbs
to lead the life of a vagabond;
roam
about
vagabondage.noun,.plural.vagabondages
vagabondism.noun,.plural.vagabondisms
vagrant.noun,.plural.vagrants
one who wanders from place
to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood;
a wanderer; a rover; one who lives on the streets and constitutes
a public nuisance
vagrant.adjective
wandering from place to
place lacking.permanency;
dwelling; wayward
vagrantly.adverb
vagrancy.noun,.plural.vagrancies
the state
of being a vagrant; the conduct or mode
of existence of a vagrant
Vatican.noun
the papal
government residing within walls of their Vatican City in Italy, the world's
smallest fully independent nation-state; the papacy;
the word Vatican comes from Latin
'vaticanus' meaning 'Divine Serpent', from 'vatis' meaning 'diviner' and
'can' meaning 'serpent'
vaticination.noun,.plural.vaticinations
the act of prophesying;
a prediction; a prophecy
vegetation.noun,.plural.vegetations
the act or process of vegetating;
the plants of an area or a region;
plant life (the vegetation is lush
on the Hawaiian Islands
vegetational.adjective
vegetate,
vegetated,
vegetating,
vegetates.intransitive
verbs
to grow or sprout
as a plant does; to exist in a state
of physical or mental inactivity
or insensibility (went to
dad's place in the country to vegetate for awhile)
vegetative.also.vegetive.adjective
of, relating to or characteristic
of plants or their growth; of, relating to or capable
of growth
vegetarian.noun,.plural.vegetarians
one who practices
vegetarianism; an herbivore
vegetarian.adjective
opf or relating to vegetarianism
or vegetarians; consisting.primarily
or wholly of vegetables and vegetable
products (a vegetarian diet)
vegetarianism.noun
the practice of subsisting
on a diet composed primarily or
wholly of vegetables, grains, fruits, nuts and seeds, with or without eggs
and dairy products and no animal products
vegan.noun,.plural.vegans
a vegetarian
whose diet consists of plant products only; avoids animal products such
as dairy (milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, etc.), eggs, animal meat (such
as chickens, beef, pig and fish); avoids genetically modified products,
processed products, products grown with manmade chemical fertilizers, products
doctored with pesticides or any or many of the other '...cides'
veganism.noun,.plural.veganisms
vegetable.noun,.plural.vegetables
a plant cultivated
for an edible part, such as the
root of the beet, the leaf of spinach or the flower buds of broccoli or
cauliflower; the edible part of such a plant
vegetable.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.derived
from plants or a plant; suggestive
of or resembling a plant
vintage.noun,.plural.vintages
the vintage of a good quality
wine is the year and place that it was made before being stored to improve
it; you can also use vintage to refer to the wine that was made in a certain
year (this wine is from one of the two best vintages of the decade in this
region);
the yield of wine or grapes from
a vineyard or district during one season; wine, usually of high quality,
identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin; the year or place
in which a wine is bottled; the harvesting of a grape crop (vintage time
in the Middle East area of the world has vintage time all year, as the
grapes are grown at different level and ripen accordingly); a year or period
of origin (a car of 1942 vintage); age
vintage.adjective
vintage wine is good quality
wine that has been stored for several years in order to improve its quality,
but very old wine should not be drunk (if you can buy only one case at
auction, it should be vintage port); vintage cars or aeroplanes are old
but are admired because they are considered to be the best of their kind
(the museum will have a permanent exhibition of 60 vintage cars; you can
use vintage to describe something which is the best and most typical of
its kind (Seinfeld is vintage comedy at its best); of or relating to a
vintage; characterized by
excellence,
maturity
and enduring.appeal;
classic;
old or outmoded
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