Dictionary
Found: 1,810 words.
Vespers
2 defs
One of the little hours of the Breviary.
A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.
A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.
Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.
Vespertine.
Vespertine
2 defs
Blossoming in the evening.
A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.
One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
of Vespillo
Vessel
6 defs
A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, ring...
As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
of Vesselful
Alt. of Vessets
A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.
Alt. of Vessignon
A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Vest
9 defs
An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
Vesta
3 defs
A wax friction match.
Vestal
3 defs
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
Vested
3 defs
Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
Vestiary
2 defs
A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.
of Vestibulum
Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
To investigate.
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer ...
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
Vesting
2 defs
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
In vestiture.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around...
Vestment
2 defs
A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress
of Vestry
Vestry
3 defs
A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.
of Vestryman
Vesture
3 defs
A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
Vesuvian
2 defs
Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesi...
A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.
Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
Vetchy
2 defs
Abounding with vetches.
Veteran
2 defs
Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
To reenlist for service as a soldier.
One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.