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Vaginate
() Alt. of Vaginated
Vaginated
() Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
Vaginati
() A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Vaginervose
() Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
Vaginicola
() A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
Vaginismus
() A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.
Vaginitis
() Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.
Vaginopennous
() Having elytra; sheath-winged.
Vaginula
() A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
Vaginula
() One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
Vaginule
() A vaginula.
Vagissate
() To caper or frolic.
Vagous
() Wandering; unsettled.
Vagrancy
() The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
Vagrant
() Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
Vagrant
() Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
Vagrant
() One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Vagrantly
() In a vagrant manner.
Vagrantness
() State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
Vague
() Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
Vague
() Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
Vague
() Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
Vague
() An indefinite expanse.
Vague
() To wander; to roam; to stray.
Vague
() A wandering; a vagary.
Vaguely
() In a vague manner.
Vagueness
() The quality or state of being vague.
Vagus
() Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
Vagus
() The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
Vail
() Same as Veil.
Vail
() Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
Vail
() An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
Vail
() Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
Vail
() To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
Vail
() To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
Vail
() To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
Vail
() Submission; decline; descent.
Vailer
() One who vails.
Vaimure
() An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure.
Vain
() Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Vain
() Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Vain
() 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
() Showy; ostentatious.
Vain
() Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
Vainglorious
() Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
Vainglory
() Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Vainly
() In a vain manner; in vain.
Vainness
() The quality or state of being vain.
Vair
() 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
() Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.