A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin.

The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass.

Violent.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts.

A trade name for rofecoxib.

See Viperoidea.

Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.

Somewhat like a viper; viperous.

Like or pertaining to the vipers.

A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.

Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue.

Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.

The qualities or characteristics of a virago.

A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.

An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton.

An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.

Green; not withered.

Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.

Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenn/.

A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.

Striped; streaked.

A wand. See Verge.

See Verger.

Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil.

To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.

To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.

Virginity; maidenhood.

One of the States of the United States of America. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.

The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.

A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs. A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.

An old French variety of pear, of little value.

Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.

Shaped like a little twig or rod.

A comma.

A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics.

Green.

Quality or state of being viridescent.

Slightly green; greenish.

A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine.

A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.

Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.

Viridity; greenness.

Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.

The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.

Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.

See Vermilion.

A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.

Furnished with a virole or viroles; -- said of a horn or a bugle when the rings are of different tincture from the rest of the horn.

Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.

A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.

The quality or state of being virtual.

In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.

To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.

The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or aesthetic cultivation takes the place of religious character; sentimentalism.

One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.

Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.

Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.

Made virulent; poisoned.

In a virulent manner.

Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.

Force; power.

Face to face.

To indorse, after examination, with the word vis/, as a passport; to vis/.

A credit card issued with the Trade Name /Visa/ on it; as, he charged the dinner to his Visa. Visa is a competitor of Master Card, Discover, MBNA, and American Express, and other credit card companies.

To face.

Having a visage.

To mask.

A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet.

A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.

pl. of Viscus.

Of, pertaining to, or affecting the viscera; splanchnic.

To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles.

Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.

The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.

A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.

Somewhat viscous. Cf. Mobile, a., 2.

An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.

The quality or state of being viscous.

An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.

The wife of a viscount.

The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.

A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.

One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.

To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.

A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

The quality or state of being visible.

Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.

One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth.

To see in a vision; to dream.

Of or pertaining to a vision.

The quality or state of being visionary.

One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.

Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions.

A visionary.

Destitute of vision; sightless.

The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.

Liable or subject to be visited or inspected.

Visiting.

The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial.

A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.

A visitor.

a. vb. n. from Visit.

Same as Visitatorial.

Of or pertaining to the sight; visual.

Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue.

Face; countenance.

The mink.

A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

Wearing a visor; masked.

A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.