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Vitascope

A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.

Vitelligenous

Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.

Vitellin

An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form.

Vitelline

Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus.

Vitellogene

A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.

Vitiate

To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.

Vitiation

The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.

Vitiligo

A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.

Vitis

A genus of plants including all true grapevines.

Vitrage

A curtain of light and translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French casement window or a glazed door.

Vitre-o-electic

Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.

Vitrella

One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.

Vitreous

Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.

Vitrescence

The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.

Vitrescent

Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.

Vitric

Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.

Vitrics

The art or study of the manufacture and decoration of glassware.

Vitrifaction

The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified.

Vitrifiable

Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable.

Vitriform

Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.

Vitrify

To become glass; to be converted into glass.

Vitrina

A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.

Vitrine

A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc.

Vitriol

To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.

Vitriolated

Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.

Vitriolic

Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.

Vitriolization

The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation.

Vitriolize

To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.

Vitrite

A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.

Vitro-di-trina

A kind of Venetian glass or glassware in which white threads are embedded in transparent glass with a lacelike or netlike effect.

Vitruvian

Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.

Vitta

One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Vittate

Bearing or containing vittae.

Vituline

Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.

Vituperable

Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.

Vituperate

To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

Vituperation

The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.

Vituperative

Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.

Viva

Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it.

Vivace

Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.

Vivacious

Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.

Vivacity

The quality or state of being vivacious.

Vivandier

In Continental armies, esp. the French, a sutler.

Vivandiere

In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

Vivant

In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.

Vivarium

A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.

Vive

Lively; animated; forcible.

Vivency

Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation.

Viverra

A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.

viverrine

Of or pertaining to the Viverridae, or Civet family.

vives

A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

Vivianite

A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.

vivid

True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.

vividity

The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.

Vivificate

To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.

Vivification

The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.

Vivificative

Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.

Vivify

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

Vivipara

An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

Viviparity

The quality or condition of being viviparous.

Viviparous

Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.

Vivisect

To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Vivisection

The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Vivisectionist

One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.

Vixenish

Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.

Viz

To wit; that is; namely.

Vizier

A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

Vizierate

The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.

Vizierial

Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier.

Vocable

A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.

Vocabulary

A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.

Vocabulist

The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.

Vocal

Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

Vocalic

Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.

Vocalism

The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

Vocalist

A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

Vocality

The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.

Vocalization

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

Vocalize

To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

Vocally

In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.

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