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- English Word Viscosimeter Definition An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.
- English Word Viscosity Definition The quality or state of being viscous.
- English Word Viscosity Definition A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
- English Word Viscount Definition An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.
- English Word Viscount Definition A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3.
- English Word Viscountcy Definition The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.
- English Word Viscountess Definition The wife of a viscount.
- English Word Viscountship Definition Alt. of Viscounty
- English Word Viscounty Definition The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.
- English Word Viscous Definition Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
- English Word Viscum Definition A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
- English Word Viscum Definition Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.
- English Word Viscus Definition 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.
- English Word Vise Definition An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
- English Word Vise Definition An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
- English Word Vise Definition To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
- English Word Viseed Definition of Vise
- English Word Viseing Definition of Vise
- English Word Vishnu Definition 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.
- English Word Visibility Definition The quality or state of being visible.