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- English Word Voidness Definition The quality or state of being void; /mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.
- English Word Voir dire Definition An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence.
- English Word Voiture Definition A carriage.
- English Word Voivode Definition See Waywode.
- English Word Vol-au-vent Definition A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.
- English Word Volacious Definition Apt or fit to fly.
- English Word Volador Definition A flying fish of California (Exoc/tus Californicus): -- called also volator.
- English Word Volador Definition The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.
- English Word Volage Definition Light; giddy.
- English Word Volant Definition Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.
- English Word Volant Definition Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
- English Word Volant Definition Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant.
- English Word Volante Definition A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
- English Word Volapuk Definition Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.
- English Word Volapukist Definition One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapuk.
- English Word Volar Definition Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- English Word Volary Definition See Volery.
- English Word Volatile Definition Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
- English Word Volatile Definition Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
- English Word Volatile Definition Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.