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- English Word Villosity Definition A villus.
- English Word Villous Definition Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.
- English Word Villous Definition Furnished or clothed with villi.
- English Word Villus Definition One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.
- English Word Villus Definition Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
- English Word Vim Definition Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
- English Word Vimen Definition A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch.
- English Word Viminal Definition Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
- English Word Vimineous Definition Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
- English Word Vimineous Definition Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.
- English Word Vin ordinaire Definition A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.
- English Word Vinaceous Definition Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.
- English Word Vinaceous Definition Of the color of wine, especially of red wine.
- English Word Vinagrous Definition Resembling vinegar; sour.
- English Word Vinagrous Definition Fig.: Unamiable; morose.
- English Word Vinaigrette Definition A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats.
- English Word Vinaigrette Definition A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.
- English Word Vinaigrette Definition A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.
- English Word Vinasse Definition The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.
- English Word Vinatico Definition Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica.