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- English Word Virginity Definition The unmarried life; celibacy.
- English Word Virgo Definition A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
- English Word Virgo Definition A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.
- English Word Virgouleuse Definition An old French variety of pear, of little value.
- English Word Virgularian Definition 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.
- English Word Virgulate Definition Shaped like a little twig or rod.
- English Word Virgule Definition A comma.
- English Word Virial Definition 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.
- English Word Virid Definition Green.
- English Word Viridescence Definition Quality or state of being viridescent.
- English Word Viridescent Definition Slightly green; greenish.
- English Word Viridine Definition 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.
- English Word Viridite Definition A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
- English Word Viridity Definition Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.
- English Word Viridity Definition Freshness; soundness.
- English Word Viridness Definition Viridity; greenness.
- English Word Virile Definition 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.
- English Word Virility Definition The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
- English Word Viripotent Definition Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.
- English Word Virmilion Definition See Vermilion.
- English Word Virole Definition A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
- English Word Viroled Definition 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.
- English Word Virose Definition Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
- English Word Virtu Definition A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
- English Word Virtual Definition Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
- English Word Virtual Definition Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
- English Word Virtuality Definition The quality or state of being virtual.
- English Word Virtuality Definition Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence.
- English Word Virtually Definition In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
- English Word Virtuate Definition To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.