English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Virgularian
(n.)
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.
Virgulate
(a.)
Shaped like a little twig or rod.
Virgule
(n.)
A comma.
Virial
(n.)
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.
Virid
(a.)
Green.
Viridescence
(n.)
Quality or state of being viridescent.
Viridescent
(a.)
Slightly green; greenish.
Viridine
(n.)
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.
Viridite
(n.)
A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous
rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
Viridity
(n.)
Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.
Viridity
(n.)
Freshness; soundness.
Viridness
(n.)
Viridity; greenness.
Virile
(a.)
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.
Virility
(n.)
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood;
manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Viripotent
(a.)
Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget;
marriageable.
Virmilion
(n.)
See Vermilion.
Virole
(n.)
A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
Viroled
(a.)
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.
Virose
(a.)
Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
Virtu
(n.)
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.