英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Vacillatory
(a.)
Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.
Vacua
(pl. )
of Vacuum
Vacuate
(v. t.)
To make void, or empty.
Vacuation
(n.)
The act of emptying; evacuation.
Vacuist
(n.)
One who holds the doctrine that the space between the
bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a
vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.
Vacuity
(n.)
The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled;
emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
Vacuity
(n.)
Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an
invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
Vacuity
(n.)
Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
Vacuna
(n.)
The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen
sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by
the Sabines.
Vacuolated
(a.)
Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated
cells.
Vacuolation
(n.)
Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
Vacuole
(n.)
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of
organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or
some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.
Vacuous
(a.)
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
Vacuousness
(n.)
The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness;
vacuity.
Vacuum
(n.)
A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of
distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space,
as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high
or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as,
water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.
Vacuum
(n.)
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure
below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam
engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum
of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
Vacuums
(pl. )
of Vacuum
Vadantes
(n. pl.)
An extensive artificial group of birds including the
wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
Vade
(v. i.)
To fade; hence, to vanish.
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a
constant companion; a manual; a handbook.