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
Vaishnava
(n.)
A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his
incarnations.
Vaishnavism
(n.)
The worship of Vishnu.
Vaisya
(n.)
The third of the four great original castes among the
Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile
class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
Vaivode
(n.)
See Waywode.
Vakeel
(n.)
A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.
Valance
(n.)
Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like,
especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the
floor.
Valance
(n.)
The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers
the joint when the lid is closed.
Valance
(v. t.)
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or
drapery.
Valanced
(imp. & p. p.)
of Valance
Valancing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Valance
Vale
(n.)
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
Vale
(n.)
See 2d Vail, 3.
Valediction
(n.)
A farewell; a bidding farewell.
Valedictorian
(n.)
One who pronounces a valedictory address;
especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the
valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually
the student who ranks first in scholarship.
Valedictories
(pl. )
of Valedictory
Valedictory
(a.)
Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion
of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
Valedictory
(n.)
A valedictory oration or address spoken at
commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the
graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
Valence
(n.)
The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as
shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as
chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can
be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of
hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen,
nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and
have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.
Valencia
(n.)
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of
wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in
France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same
person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.