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
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Vapory
(a.)
Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
Vapulation
(n.)
The act of beating or whipping.
Vaquero
(n.)
One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.
Vara
(n.)
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara
now in use equals 33.385 inches.
Varan
(n.)
The monitor. See Monitor, 3.
Varangian
(n.)
One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in
the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date,
the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
Varanus
(n.)
A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa.
It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.
Vare
(n.)
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
Vare
(n.)
A weasel.
Varec
(n.)
The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the
manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
Vari
(n.)
The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long
tail is annulated with black and white.
Variability
(n.)
The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
Variability
(n.)
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal
and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in
their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of
structure or function.
Variable
(a.)
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a
variable quantity.
Variable
(a.)
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable;
passions are variable.
Variable
(n.)
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject
to change.
Variable
(n.)
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity
which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a
variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are
variables.
Variable
(n.)
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variable
(n.)
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not
expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Variableness
(n.)
The quality or state of being variable; variability.