Name Report For First Name VARE:
VARE
First name VARE's origin is Other. VARE means "from the fortress". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with VARE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of vare.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with VARE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with VARE - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming VARE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES VARE AS A WHOLE:
vared vareck varekNAMES RHYMING WITH VARE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (are) - Names That Ends with are:
amare cesare baldassare andsware clare ettare kesare mare adare are gare kildare ware caesare trillare hare delmareRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (re) - Names That Ends with re:
ebiere balere deirdre hannelore aure kore magaere pleasure terpsichore nyasore zere alexandre bedivere bellangere brangore saffire elidure moore gaothaire giollamhuire isidore macaire imre gilmore petre aedre aefre allaire amalure andere asthore audre aurore azzure baibre blaire ceire chere claire conchobarre dechtire dedre deidre desire desyre diandre diedre dierdre dore eastre eleonore eostre genevre guenevere guinevere gwenevere hilaire honore idurre izarre laire legarre lenore lore maire muire niaire pipere quinevere richere sapphire valere aegelmaere aethelmaere aghamore ainmire alistaire alixandre andre archere atmore attmore aundreNAMES RHYMING WITH VARE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (var) - Names That Begins with var:
var vara varaza varda vardan varden vardit vardon vargovic varik varney vartan vartoughi varunani varvara varykRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (va) - Names That Begins with va:
vac vach vachel vaden vadit vafara vail vaino vaiveahtoish val valara valborga valdemar valdemarr valdeze vale valen valencia valentin valentina valentine valentino valeraine valerica valerie valeriu vali valiant valicia valkoinen vallen vallis vallois van vance vanda vande vandenberg vanderbilt vanderpool vanderveer vandyke vanesa vanessa vania vanko vanna vannes vanny vappu vasek vasile vasileios vasilis vasos vasudev vaughan vaughn vavara vayleNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH VARE:
First Names which starts with 'v' and ends with 'e':
vedette velouette verbrugge verene verge verne veronique vibeke vicente victorine vidette vignette viheke villette vince vincente vincze vinnie vinsone viollette viviane vivianne vivienne vohkinne volante voshkie vrommeEnglish Words Rhyming VARE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES VARE AS A WHOLE:
| lavaret | noun (n.) A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. |
| vare | noun (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice. |
| noun (n.) A weasel. |
| varec | noun (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH VARE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (are) - English Words That Ends with are:
| are | noun (n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards. |
| () The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as. |
| aware | adjective (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. |
| adjective (a.) Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs. |
| bare | noun (n.) Surface; body; substance. |
| noun (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. | |
| adjective (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. | |
| adjective (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded. | |
| adjective (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. | |
| adjective (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. | |
| adjective (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. | |
| adjective (a.) Threadbare; much worn. | |
| adjective (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. | |
| adjective (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. | |
| () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v. | |
| () of Bear |
| bismare | noun (n.) Alt. of Bismer |
| blare | noun (n.) The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing. |
| verb (v. i.) To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly. |
| capsquare | noun (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place. |
| care | noun (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. |
| noun (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. | |
| noun (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. | |
| noun (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety. | |
| noun (n.) To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure. |
| caviare | noun (n.) Alt. of Caviar |
| centare | noun (n.) A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards. |
| centiare | noun (n.) See centare. |
| chare | noun (n.) A narrow street. |
| noun (n. & v.) A chore; to chore; to do. See Char. | |
| verb (v. t.) To perform; to do; to finish. | |
| verb (v. t.) To work or hew, as stone. | |
| verb (v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs. |
| clare | noun (n.) A nun of the order of St. Clare. |
| cochleare | noun (n.) A spoon. |
| noun (n.) A spoonful. |
| cogware | noun (n.) A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. |
| compare | noun (n.) Comparison. |
| noun (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile. | |
| verb (v. t.) To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. | |
| verb (v. t.) To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. | |
| verb (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier. | |
| verb (v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality. | |
| verb (v. t.) To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire |
| cotgare | noun (n.) Refuse wool. |
| crackleware | noun (n.) See Crackle, n., 3. |
| crare | noun (n.) A slow unwieldy trading vessel. |
| curare | noun (n.) Alt. of Curari |
| dare | noun (n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. |
| noun (n.) Defiance; challenge. | |
| noun (n.) A small fish; the dace. | |
| verb (v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. | |
| verb (v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. | |
| verb (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid. | |
| verb (v. t.) To terrify; to daunt. |
| daymare | noun (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. |
| delaware | noun (n.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor. |
| delftware | noun (n.) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence: |
| noun (n.) Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like. |
| deciare | noun (n.) A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters. |
| earthenware | noun (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain. |
| eelfare | noun (n.) A brood of eels. |
| fanfare | noun (n.) A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. |
| fare | noun (n.) To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. |
| noun (n.) To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill. | |
| noun (n.) To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. | |
| noun (n.) To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. | |
| noun (n.) To behave; to conduct one's self. | |
| verb (v.) A journey; a passage. | |
| verb (v.) The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway. | |
| verb (v.) Ado; bustle; business. | |
| verb (v.) Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. | |
| verb (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. | |
| verb (v.) The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. | |
| verb (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. |
| felltare | noun (n.) The fieldfare. |
| fibulare | noun (n.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals. |
| fieldfare | noun (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare. |
| firebare | noun (n.) A beacon. |
| flare | noun (n.) An unsteady, broad, offensive light. |
| noun (n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace. | |
| noun (n.) Leaf of lard. | |
| noun (n.) A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative. | |
| verb (v. i.) To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be exposed to too much light. | |
| verb (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. |
| flatware | noun (n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware. |
| noun (n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware. |
| flintware | noun (n.) A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely. |
| foursquare | adjective (a.) Having four sides and four equal angles. |
| gare | noun (n.) Coarse wool on the legs of sheep. |
| glare | noun (n.) A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. |
| noun (n.) A fierce, piercing look or stare. | |
| noun (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. | |
| noun (n.) A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. | |
| noun (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shine with a bright, dazzling light. | |
| verb (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. |
| glassware | noun (n.) Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass. |
| hardware | noun (n.) Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery. |
| hare | noun (n.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. |
| noun (n.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. | |
| verb (v. t.) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry. |
| hectare | noun (n.) A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres. |
| hektare | noun (n.) Alt. of Hektometer |
| henware | noun (n.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks. |
| honeyware | noun (n.) See Badderlocks. |
| infare | noun (n.) A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. |
| ironware | noun (n.) Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like. |
| jacare | noun (n.) A cayman. See Yacare. |
| kelpware | noun (n.) Same as Kelp, 2. |
| lare | noun (n.) Lore; learning. |
| noun (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair. | |
| verb (v. t.) To feed; to fatten. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH VARE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (var) - Words That Begins with var:
| vara | noun (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. |
| varan | noun (n.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3. |
| varangian | noun (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 | noun (n.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3. |
| vari | noun (n.) The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. |
| variability | noun (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variableness. |
| noun (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 | noun (n.) That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change. |
| noun (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. | |
| noun (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. | |
| noun (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. | |
| adjective (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable. |
| variableness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variability. |
| variance | noun (n.) The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. |
| noun (n.) Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. | |
| noun (n.) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. |
| variant | noun (n.) Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word. |
| adjective (a.) Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse. | |
| adjective (a.) Changeable; changing; fickle. |
| variation | noun (n.) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language. |
| noun (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. | |
| noun (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity. | |
| noun (n.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. |
| varicella | noun (n.) Chicken pox. |
| varices | noun (n. pl.) See Varix. |
| (pl. ) of Varix |
| variciform | adjective (a.) Resembling a varix. |
| varicocele | noun (n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum. |
| varicose | adjective (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers. |
| adjective (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like. |
| varicosity | noun (n.) The quality or state of being varicose. |
| noun (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers. |
| varicous | adjective (a.) Varicose. |
| varied | adjective (a.) Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Vary |
| variegating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Variegate |
| variegated | adjective (a.) Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Variegate |
| variegation | noun (n.) The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors. |
| varier | noun (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety. |
| varietal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species. |
| varietas | noun (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var. |
| variety | noun (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. |
| noun (n.) That which is various. | |
| noun (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks. | |
| noun (n.) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc. | |
| noun (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species. | |
| noun (n.) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows. |
| variform | adjective (a.) Having different shapes or forms. |
| variformed | adjective (a.) Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform. |
| variola | noun (n.) The smallpox. |
| variolar | adjective (a.) Variolous. |
| variolation | noun (n.) Inoculation with smallpox. |
| variolic | adjective (a.) Variolous. |
| variolite | noun (n.) A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance. |
| variolitic | adjective (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted. |
| adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite. |
| varioloid | adjective (a.) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. |
| adjective (a.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. |
| variolous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic. |
| variorum | adjective (a.) Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book. |
| various | adjective (a.) Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. |
| adjective (a.) Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. | |
| adjective (a.) Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. |
| variscite | noun (n.) An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina. |
| varisse | noun (n.) An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size. |
| noun (n.) An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and often growing to an unsightly size. |
| varix | noun (n.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. |
| noun (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells. |
| vark | noun (n.) The bush hog, or boshvark. |
| varlet | noun (n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. |
| noun (n.) Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. | |
| noun (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. |
| varletry | noun (n.) The rabble; the crowd; the mob. |
| varnish | noun (n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture. |
| noun (n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance. | |
| noun (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss. | |
| noun (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting. | |
| noun (n.) To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt. |
| varnishing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Varnish |
| noun (n.) The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish. |
| varnisher | noun (n.) One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish. |
| noun (n.) One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance. |
| vartabed | noun (n.) A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions. |
| varuna | noun (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water. |
| varvel | noun (n.) In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH VARE:
English Words which starts with 'v' and ends with 'e':
| vaccine | noun (n.) The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination. |
| noun (n.) any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease. |
| vacuole | noun (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. |
| vae | noun (n.) See Voe. |
| vagabondage | noun (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy. |
| vaginate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Vaginated |
| vaginervose | adjective (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder. |
| vaginule | noun (n.) A vaginula. |
| vague | noun (n.) An indefinite expanse. |
| noun (n.) A wandering; a vagary. | |
| verb (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. | |
| verb (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. | |
| verb (v. i.) Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. | |
| verb (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray. |
| vaimure | noun (n.) An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure. |
| vaivode | noun (n.) See Waywode. |
| valance | noun (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. |
| noun (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. |
| vale | noun (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. |
| noun (n.) See 2d Vail, 3. |
| valence | noun (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. |
| valentine | noun (n.) A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day. |
| noun (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day. |
| valeramide | noun (n.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. |
| valerate | noun (n.) A salt of valeric acid. |
| valerianate | noun (n.) A valerate. |
| valeridine | noun (n.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids. |
| valeritrine | noun (n.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles. |
| valerone | noun (n.) A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid. |
| valerylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine. |
| valiance | noun (n.) Alt. of Valiancy |
| valise | noun (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau. |
| valuable | noun (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural. |
| adjective (a.) Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo. | |
| adjective (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion. |
| value | noun (n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance. |
| noun (n.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything. | |
| noun (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument | |
| noun (n.) Esteem; regard. | |
| noun (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]. | |
| noun (n.) In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained. | |
| noun (n.) Valor. | |
| noun (n.) That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity. | |
| noun (n.) Degree of lightness as conditioned by the presence of white or pale color, or their opposites. | |
| noun (n.) Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument. | |
| noun (n.) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls. | |
| verb (v. t.) To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues. | |
| verb (v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value. |
| valure | noun (n.) Value. |
| valvate | adjective (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular. |
| adjective (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation. | |
| adjective (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers. |
| valve | noun (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door. |
| noun (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. | |
| noun (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves. | |
| noun (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. | |
| noun (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. | |
| noun (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. | |
| noun (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
| valvule | noun (n.) A little valve; a valvelet. |
| noun (n.) A small valvelike process. |
| valylene | noun (n.) A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree. It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds. It has a garlic odor. |
| vambrace | noun (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. |
| vampire | noun (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker. | |
| noun (n.) Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored. | |
| noun (n.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire. |
| vamplate | noun (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand. |
| vamure | noun (n.) See Vauntmure. |
| vanadate | noun (n.) A salt of vanadic acid. |
| vanadinite | noun (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride. |
| vanadite | noun (n.) A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite. |
| vandyke | noun (n.) A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. | |
| verb (v. t.) fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. |
| vane | noun (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely. |
| noun (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together. | |
| noun (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc. |
| vanillate | noun (n.) A salt of vanillic acid. |
| vaniloquence | noun (n.) Vain or foolish talk. |
| vanquishable | adjective (a.) That may be vanquished. |
| vansire | noun (n.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon. |
| vantage | noun (n.) superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. |
| noun (n.) The first point after deuce. | |
| verb (v. t.) To profit; to aid. |
| vantbrace | noun (n.) Alt. of Vantbrass |
| vaporable | adjective (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable. |
| vaporizable | adjective (a.) Capable of being vaporized into vapor. |
| vaporose | adjective (a.) Full of vapor; vaporous. |
| vasculose | noun (n.) One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media. |
| vase | noun (n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland. |
| noun (n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche. | |
| noun (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum. | |
| noun (n.) The calyx of a plant. |
| vaseline | noun (n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum. |
| vasodentine | noun (n.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine. |
| vasoformative | adjective (a.) Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells. |
| vassalage | noun (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. |
| noun (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. | |
| noun (n.) A territory held in vassalage. | |
| noun (n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry. | |
| noun (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. |
| vastitude | noun (n.) Vastness; immense extent. |
| noun (n.) Destruction; vastation. |
| vaticide | noun (n.) The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. |
| vaticine | noun (n.) A prediction; a vaticination. |
| vaudeville | noun (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. |
| noun (n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. | |
| noun (n.) Loosely, and now commonly, variety (see above), as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor. |
| vaultage | noun (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. |
| vauntmure | noun (n.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall. |
| vauquelinite | noun (n.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green. |
| vecture | noun (n.) The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. |
| vedette | noun (n.) A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. |
| vegetable | noun (n.) A plant. See Plant. |
| noun (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table. | |
| verb (v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. | |
| verb (v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom. | |
| verb (v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds. | |
| verb (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division. |
| vegetative | adjective (a.) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. |
| adjective (a.) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil. | |
| adjective (a.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal. |
| vegete | adjective (a.) Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. |
| vegetive | noun (n.) A vegetable. |
| adjective (a.) Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life. |
| vehemence | noun (n.) The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence. |
| noun (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions. |
| vehicle | noun (n.) That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land. |
| noun (n.) That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. | |
| noun (n.) A substance in which medicine is taken. | |
| noun (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. | |
| noun (n.) A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography. |
| veinstone | noun (n.) The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff. |
| noun (n.) Valueless material surrounding the ore in a lode; gangue; matrix. |
| velate | adjective (a.) Having a veil; veiled. |
| vele | noun (n.) A veil. |
| vellicative | adjective (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication. |
| velocipede | noun (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle. |
| veltfare | noun (n.) The fieldfare. |
| velure | noun (n.) Velvet. |
| vendace | noun (n.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis. |
| vendee | noun (n.) The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor. |
| vendemiaire | noun (n.) The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. |
| vendible | noun (n.) Something to be sold, or offered for sale. |
| adjective (a.) Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable. |
| vendue | noun (n.) A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction. |
| venefice | noun (n.) The act or practice of poisoning. |
| venenate | adjective (a.) Poisoned. |
| verb (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison. |
| venene | adjective (a.) Poisonous; venomous. |
| venenose | adjective (a.) Poisonous. |
| venerable | adjective (a.) Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent. |
| adjective (a.) Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church. |
| vengeable | adjective (a.) Revengeful; deserving revenge. |
| vengeance | noun (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge. |
| noun (n.) Harm; mischief. |
| veniable | adjective (a.) Venial; pardonable. |
| venite | noun (n.) The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm. |
| venose | adjective (a.) Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond. |
| ventage | noun (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent. |
| venthole | noun (n.) A touchhole; a vent. |
| ventilative | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus. |
| ventose | noun (n.) A ventouse. |
| adjective (a.) Windy; flatulent. | |
| adjective (a.) The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend/miaire. |
| ventouse | noun (n.) A cupping glass. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To cup; to use a cupping glass. |
| ventricle | noun (n.) A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart. |
| noun (n.) The stomach. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating. |
| ventricose | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ventricous |
| ventriculite | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period. |
| venture | noun (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation. |
| noun (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. | |
| noun (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances. | |
| verb (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies. | |
| verb (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust. |
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