Viced (imp. & p. p.) of Vice
Vicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vice
Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
Vice (prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
Vice (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
Viced (a.) Vicious; corrupt.
Vicegerency (n.) The office of a vicegerent.
Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
Vicegerent (n.) An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar.
Vicemen (pl. ) of Viceman
Viceman (n.) A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
Vicenary (a.) Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.
Vicennial (a.) Lasting or comprising twenty years.
Vicennial (a.) Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.
Vice-regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty.
Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
Viceroyalty (n.) The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.
Viceroyship (n.) Viceroyalty.
Vicety (n.) Fault; defect; coarseness.
Vichy water () A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.
Viciate (v. t.) See Vitiate.
Viinage (n.) The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage.
Vicinal (a.) Near; vicine.
Vicine (a.) Near; neighboring; vicinal.
Vicine (n.) An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
Vicinity (n.) The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
Vicinity (n.) That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
Viciosity (n.) Vitiosity.
Vicious (a.) Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
Vicious (a.) Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.
Vicious (a.) Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
Vicious (a.) Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
Vicious (a.) Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
Vicious (a.) Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
Vicissitude (n.) Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
Vicissitude (n.) Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
Vicissitudinary (a.) Subject to vicissitudes.
Vicissitudinous (a.) Full of, or subject to, changes.
Vicissy duck () A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated.
Vicontiel (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.
Vicontiels (n. pl.) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
Vicount (n.) See Viscount.
Victim (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
Victim (n.) A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.
Victim (n.) A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
Victim (n.) Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
Victimate (v. t.) To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate.
Victimized (imp. & p. p.) of Victimize
Victimizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victimize
Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of.
Victor (n.) A destroyer.
Victor (a.) Victorious.
Victoress (n.) A victress.
Victoria (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
Victoria (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
Victoria (n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.
Victorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.
Victorine (n.) A woman's fur tippet.
Victorious (a.) Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.
Victories (pl. ) of Victory
Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
Victress (n.) A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.
Victrice (n.) A victress.
Victrix (n.) Victress.
Victual (n.) Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.
Victual (n.) Grain of any kind.
Victualed (imp. & p. p.) of Victual
Victualled () of Victual
Victualing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victual
Victualling () of Victual
Victual (v. t.) To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
Victualage (n.) Victuals; food.
Victualer (n.) One who furnishes victuals.
Victualer (n.) One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.
Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.
Victualer (n.) One who deals in grain; a corn factor.
Victualing (a.) Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship.
Victuals (n. pl.) Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
Victus (n.) Food; diet.
Vicu–a (n.) Alt. of Vicugna
Vicugna (n.) A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
Vida finch () The whidah bird.
Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.
Vide () imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.
Videlicet (adv.) To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
Vidette (n.) Same Vedette.
Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.
Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.
Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.
Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
Viduity (n.) Widowhood.
Vied (imp. & p. p.) of Vie
Vying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vie
Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
Vie (v. t.) To stake; to wager.
Vie (v. t.) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.