Webster's Dictionary 1913

1783

Vomition

Vo‐mi″tion (?), n. [L. vomitio.] The act or power of vomiting. Grew.

1784

Vomitive

Vom″i‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. vomitif.] Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

1785

Vomito

‖Vo‐mi″to (?), n. [Sp. vómito, fr. L. vomitus. See Vomit, n.] (Med.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit.

1786

Vomitory

Vom″i‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. vomitorious.] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.

1787

Vomitory (2)

Vom″i‐to‐ry, n.; pl.Vomitories (�). 1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.Sixty-four vomi...

1788

Vomiturition

Vom′i‐tu‐ri″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vomiturition.] (Med.) (a) An ineffectual attempt to vomit. (b) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with lit...

1789

Vondsira

Vond‐si″ra (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Vansire.

1790

Voodoo

Voo″doo (?), n. 1. See Voodooism.2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

1791

Voodoo (2)

Voo″doo, a. Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.

1792

Voodooism

Voo″doo‐ism (?), n. [Probably (through Creole French vaudoux a negro sorcerer) fr. F. Vaudois Waldensian, because the Waldenses were accused of sorcery.] A degraded form of supe...

1793

Voortreker

‖Voor″trek′er (?), n. One who treks before or first; a pioneer.

1794

Voracious

Vo‐ra″cious (?), a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. � meat, food, � to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. Devour.] Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swall...

1795

Voracity

Vo‐rac″i‐ty (?), n. [L. voracitas: cf. F. voracité.] The quality of being voracious; voraciousness.

1796

Voraginous

Vo‐rag″i‐nous (?), a. [L. voraginosus, fr. vorago an abyss, fr. vorare to swallow up.] Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring. Mallet.

1797

Vortex

Vor″tex (?), n.; pl. E. Vortexes (#), L. Vortices (#). [L. vortex, vertex, -icis, fr. vortere, vertere, to turn. See Vertex.]1. A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a...

1798

Vortex filament

Vor″tex fil″a‐ment. A vortex tube of infinitesimal cross section.

1799

Vortex fringe

Vor″tex fringe. The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwise through air; — so called because the air has a cyclic motion as in vortex ring.

1800

Vortex line

Vortex line. A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every point is the instantaneous axis of rotation as that point of the fluid.

1801

Vortex ring

Vortex ring. (Physics) A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axis disposed in circular form, attains a more or less distinct se...

1802

Vortex theory

Vortex theory. (Chem. & Physics) The theory, advanced by Thomson (Lord Kelvin) on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masse...

1803

Vortex tube

Vortex tube. (Physics) An imaginary tube within a rotating fluid, formed by drawing the vortex lines through all points of a closed curve.

1804

Vortical

Vor″ti‐cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion. — Vor″ti‐cal‐ly, adv.

1805

Vorticel

Vor″ti‐cel (?), n. [Cf. F. vorticelle. See Vortex.] (Zoöl.) A vorticella.

1806

Vorticella

Vor′ti‐cel″la (?), n.; pl. E. Vorticellas (�), L. Vorticellæ (�). [NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See Vortex.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to V...

1807

Vorticose

Vor″ti‐cose′ (?), a. [L. vorticosus.] Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion.

1808

Vortiginous

Vor‐tig″i‐nous (?), a. [Cf. Vertiginous.] Moving rapidly round a center; vortical. Cowper.

1809

Votaress

Vo″ta‐ress (?), n. [See Votary, n.] A woman who is a votary. Shak.