Vaishnava () A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

Vaishnavism () The worship of Vishnu.

Vaisya () 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 () See Waywode.

Vakeel () A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.

Valance () Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.

Valance () The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Valanced () of Valance

Valancing () of Valance

Valance () To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

Vale () A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.

Vale () See 2d Vail, 3.

Valediction () A farewell; a bidding farewell.

Valedictorian () 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.

Valedictory () Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

Valedictories () of Valedictory

Valedictory () 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 () 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 () A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.

Valenciennes lace () 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.

Valencies () of Valency

Valency () See Valence.

Valency () A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

Valentia () See Valencia.

Valentine () A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

Valentine () A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.

Valentinian () One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.

Valeramide () The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Valerate () A salt of valeric acid.

Valerian () Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Valerianaceous () Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.

Valerianate () A valerate.

Valerianic () Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.

Valeric () Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.

Valeridine () A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.

Valerin () A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.

Valeritrine () A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.

Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.

Valerone () A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.

Valeryl () The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.

Valerylene () A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine.

Valet () A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.

Valet () A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.

Valetudinarian () Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.

Valetudinarian () A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.

Valetudinarianism () The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.

Valetudinary () Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.

Valetudinary () A valetudinarian.

Valetudinous () Valetudinarian.

Valhalla () The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.

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