Vanillin () A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.

Vanilloes () An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.

Vanillyl () The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.

Vaniloquence () Vain or foolish talk.

Vanished () of Vanish

Vanishing () of Vanish

Vanish () To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.

Vanish () To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.

Vanish () The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.

Vanishing () a. & n. from Vanish, v.

Vanishment () A vanishing.

Vanities () of Vanity

Vanity () The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

Vanity () An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.

Vanity () That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Vanity () One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.

Vanjas () The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.

Vanner () A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.

Vanner hawk () The kestrel.

Vanning () A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.

Vanquished () of Vanquish

Vanquishing () of Vanquish

Vanquish () To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

Vanquish () Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.

Vanquish () A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

Vanquishable () That may be vanquished.

Vanquisher () One who, or that which, vanquishes.

Vanquishment () The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished.

Vansire () 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.

Vant () See Vaunt.

Vantage () superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

Vantage () The first point after deuce.

Vantage () To profit; to aid.

Vantbrace () Alt. of Vantbrass

Vantbrass () Armor for the arm; vambrace.

Vant-courier () An avant-courier. See Van-courier.

Vanward () Being on, or towards, the van, or front.

Vap () That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.

Vapid () Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.

Vapidity () The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.

Vapor () Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

Vapor () In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

Vapor () Wind; flatulence.

Vapor () Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

Vapor () An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

Vapor () A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.

Vapored () of Vapor

Vaporing () of Vapor

Vapor () To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.

Vapor () To emit vapor or fumes.

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