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Valencies
pl.
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of Valency
Valency
n.
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See Valence.
Valency
n.
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A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
Valentia
n.
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See Valencia.
Valentine
n.
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A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentine
n.
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A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentinian
n.
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One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
Valeramide
n.
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The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Valerate
n.
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A salt of valeric acid.
Valerian
n.
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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
a.
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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
n.
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A valerate.
Valerianic
a.
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Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
Valeric
a.
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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
n.
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A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.
Valerin
n.
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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
n.
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A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.
Valero-
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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
n.
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A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.
Valeryl
n.
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The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.
Valerylene
n.
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A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine.
Valet
n.
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A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
Valet
n.
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A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
Valetudinarian
a.
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Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
Valetudinarian
n.
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A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
Valetudinarianism
n.
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The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
Valetudinary
a.
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Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.
Valetudinary
n.
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A valetudinarian.
Valetudinous
a.
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Valetudinarian.
Valhalla
n.
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The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.