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Vomitory
n.
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A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.
Vomiturition
n.
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An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
Vomiturition
n.
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The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort.
Vondsira
n.
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Same as Vansire.
Voodoo
n.
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See Voodooism.
Voodoo
n.
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One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
Voodoo
a.
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Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.
Voodooism
n.
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A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.
Voracious
a.
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Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
Voracity
n.
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The quality of being voracious; voraciousness.
Voraginous
a.
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Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring.
Vortexes
pl.
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of Vortex
Vortices
pl.
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of Vortex
Vortex
n.
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A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
Vortex
n.
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A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
Vortex
n.
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Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
Vortical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
Vorticel
n.
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A vorticella.
Vorticellas
pl.
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of Vorticella
Vorticellae
pl.
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of Vorticella
Vorticella
n.
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Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
Vorticose
a.
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Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion.
Vortiginous
a.
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Moving rapidly round a center; vortical.
Votaress
n.
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A woman who is a votary.
Votarist
n.
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A votary.
Votary
a.
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Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Votaries
pl.
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of Votary
Votary
n.
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One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
Vote
n.
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An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
Vote
n.
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A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.