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Voluntary
n.
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One who advocates voluntaryism.
Voluntaryism
n.
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The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.
Volunteer
a.
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One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
Volunteer
a.
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One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
Volunteer
a.
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A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.
Volunteer
a.
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Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
Volunteered
imp. & p. p.
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of Volunteer
Volunteering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Volunteer
Volunteer
v. t.
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To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
Volunteer
v. i.
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To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
Voluptuaries
pl.
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of Voluptuary
Voluptuary
n.
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A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
Voluptuary
a.
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Voluptuous; luxurious.
Voluptuous
a.
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Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
Voluptuous
a.
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Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
Volupty
n.
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Voluptuousness.
Volutas
pl.
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of Voluta
Volutae
pl.
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of Voluta
Voluta
n.
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Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
Volutation
n.
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A rolling of a body; a wallowing.
Volute
n.
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
Volute
n.
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A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
Volute
n.
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Any voluta.
Volution
n.
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A spiral turn or wreath.
Volution
n.
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A whorl of a spiral shell.
Volva
n.
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A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
Volvox
n.
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A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
Volvulus
n.
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The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.
Volvulus
n.
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Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.
Volyer
n.
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A lurcher.