vinery | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vineyard |
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viscometry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscosimetry |
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viscosimetry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscometry |
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visionary | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: illusionist, seer |
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(noun) a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible | - |
vocabulary | (noun) a language user's knowledge of words | Synonyms: lexicon, mental lexicon |
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(noun) the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts) | - |
(noun) a listing of the words used in some enterprise | - |
volary | (noun) a building where birds are kept | Synonyms: aviary, bird sanctuary |
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voluntary | (noun) composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance | - |
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(noun) (military) a person who freely enlists for service | Synonyms: military volunteer, volunteer |
voluptuary | (noun) a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses | Synonyms: sybarite |
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vomitory | (noun) an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium | - |
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votary | (noun) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service | - |
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(noun) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult | - |
(noun) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity | - |
waggery | (noun) a quaint and amusing jest | Synonyms: drollery |
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(noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggishness |
waxberry | (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: bayberry, candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry |
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(noun) deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries | Synonyms: common snowberry, snowberry, Symphoricarpos alba |
weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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wherry | (noun) light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors | - |
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(noun) sailing barge used especially in East Anglia | Synonyms: Norfolk wherry |
whinberry | (noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | Synonyms: bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whortleberry |
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whortleberry | (noun) blue-black berries similar to American blueberries | Synonyms: bilberry, European blueberry |
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(noun) erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | Synonyms: bilberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus, whinberry |
wineberry | (noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits | Synonyms: Rubus phoenicolasius |
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(noun) graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine | Synonyms: Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, makomako, New Zealand wine berry |
winery | (noun) an establishment where wine is made | Synonyms: wine maker |
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winterberry | (noun) deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | Synonyms: bearberry, Ilex decidua, possum haw |
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witchery | (noun) the art of sorcery | Synonyms: witchcraft |
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wizardry | (noun) exceptional creative ability | Synonyms: genius |
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wonderberry | (noun) improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries | Synonyms: garden huckleberry, Solanum burbankii, Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum nigrum guineese, sunberry |
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worry | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, headache, vexation |
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(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety | Synonyms: trouble |
yeomanry | (noun) class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land | - |
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(noun) a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army | - |
zealotry | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, fanatism |
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zoolatry | (noun) the worship of animals | Synonyms: animal-worship |
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