| virologist | (noun) a specialist in virology | - |
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| virology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases | - |
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| virtu | (noun) objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques) | - |
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| (noun) artistic quality | Synonyms: vertu |
| (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: connoisseurship, vertu |
| virtual | (adjective) existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact | - |
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| (adjective) being actually such in almost every respect | Synonyms: practical |
| virtually | (adverb) in essence or effect but not in fact | - |
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| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, well-nigh |
| virtue | (noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong | Synonyms: moral excellence, virtuousness |
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| (noun) morality with respect to sexual relations | Synonyms: chastity, sexual morality |
| (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: merit |
| (noun) a particular moral excellence | - |
| virtuosity | (noun) technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso | - |
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| virtuoso | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, masterly |
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| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (noun) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry | - |
| virtuous | (adjective) morally excellent | - |
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| (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal |
| virtuously | (adverb) in a chaste and virtuous manner | Synonyms: chastely |
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| (adverb) in a moral manner | Synonyms: morally |
| virtuousness | (noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong | Synonyms: moral excellence, virtue |
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| virucidal | (adjective) tending to destroy viruses | Synonyms: viricidal |
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| virucide | (noun) an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses | Synonyms: viricide |
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| virulence | (noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) | Synonyms: virulency |
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| (noun) extreme hostility | Synonyms: virulency |
| virulency | (noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) | Synonyms: virulence |
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| (noun) extreme hostility | Synonyms: virulence |
| virulent | (adjective) infectious; having the ability to cause disease | - |
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| (adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom | Synonyms: deadly, venomous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, vitriolic |
| virulently | (adverb) in a virulent manner | - |
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| virus | (noun) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein | - |
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| (noun) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | Synonyms: computer virus |
| (noun) a harmful or corrupting agency | - |
| virusoid | (noun) the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat | Synonyms: viroid |
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| visa | (noun) an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it | - |
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| (verb) provide (a passport) with a visa | - |
| (verb) approve officially | - |
| visage | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face | Synonyms: countenance |
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| (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler |
| visaged | (adjective) having a face or visage as specified | - |
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| viscacha | (noun) gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas | Synonyms: chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus |
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| viscera | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: entrails, innards, insides |
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| visceral | (adjective) relating to or affecting the viscera | Synonyms: splanchnic |
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| (adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | Synonyms: intuitive, nonrational |
| viscerally | (adverb) in the viscera | - |
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| (adverb) in an unreasoning visceral manner | Synonyms: unreasoningly |
| viscid | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscous |
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| viscidity | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidness |
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| viscidly | (adverb) in a sticky viscid manner | Synonyms: stickily |
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| viscidness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity |
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| viscoelastic | (adjective) having viscous as well as elastic properties | - |
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| viscometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity | Synonyms: viscosimeter |
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| viscometric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscosimetric |
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| viscometry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscosimetry |
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| viscose | (noun) a rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers | Synonyms: viscose rayon |
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| (noun) a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda | Synonyms: cellulose xanthate |
| viscosimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity | Synonyms: viscometer |
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| viscosimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscometric |
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| viscosimetry | (noun) the measurement of viscosity | Synonyms: viscometry |
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| viscosity | (noun) resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | Synonyms: viscousness |
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| viscount | (noun) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron | - |
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| (noun) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count | - |
| viscountcy | (noun) the title of a viscount | - |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess | Synonyms: viscounty |
| viscountess | (noun) a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right | - |
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| (noun) a wife or widow of a viscount | - |
| viscounty | (noun) the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess | - |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess | Synonyms: viscountcy |
| viscous | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid |
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| (adjective) having a relatively high resistance to flow | Synonyms: syrupy |
| viscousness | (noun) resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | Synonyms: viscosity |
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| viscus | (noun) a main organ that is situated inside the body | Synonyms: internal organ |
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| vise | (noun) a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place | Synonyms: bench vise, vice |
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| viselike | (adjective) clamped as in a vise | - |
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| visibility | (noun) quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye | Synonyms: visibleness |
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| (noun) capability of providing a clear unobstructed view | - |
| (noun) degree of exposure to public notice | Synonyms: profile |
| visible | (adjective) capable of being seen; or open to easy view | Synonyms: seeable |
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| (adjective) present and easily available | - |
| (adjective) obvious to the eye | - |
| visibleness | (noun) quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye | Synonyms: visibility |
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| visibly | (adverb) in a visible manner | - |
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| (adverb) so as to be visible | - |
| vision | (noun) the ability to see; the visual faculty | Synonyms: sight, visual modality, visual sense |
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| (noun) the perceptual experience of seeing | Synonyms: visual sensation |
| (noun) a vivid mental image | - |
| (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imagination, imaginativeness |
| (noun) a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance | - |
| visionariness | (noun) The state or condition of being imaginary or illusory. | - |
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| visionary | (adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: airy, impractical, Laputan, windy |
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| (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: illusionist, seer |
| (noun) a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible | - |
| visit | (noun) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity | - |
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| (noun) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) | - |
| (noun) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time | - |
| (noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | Synonyms: sojourn |
| (noun) a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice | - |
| (verb) assail | - |
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze |
| (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, impose, inflict |
| (verb) go to certain places as for sightseeing | Synonyms: travel to |
| (verb) come to see in an official or professional capacity | Synonyms: inspect |
| (verb) pay a brief visit | Synonyms: call, call in |
| (verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment | Synonyms: see |
| (verb) stay with as a guest | - |
| visitant | (noun) someone who visits | Synonyms: visitor |
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| visitation | (noun) an official visit for inspection or supervision | - |
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| (noun) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | Synonyms: trial, tribulation |
| (noun) any disaster or catastrophe | - |
| visiting | (noun) the activity of making visits | - |
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| visitor | (noun) someone who visits | Synonyms: visitant |
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| visor | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, peak, vizor |
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| (noun) a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face | Synonyms: vizor |
| visored | (adjective) having or provided with a visor or a visor of a particular kind | - |
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| vista | (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view |
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| visual | (adjective) relating to or using sight | Synonyms: ocular, optic, optical |
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| (adjective) visible | Synonyms: ocular |
| visualisation | (noun) a mental image that is similar to a visual perception | Synonyms: visual image, visualization |
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| visualise | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualize |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualize |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualize |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualize |
| visualised | (adjective) seen in the mind as a mental image | Synonyms: envisioned, pictured, visualized |
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| visualiser | (noun) one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual | Synonyms: visualizer |
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| visualization | (noun) a mental image that is similar to a visual perception | Synonyms: visual image, visualisation |
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| visualize | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualise |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualise |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualise |
| visualized | (adjective) seen in the mind as a mental image | Synonyms: envisioned, pictured, visualised |
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| visualizer | (noun) one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual | Synonyms: visualiser |
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| visually | (adverb) with respect to vision | - |
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| vital | (adjective) manifesting or characteristic of life | - |
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| (adjective) full of spirit; full of life | Synonyms: lively |
| (adjective) performing an essential function in the living body | Synonyms: life-sustaining |
| (adjective) urgently needed; absolutely necessary | Synonyms: critical |
| vitalisation | (noun) the state of being vitalized and filled with life | Synonyms: vitalization |
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| vitalise | (verb) make more lively or vigorous | Synonyms: vitalize |
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| (verb) give life to | Synonyms: vitalize |
| vitaliser | (noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energiser, energizer, vitalizer |
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| vitalism | (noun) (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry | - |
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| vitalist | (noun) one who believes in vitalism | - |
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| vitality | (noun) the property of being able to survive and grow | Synonyms: animation |
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| (noun) an energetic style | Synonyms: verve |
| (noun) (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms | Synonyms: elan vital, life force, vital force |
| (noun) a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | Synonyms: energy, vim |
| vitalization | (noun) the state of being vitalized and filled with life | Synonyms: vitalisation |
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| vitalize | (verb) make more lively or vigorous | Synonyms: vitalise |
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| (verb) give life to | Synonyms: vitalise |
| vitalizer | (noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser |
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| vitalizing | (adjective) giving or having the power to give life and spirit | Synonyms: life-giving |
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| vitally | (adverb) to a vital degree | - |
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| vitalness | (noun) the quality of being essential to maintain life | - |
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| (noun) the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without | Synonyms: indispensability, indispensableness |
| vitals | (noun) a bodily organ that is essential for life | Synonyms: vital organ |
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| vitamin | (noun) any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism | - |
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| vitaminise | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminize |
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| vitaminize | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminise |
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| vitellarium | (noun) A modified part of the ovary that in many flatworms and rotifers produces yolk-filled cells serving to nourish the true eggs. | - |
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| vitellus | (noun) nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) | Synonyms: yolk |
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| vitiate | (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective | Synonyms: invalidate, void |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, spoil |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert |
| vitiated | (adjective) ruined in character or quality | Synonyms: corrupted, debased |
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| (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: diminished, lessened, weakened |
| vitiation | (noun) nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null | - |
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| viticulture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viniculture |
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| viticulturist | (noun) a cultivator of grape vine | - |
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| vitiliginous | (adjective) of or relating to or having vitiligo | - |
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| vitiligo | (noun) an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border) | - |
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| vitrectomy | (noun) a surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution | - |
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