Vishnu - Vitellin

Prev Next
[ Webster]

Visé (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viséed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Viséing.] To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
[ Webster]

Vishnu (vĭshn�), n. [Skr. Vishṇu, from vish to pervade., to extend through nature.] (Hindu Myth.) A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.
[ Webster]

Visibility (?), n. [L. visibilitas: cf. F. visibilité.] The quality or state of being visible.
[ Webster]

Visible (?), a. [L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F. visible. See .] 1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.
[ Webster]

Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
[ Webster]

Virtue made visible in outward grace. Young.
[ Webster]

2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. Shak.
[ Webster]

The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before. Clarendon.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Visible church (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons. -- Coloq. Visible horizon . Same as Apparent horizon, under .
[ Webster]

-- Visibleness, n. -- Visibly, adv.
[ Webster]

Visible speech. (Phon.) A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.
[Webster Suppl.]

Visigoth (?), n. [L. Visegothae, pl. Cf. , and .] One of the West Goths. See the Note under . -- Visigothic (#), a.
[ Webster]

Vision (?), n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. � to see, � I know, and E. wit. See , v., and cf. , , , , , , , , , .] 1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
[ Webster]

Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.
[ Webster]

2. (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
[ Webster]

3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.
[ Webster]

4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
[ Webster]

The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak.
[ Webster]

No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.
[ Webster]

5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible. -- Coloq. Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven. -- Coloq. Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under ); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction. -- Coloq. Field of vision , field of view. See under . -- Coloq. Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina. -- Coloq. Reflected vision , or Coloq. Refracted vision , vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively. -- Coloq. Vision purple . (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under .
[ Webster]

Vision, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream.
[ Webster]

For them no visioned terrors daunt,
Their nights no fancied specters haunt. Sir W. Scott.
[ Webster]

Visional (?), a. Of or pertaining to a vision.
[ Webster]

Visionariness (?), n. The quality or state of being visionary.
[ Webster]

Visionary (?), a. [Cf. F. visionnaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
[ Webster]

The visionary hour
When musing midnight reigns. Thomson.
[ Webster]

2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities.
[ Webster]

Or lull to rest the visionary maid. Pope.
[ Webster]

3. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project. Swift.
[ Webster]

Syn. -- Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See .
[ Webster]

Visionary, n.; pl. Visionaries (�). 1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
[ Webster]

2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
[ Webster]

Visioned (?), a. Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions. [R.] Shelley.
[ Webster]

Visionist (?), n. A visionary.
[ Webster]

Visionless, a. Destitute of vision; sightless.
[ Webster]

Visit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visited; p. pr. & vb. n. Visiting.] [F. visiter, L. visitare, fr. visere to go to see, to visit, fr. videre, visum to see. See ]
[ Webster]

1. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
[ Webster]

2. Specifically: To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
[ Webster]

3. (Script.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
[ Webster]

[God] hath visited and redeemed his people. Like i. 68.
[ Webster]

Visit (?), v. i. To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
[ Webster]

Visit, n. [Cf. F. visite. See , v. t., and cf. .] 1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.
[ Webster]

2. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Right of visit (Internat. Law), the right of visitation. See , 4.
[ Webster]

Visitable (?), a. Liable or subject to be visited or inspected. “All hospitals built since the Reformation are visitable by the king or lord chancellor.” Ayliffe.
[ Webster]

Visitant (?), n. [L. visitans, -antis; p. pr.: cf. F. visitant.] One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
[ Webster]

When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger. South.
[ Webster]

Visitant, a. Visiting. Wordsworth.
[ Webster]

Visitation (?), n. [L. visitatio: cf. F. visitation.] 1. The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.
[ Webster]

Nothing but peace and gentle visitation. Shak.
[ Webster]

2. Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.
[ Webster]

3. The object of a visit. [Obs.] “O flowers, . . . my early visitation and my last.” Milton.
[ Webster]

4. (Internat. Law) The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under ), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
[ Webster]

5. Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment.
[ Webster]

What will ye do in the day of visitation? Isa. x. 3.
[ Webster]

6. (Eccl.) A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July.
[ Webster]

Coloq. The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady (R. C. Ch.), a religious community of nuns, founded at Annecy, in Savoy, in 1610, and in 1808 established in the United States. In America these nuns are devoted to the education of girls.
[ Webster]

Visitatorial (?), a. [Cf. LL. visitator a bishop temporarily put in place of another.] Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial.
[ Webster]

An archdeacon has visitatorial power. Ayliffe.
[ Webster]

The queen, however, still had over the church a visitatorial power of vast and undefined extent. Macaulay.
[ Webster]

Visite (?), n. [F. See , n.] A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
[ Webster]

Visiter (?), n. A visitor.
[ Webster]

Visiting, a. & vb. n. from .
[ Webster]

Coloq. Visiting ant . (Zoöl.) See Driver ant, under . -- Coloq. Visiting book , a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. Thackeray. -- Coloq. Visiting card . See under .
[ Webster]

Visitor (?). [Cf. F. visiteur.] [Written also visiter.] 1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship. “This great flood of visitors.” Shak.
[ Webster]

2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See , v. t., 2, and , n., 2.
[ Webster]

The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. Blackstone.
[ Webster]

Visitorial (?), a. Same as .
[ Webster]

Visive (?), a. [Cf. F. visif, LL. visivus. See .] Of or pertaining to the sight; visual. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

I can not satisfy myself how men should be so little surprised about this visive faculty. Berkeley.
[ Webster]

Vis major. [L. major greater.] (Law) A superior force which under certain circumstances is held to exempt from contract obligations; inevitable accident; -- a civil-law term used as nearly equivalent to, but broader than, the common-law term act of God (which see).
[Webster Suppl.]

Visne (?; 277), n. [OF. visné, veisiné, visnet, neighborhood, LL. vicinatus, fr. L. vicunus neighboring, a neighbor. See .] (Law) Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See .
[ Webster]

Visnomy (?), n. [Contr. fr. physiognomy.] Face; countenance. [Colloq.] Spenser. Lamb.
[ Webster]

Vison (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The mink.
[ Webster]

Visor (?), n. [OE. visere, F. visière, fr. OF. vis. See , .] [Written also visar, visard, vizard, and vizor.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
[ Webster]

2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. “My very visor began to assume life.” Shak.
[ Webster]

My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. Sir P. Sidney.
[ Webster]

3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
[ Webster]

Visored (?), a. Wearing a visor; masked.
[ Webster]

Visored falsehood and base forgery. Milton.
[ Webster]

Vista (?), n.; pl. Vistas (#). [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See , .] A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
[ Webster]

The finished garden to the view
Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. Thomson.
[ Webster]

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Burke.
[ Webster]

The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. Sir W. Scott.
[ Webster]

Visto (?), n. A vista; a prospect. [R.] Gay.
[ Webster]

Through the long visto of a thousand years. Young.
[ Webster]

Visual (?), a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See .] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
[ Webster]

The air,
Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton.
[ Webster]

2. That can be seen; visible. [R.]
[ Webster]

Coloq. Visual angle . (Opt.) See under . -- Coloq. Visual cone (Persp.), a cone whose vertex is at the point of sight, or the eye. -- Coloq. Visual plane , any plane passing through the point of sight. -- Coloq. Visual point , the point at which the visual rays unite; the position of the eye. -- Coloq. Visual purple (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a purplish red color, contained in the retina of human eyes and in the eyes of most animals. It is quickly bleached by light, passing through the colors, red, orange, and yellow, and then disappearing. Also called rhodopsin, and vision purple. See . -- Coloq. Visual ray , a line from the eye, or point of sight. -- Coloq. Visual white (Physiol.), the final product in the action of light on visual purple. It is reconverted into visual purple by the regenerating action of the choroidal epithelium. -- Coloq. Visual yellow (Physiol.), a product intermediate between visual purple and visual white, formed in the photochemical action of light on visual purple.
[ Webster]

Visualize (?), v. t. 1. To make visual, or visible. [Written also visualise.]
[ Webster]

2. to see in the imagination; to form a mental image of.
[ Webster +PJC]

No one who has not seen them [glaciers] can possibly visualize them. Lubbock.
[ Webster]

Visualize (?), v. i. To form a mental image of something not present before the eye at the time.
[Webster Suppl.]

Visualizer (?), n. One who visualizes or is proficient in visualization; esp. (Physiol.), one whose mental imagery is prevailingly visualization.
[Webster Suppl.]

Vitaille (?), n. [See .] Food; victuals. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Vital (?), a. [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See .] 1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
[ Webster]

2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
[ Webster]

Do the heavens afford him vital food? Spenser.
[ Webster]

And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth. Milton.
[ Webster]

3. Containing life; living. “Spirits that live throughout, vital in every part.” Milton.
[ Webster]

4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
[ Webster]

The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. Pope.
[ Webster]

5. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
[ Webster]

A competence is vital to content. Young.
[ Webster]

6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.]
[ Webster]

Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital. Sir T. Browne.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Vital air , oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to animal life. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Vital capacity (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration. -- Coloq. Vital force . (Biol.) See under . The vital forces, according to Cope, are nerve force (neurism), growth force (bathmism), and thought force (phrenism), all under the direction and control of the vital principle. Apart from the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable character, nor vital force as anything other than a form of physical energy derived from, and convertible into, other well-known forces of nature. -- Coloq. Vital functions (Physiol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. -- Coloq. Vital principle , an immaterial force, to which the functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed. -- Coloq. Vital statistics , statistics respecting the duration of life, and the circumstances affecting its duration. -- Coloq. Vital tripod . (Physiol.) See under . -- Coloq. Vital vessels (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused. See .
[ Webster]

Vital, n. A vital part; one of the vitals. [R.]
[ Webster]

Vitalic (?), a. Pertaining to life; vital. [R.]
[ Webster]

Vitalism (?), n. (Biol.) The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
[ Webster]

Vitalist (?), n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.
[ Webster]

Vitalistic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.
[ Webster]

Vitality (?; 277), n. [L. vitalitas: cf. F. vitalité.] The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise.
[ Webster]

Vitalization (?), n. The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle.
[ Webster]

Vitalize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vitalizing (?).] [Cf. F. vitaliser.] To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood.
[ Webster]

Vitally, adv. In a vital manner.
[ Webster]

Vitals (?), n. pl. 1. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.
[ Webster]

2. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. “The vitals of the public body.” Glanvill.
[ Webster]

Vitamin (vītȧmĭn), n. any of several organic chemical substances not synthesized by an animal and required in small quantities for normal metabolism, present in and obtained from the natural foods eaten by the animal. Human vitamins are also produced synthetically, and taken in pure form or in mixtures, as dietary supplements. Deficiencies of specific vitamins lead to certain specific disorders, such as scurvy, caused by an insufficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Most vitamins act as coenzymes or precursors to coenzymes, and are not consumed for energy production or incorporated into structural units of the cell.
[PJC]

vitamin A n. any of several related fat-soluble vitamins (such as retinol) essential for normal vision; it also prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes.
Syn. -- antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin A1 n. retinol (C20H30O), one of the substances also called vitamin A. It is also called more specifically vitamin A alcohol. It is a required factor for human nutrition. The USP unit of activity is equal to 0.30 micrograms of retinol.
Syn. -- retinol.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

vitamin A2 n. dehydroretinol (C20H28O), one of the substances also called vitamin A. It has about 40% of the bioactivity of vitamin A1.
Syn. -- dehydroretinol.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

vitamin B n. a group of water-soluble vitamins originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins.
Syn. -- B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, B vitamin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin B1 n. a B vitamin (C12H17N4OS)Cl that prevents beriberi and maintains appetite and growth. Same as .
Syn. -- thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin B12 n. a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia.
Syn. -- cobalamin, cyanocobalamin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin B2 n. a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
Syn. -- vitamin G, riboflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, hepatoflavin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin B3 n. See .
Syn. -- nicotinamide.
[PJC]

vitamin B5 n. See .
Syn. -- nicotinic acid.
[PJC]

vitamin B6 n. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
Syn. -- pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin Bc n. a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction. Also called folic acid
Syn. -- vitamin M, folic acid, folacin, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin B complex n. a mixture of water-soluble vitamins originally thought to be a single vitamin but now known to be a mixture of several compounds with vitaminic activity. Syn. -- B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin. [WordNet 1.5]

vitamin C n. a vitamin that prevents scurvy. Also called ascorbic acid.
Syn. -- ascorbic acid.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin D n. any of several chemically related fat-soluble vitamins that prevent rickets. It is found in fish-liver oils, egg yolks and milk. Component vitamin D2 is also called calciferol, and vitamin D3 is called cholecalciferol.
Syn. -- calciferol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin E n. a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction. It is found in vegetable oils, butter, and eggs.
Syn. -- tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin G n. same as .
Syn. -- vitamin B2, riboflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, hepatoflavin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin H n., a B vitamin that aids in body growth.
Syn. -- biotin.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin K n. (1929) [from G. Koagulationsvitamin.] either of two fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin K1 or vitamin K2) that help clot blood by participating in the fromation of prothrombin. Syn. -- naphthoquinone.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

vitamin K1 n. one of the two K vitamins, (C31H46O2). It is fat-soluble and occurs naturally as the trans isomer. Chemically it is 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4,-naphthoquinone.
Syn. -- phylloquinone, phytonadione, antihemorrhagic vitamin..
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

vitamin K2, vitamins K2 n. one of the two K vitamins, actually a mixture of homologous fat-soluble substituted naphthoquinones (called menaquinones), (C11H7O2[C5H8]nH), where n may be 1 to 13 but is mostly 7 to 9. The term is also used for synthetic compounds resembling vitamin K2 and having the same physiological action. The individual components of vitamin K2 are also referred to by the number of isoprenyl units in the side chain (the number n in the formula), as for menadione, having no units at that position of the naphthaquinone ring, and also called vitamin K2(0) (and also called ). [MI11]
Syn. -- menaquinones, antihemorrhagic vitamin..
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

vitamin K3 n. menadione, (C11H8O2) being chemically 2-methyl-1,4,-naphthoquinone. Having no side chain in the 3 position, it cannot exert all functions of a true K vitamin and the designation as vitamin K3 has been discouraged [MI11]
Syn. -- vitaminK2(0); menaphthone.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin M n. same as ; folic acid.
[WordNet 1.5]

vitamin p n. a water-soluble vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation.
Syn. -- bioflavinoid, citrin.)
[WordNet 1.5]

Vitascope (?), n. [L. vita life + -scope.] A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
[Webster Suppl.]

Vitellary (?; 277), a. [L. vitellus a little calf, the yolk of an egg.] (Biol.) Vitelline.
[ Webster]

Vitelligenous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.
[ Webster]

Vitellin (?), n. [See .] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form.
[ Webster]

Prev Next

Concept Explore Home

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z