vika
A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands

vimba
Any member of the genus Vimba of cyprinid fish.

vimbas
plural of vimba

vinchuca
The kissing bug Triatoma infestans

vinchucas
plural of vinchuca

vincula
plural of vinculum

vinculum
A bond or tie that unifies.
Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts, or that the Roman numeral underneath should be multiplied by 1,000.
A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts (in modern mathematical notation confined to use in radicals: √).
The horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
A horizontal line placed over one or more digits of a decimal expansion to indicate that those digits repeat indefinitely (the repetend).
A horizontal line placed over a complex number or expression to denote its complex conjugate.
A horizontal line drawn over two letters to denote the line segment joining them.
A horizontal line placed over a symbol or expression to denote logical negation (complement).
A horizontal line placed over the characteristic (integer part) of a common logarithm to indicate that the characteristic is negative while the mantissa (decimal part) remains positive. Historically used to simplify the use of logarithm tables.
A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.
A symbol in the shape of an elongated letter "S" (∫) or pair of hooks (⌠⌡) drawn on plans to join non-contiguous sections of land that are to be treated as a single parcel.

vinculums
plural of vinculum

vinculun
Misspelling of vinculum.

violationism
Painful and invasive experimentation on animals.

viperfish
Any of the genus Chauliodus of deepwater fishes, fierce predators with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.

viperfishes
plural of viperfish

viperid
Any member of the family Viperidae; a viper.

viperids
plural of viperid

virgatosphinctin
Any ammonite of the genus Virgatosphinctes

virgatosphinctins
plural of virgatosphinctin

virilia
The male sexual organs.

viriome
The collection of viruses in an organism or location

viriomes
plural of viriome

virivore
Alternative form of virovore.

virivores
plural of virivore

virome
The genomes of all the viruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment.

viromes
plural of virome

virovore
An organism whose diet is primarily composed of viruses
An organism which deliberately eats viruses.

virovores
plural of virovore

viscount
A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

viscounts
plural of viscount

viscus
One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
The intestines.

visiter
Archaic form of visitor.
Misspelling of visitor.

visiters
plural of visiter

visitor
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.
An extraterrestrial being on Earth.
An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.
A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university's chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches, etc.
The object in the visitor pattern that performs an operation on the elements of a structure one by one.

visitors
plural of visitor

visitour
Obsolete form of visitor.

visitours
plural of visitour

visorbearer
A hummingbird of the genus Augastes, native to Brazil.

visorbearers
plural of visorbearer

vitrinid
Any member of the family Vitrinidae of land snails and slugs.

vitrinids
plural of vitrinid

vitrum
Glass; a glassy material.

vityaz
A Russian noble knight who rode a horse.

vityazes
plural of vityaz

vivaria
plural of vivarium

vivarium
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.

vivariums
plural of vivarium

vivary
vivarium

vivax
Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.

viverid
Misspelling of viverrid.

viverral
A cat breed, the cross between a Bengal cat and an Asian fishing cat

viverrals
plural of viverral

viverravid
Any of the extinct mammals in the family Viverravidae.

viverravids
plural of viverravid

viverrid
Any member of the family Viverridae

viverrids
plural of viverrid

vividiffusion
The removal of diffusible substances from the blood of a living organism without withdrawal of the blood from the body.

viviparid
Any member of the family Viviparidae of river snails.

viviparids
plural of viviparid

viviparous blennies
plural of viviparous blenny

viviparous blenny
A fish in the family Zoarcidae, Zoarces viviparus.

viviparous eelpout
A fish in the family Zoarcidae (Zoarces viviparus).

viviparous lizard
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.

vizsla
Alternative form of Vizsla.

vizslas
plural of vizsla

vobla
The Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus), formerly considered a subspecies of the common roach.

voblas
plural of vobla

vocabularium
Vocabulary.

vocabulariums
plural of vocabularium

voetganger
The crawling form of a locust, not yet able to fly.

voetgangers
plural of voetganger

volador
A flying fish of California (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus).
A flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans).

voladors
plural of volador

volator
Alternative form of volador.

volators
plural of volator

volia
freedom; lack of restraint or constriction.
liberty; independence, the right of individuals to choose their own goals.

voltinism
The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

voltinisms
plural of voltinism

volucraries
plural of volucrary

volucrary
A bestiary (medieval treatise on animals) dealing specifically with birds.

vombatiform
Any marsupial of the suborder Vombatiformes

vombatiforms
plural of vombatiform

vombatomorphian
Any marsupial of the suborder Vombatiformes

vombatomorphians
plural of vombatomorphian

vomer
The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.

vomers
plural of vomer

vomocytosis
The expulsion of an organism from capture by a leucocyte or macrophage

vondsira
Alternative form of vontsira.

vontsira
Any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.

vontsiras
plural of vontsira

vortex
A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

vortexes
plural of vortex

vortice
Alternative form of vortex.

vorticel
Synonym of vorticella.

vorticella
Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella.

vorticellae
plural of vorticella

vorticellas
plural of vorticella

vorticellid
Any member of the family Vorticellidae of ciliates.

vorticellids
plural of vorticellid

vorticels
plural of vorticel

vortices
plural of vortex

vorvolaka
Synonym of vrykolakas.

vorvolakas
plural of vorvolaka

vrock
A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.