| vicar-general |
an administrative aide to a bishop or other ecclesiastical officer in a church. [2 definitions] |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| vice1 |
an immoral or evil act; wickedness. [5 definitions] |
| vice2 |
variant of "vise," a tool used to grip objects by means of two jawlike parts that are usu. moved together or apart by a screw or lever. |
| vice- |
acting in place of; deputy. |
| vice-admiral |
a U.S. naval officer ranking between admiral and rear admiral. |
| vice chairman |
a man who serves as an assistant or deputy chairman. |
| vice chairwoman |
a woman who serves as an assistant or deputy chairperson. |
| vice consul |
an officer who is subordinate to and sometimes substitutes for a consul. |
| vicegerent |
a person appointed, usu. by a ruler, to exercise the ruler's power and authority; deputy. [2 definitions] |
| vicennial |
happening every twenty years. [2 definitions] |
| vice president |
an officer ranking directly below a president and assuming duties and authority in the president's absence or inability to perform. [3 definitions] |
| viceregal |
of or pertaining to a viceroy. |
| vice-regent |
a regent's deputy. |
| viceroy |
the appointed governor of a colony, country, or province, who serves as the representative of the sovereign. [2 definitions] |
| vice squad |
a police division assigned to enforce laws governing prostitution, gambling, narcotics, and other forms of vice. |
| vice versa |
with the order, esp. preceding order, reversed; conversely. |
| vichyssoise |
a cream of potato soup flavored with leeks and onions and usu. served chilled. |
| Vichy water |
a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, France, sometimes used in treating gout and digestive diseases. [2 definitions] |
| vicinage |
a region or district near or around a place; vicinity. [3 definitions] |
| vicinity |
an area or district near or around a particular spot; somewhere nearby. [3 definitions] |