vinegar |
a dilute, sour-tasting solution of acetic acid, formed by the fermentation of wine, cider, or malt, and used primarily as flavoring for food or as a preservative. |
vinegar eel |
a small nematode worm that feeds on organisms in unsterilized vinegar; vinegar worm. |
vinegarroon |
a large, nonvenomous whip scorpion of the southern United States and Mexico that emits a strong odor of vinegar when disturbed. |
vinegary |
resembling vinegar in taste or smell; sour or acidic. [2 definitions] |
vinery |
an area or greenhouse where vines, esp. grapevines, are grown. [2 definitions] |
vineyard |
a planting of cultivated grapevines, usu. for the production of wine grapes. |
vini- |
wine; wine grapes. |
viniculture |
the craft of making wine, or of growing wine grapes. |
vinifera |
of, designating, or derived from the most widely cultivated species of grape. [2 definitions] |
vinification |
the process or method by which grapes are changed into wine. |
vino |
(Italian; Spanish) wine. |
vin ordinaire |
ordinary wine (French); an inexpensive wine commonly served with meals. |
vinous |
of, relating to, or resembling wine. [3 definitions] |
vin rosé |
pink wine (French); a wine made from certain red-skinned grapes; rosé wine. |
vintage |
the yearly yield of grapes or wine from a particular vineyard or district. [7 definitions] |
vintner |
a maker or seller of wine. |
viny |
of, relating to, or resembling vines. [2 definitions] |
vinyl |
a polymerized resin, or a tough, shiny plastic made from this resin. |
vinyl chloride |
a colorless, flammable gas, used in the making of polyvinyl chloride. |
vinyl plastic |
any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, having a wide range of household and industrial uses. |
viol |
any of a group of stringed instruments of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries having fretted necks and usu. six strings, and played with a curved bow. [2 definitions] |