| visitor |
one who makes a visit. |
| visor |
the protective brim projecting from the front of a cap or other headgear. [4 definitions] |
| visorless |
combined form of visor. |
| VISTA |
abbreviation of "Volunteers in Service to America." |
| vista |
a distant view as seen from a particular point or through a framelike opening such as between buildings or between lines of trees. [2 definitions] |
| visual |
pertaining to sight or seeing. [5 definitions] |
| visual aids |
instructional materials, such as films, slides, and models, that involve chiefly the sense of sight and are used in teaching, lecturing, or the like. |
| visual binary |
a binary star composed of two parts that can be seen through an ordinary telescope, or, though rarely, by the naked eye. |
| visualize |
to create a mental picture or image. [2 definitions] |
| visually |
in a manner pertaining to sight or visual images. [2 definitions] |
| vita |
a brief summary of one's career and accomplishments. (See curriculum vitae.) |
| vital |
pertaining to or characteristic of life. [5 definitions] |
| vitalism |
the doctrine that a vital force radically different from all physical and chemical phenomena causes and sustains life. |
| vitality |
exuberance; energy; vigor. [2 definitions] |
| vitalize |
to make vital; to bestow life on. [2 definitions] |
| vital signs |
the signs that indicate the health of the body such as pulse, temperature, and rate of respiration. |
| vital statistics |
statistics or data having to do with births, deaths, marriages, and other crucial events in human life. |
| vitamin |
any of a number of natural or synthetic substances required in human nutrition to regulate metabolism and maintain health. |
| vitamin A |
either of two, or a mixture of two, hydrocarbon compounds found in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, required in human nutrition for producing the vision pigments of the eye and for maintaining the membranes of the body. |
| vitamin B |
see "vitamin B complex." [2 definitions] |
| vitamin b1 |
thiamine. |