visitant |
one who makes a visit. [3 definitions] |
visitation |
the act of visiting. [5 definitions] |
visiting fireman |
(informal) an important or influential person who is given a special welcome and entertained lavishly when visiting a city, organization, or the like. [2 definitions] |
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. |