<B>viably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a viable manner. </DL>
<A NAME="viacrucis">
<B>via crucis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a way marked by suffering and torment like that of Jesus. <BR> <I>Ex. the via crucis of a war orphan.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) the way of the cross. </DL>
<A NAME="viadolorosa">
<B>via dolorosa,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a road or course of suffering and torment; via crucis. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) the sorrowful way. </DL>
<A NAME="viaduct">
<B>viaduct, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a bridge for carrying a road or railroad, as over a valley, a part of a city, or a river. A viaduct consists of a series of narrow arches of masonry or reinforced concrete supported by high piers, or of steel with short spans supported by towers. <DD><B> 2. </B>any bridge, as over a road, railroad, or canal. </DL>
<A NAME="viagraph">
<B>viagraph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument that indicates the resistance due to grades, inequalities of surface, or the like, that a roadway presents to a wheeled vehicle running over it. </DL>
<A NAME="vial">
<B>vial, </B>noun, verb, <B>-aled,</B> <B>-aling</B> or (especially British) <B>-alled,</B> <B>-alling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small glass or plastic bottle for holding medicines, liquids, or the like; phial. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a store or accumulation (of wrath, indignation, or other feeling) poured out upon an offender, victim, or other object (originally in allusion to the seven vials full of the wrath of God mentioned in Revelation 15:7 and 16:1-17). <BR> <I>Ex. For one so patient and good, he had a very large vial of indignation, and on occasion poured it out right heartily over all injustice (W. G. Blaikie).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put, keep, or store in a vail. </DL>
<A NAME="viamedia">
<B>via media,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a middle way; intermediate course (especially applied to the Anglican Church as standing halfway between the Roman Catholic and Protestant beliefs). </DL>
<A NAME="viand">
<B>viand, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an article of food. <BR><I>expr. <B>viands,</B> </I>articles of choice food. <BR> <I>Ex. When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird" (Eugene Field).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="viatic">
<B>viatic, </B>adjective. <B>=viatical.</B></DL>
<A NAME="viatical">
<B>viatical, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a road or way; relating to a journey. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>viaticals,</B> articles used or carried along in traveling, especially military baggage. <BR> <I>Ex. His back would have been bent ... under the weight of armour and viaticals which Titus carried with him easily and far (Walter Savage Landor).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="viaticum">
<B>viaticum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ca,</B> <B>-cums.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Holy Communion given to a person who is dying or in danger of death. <DD><B> 2. </B>supplies or money for a journey. <DD><B> 3. </B>supplies and transportation or money given to a public official of ancient Rome traveling on state business. </DL>
<A NAME="viator">
<B>viator, </B>noun, pl. <B>viatores,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a traveler; wayfarer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a servant of certain magistrates of ancient Rome, one of whose duties was to deliver summonses. </DL>
<A NAME="vibes">
<B>vibes, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) a vibraphone. <BR> <I>Ex. to play the vibes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) vibrations (def. 5). <BR> <I>Ex. "There were wonderful vibes from the people," he [the conductor] said as the orchestra headed home. "I could feel them in the small of my back" (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vibist">
<B>vibist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who plays the vibes; vibraphonist. </DL>
<A NAME="vibracula">
<B>vibracula, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>vibraculum.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vibracular">
<B>vibracular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or caused by vibracula. <DD><B> 2. </B>having vibracula. </DL>
<A NAME="vibraculoid">
<B>vibraculoid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a vibraculum or vibracula. </DL>
<A NAME="vibraculum">
<B>vibraculum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) one of the long, slender, whiplike, movable appendages or organs of certain bryozoans. </DL>
<B>vibrancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being vibrant. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Athens is vibrant; the merit of his book is that it communicates this sense of vibrancy (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vibrant">
<B>vibrant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>characterized by or exhibiting vibration; resounding; resonant. <DD><B> 2a. </B>moving or quivering rapidly; vibrating. <BR> <I>Ex. a vibrant tongue, a vibrant string.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) vibrating or thrilling something (with). <BR> <I>Ex. The stock exchange was vibrant with speculation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) throbbing, as with vitality or enthusiasm. <BR> <I>Ex. a vibrant personality.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>agitated with anger or emotion. <DD><B> b. </B>moving or acting with rapidity or energy. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Phonetics.) voiced. <DD><I>noun </I> (Phonetics.) a vibrant sound. adv. <B>vibrantly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vibrante">
<B>vibrante, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> with a vibrating effect; pulsing or agitating. </DL>
<A NAME="vibraphone">
<B>vibraphone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musical instrument similar to the xylophone, consisting of metal bars and electrically operated resonators that produce rich, vibrant tones. </DL>
<A NAME="vibraphonist">
<B>vibraphonist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who plays a vibraphone. </DL>
<A NAME="vibrate">
<B>vibrate, </B>verb, <B>-brated,</B> <B>-brating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1a. </B>to move rapidly to and fro. <BR> <I>Ex. A snake's tongue vibrates when he sticks it out. A piano string vibrates and makes a sound when a key is struck.</I> (SYN) quiver, shake, tremble, throb. <DD><B> b. </B>(Physics.) to swing to and fro or otherwise move in an alternating or reciprocating motion by disturbing the equilibrium of the particles in an elastic body. <DD><B> c. </B>to swing to and fro; oscillate. <BR> <I>Ex. a vibrating pendulum.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be moved; quiver. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to move or oscillate as between extreme conditions or opinions; fluctuate; vacillate. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to thrill. <BR> <I>Ex. Their hearts vibrated to the speaker's stirring appeal.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>to continue to be heard; strike; sound; resound. <BR> <I>Ex. The clanging vibrated in my ears.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to circulate, move, pass, or pierce by vibration (about, through, to). <BR> <I>Ex. The mournful sound of the tolling bell vibrated through the air.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to move to and fro or up and down; set in vibration. <BR> <I>Ex. Virginian rattlesnakes ... swiftly vibrating and shaking their tails (John Evelyn).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to measure by moving to and fro. <BR> <I>Ex. A pendulum vibrates seconds.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>to send out, give forth, or emit (as light or sound) by vibration. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) to vibrate sympathy.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Obsolete.) to launch or hurl (as a thunderbolt or sentence). </DL>
<A NAME="vibratile">
<B>vibratile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can vibrate or be vibrated. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a vibratory motion. <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with or characterized by vibration. </DL>
<A NAME="vibratility">
<B>vibratility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the property or condition of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation. </DL>
<A NAME="vibration">
<B>vibration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a rapid or, sometimes, continuous movement to and fro or up and down; quivering or swaying motion; vibrating. <BR> <I>Ex. The passing buses shake the house so much that we feel the vibration.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>an instance of this; quiver; tremor. <BR> <I>Ex. The vibration of the ground during an earthquake is terrifying. The vibrations of deathless music (Edgar Lee Masters).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>the act of moving or swinging to and fro, especially of a pendulum or other suspended body, across a position of equilibrium; oscillation. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The words arose within him, and stirred innumerable vibrations of memory (George Eliot).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a single swing or oscillation. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Physics.) <DD><B> a. </B>the rapid alternating or reciprocating motion back and forth, or up and down, produced in the particles of an elastic body or medium by the disturbance of equilibrium. When the reciprocating movement is comparatively slow, such as that of a pendulum, the term <I>oscillation</I> is commonly used, while the term <I>vibration</I> is generally confined to a motion with rapid reciprocations or revolutions. <DD><B> b. </B>a single movement of this kind. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) the action or fact of vacillating or varying conduct or opinion; change or swinging around. <BR> <I>Ex. a great vibration of opinion (George Bancroft).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>Usually, <B>vibrations,</B> (pl. Slang, Figurative.) a feeling or sense of what others are thinking or feeling (supposedly from electric vibrations emanating from their minds); vibes. <BR> <I>Ex. "I never worried that I wouldn't see him [a dog] after he escaped, because I was sending out real strong vibrations to get him back" (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vibrational">
<B>vibrational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or of the nature of vibration. <BR> <I>Ex. The lower the musical tone, the smaller is the number of vibrational cycles a second (Simeon Potter).</I> adv. <B>vibrationally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vibrationless">
<B>vibrationless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> free from vibration. </DL>
<A NAME="vibrationproof">
<B>vibration-proof, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that will not vibrate. <BR> <I>Ex. Vibration-proof buildings near the jet runways will soon be required.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vibratiuncle">
<B>vibratiuncle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a slight vibration. <BR> <I>Ex. The English physician-philosopher David Hartley ... 200 years ago suggested that ideas were represented in the brain as vibrations and vibratiuncles (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
