Word | Definition |
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Vegan adj. (1940) | of or pertaining to the star Vega, or the natives or inhabitants of its solar system |
Venerian n. 1 (1919) | a native or inhabitant of Venus; Venusian n. |
Venerian n. 2 (1948) | the language of Venusians |
Venerian adj. (1919) | pertaining to Venus or Venusians; Venustian adj. |
Venusian n. (1874) | a native or inhabitant of the planet Venus; also, the language spoken by such a being |
Venusian adj. (1874) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the planet Venus or its inhabitants |
Vernean adj. (1883) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction of Jules Verne |
-verse suffix (1985) | (used to form nouns denoting the fictional universe used as the setting of a series, typically in combination with the title, main character, or creator of the series) |
vessel n. (1900) | a spaceship |
vibroblade n. (1940) | a weapon or tool having a blade that vibrates rapidly |
vibroknife n. (1973) | = vibroblade n. |
vidcall n. (1953) | a call made on a videophone n. |
videophone n. (1944) | a telephone incorporating a video screen on which the other person may be seen speaking |
videophone v. (1945) | to call or speak to someone via videophone n. |
videophonic adj. (1949) | related to videophones or their use |
vidscreen n. (1953) | a screen capable of displaying a visual image; (also) a videophone n. |
viewphone n. (1932) | a telephone that allows caller and receiver to see one another; = videophone n. |
viewplate n. (1928) | = visiplate n. |
viewport n. (1935) | a (typically small and reinforced) window in a vehicle or structure designed to operate in space |
viewscreen n. (1932) | a television or similar electronic display screen for viewing images or data |
vision plate n. (1932) | = viewscreen n. |
visiphone n. (1934) | = videophone n. |
visiphone v. (1940) | to use a visiphone to call or speak to someone |
visiplate n. (1930) | = viewscreen n. |
visiscreen n. (1937) | = viewscreen n. |
visor screen n. (1931) | = viewscreen n. |
Vulcan n. (1966) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a member of a humanoid alien race, characterized by strictly logical and rational thinking and the suppression of normal human emotions; (hence) a person regarded as having similar characteristics |
Vulcan mind meld n. (1968) | = mind-meld n. |
Vulcan nerve pinch n. (1968) | a one-handed pinch delivered (chiefly by Vulcans) to the base of a personβs neck that immediately renders the victim unconscious |