A wife sending a short message to her husband:
It was just said on the news that they found a hideous corpse with a hollow head, a cigar among ugly rotten teeth and a bottle of liquor in his hand. I"m worried about you! Please, give me a ring...
n. (usu. Chilled) creamy soup of leeks and potatoes. [french, = of vichy]
VICISSITUDE
n. Literary change, esp. Of fortune. [latin: related to *vice3]
VINAIGRETTE
n. - salad dressing of oil, wine vinegar, and seasoning.
- small bottle for smelling-salts. [french, diminutive: related to *vinegar]
VIOLONCELLO
n. (pl. -s) formal = *cello. [italian, diminutive of violone bass viol]
VISCOUNTESS
n. - viscount's wife or widow.
- woman holding the rank of viscount.
VITICULTURE
n. Cultivation of grapes. [latin vitis vine]
VIVISECTION
n. Surgical experimentation on living animals for scientific research. vivisectional adj. Vivisectionist n. & adj. Vivisector n. [latin vivus living, dissection (*dissect)]
VULCANOLOGY
n. The study of volcanoes. vulcanological adj. Vulcanologist n.
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