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Vitalism: Definition and part of speech

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Vitalism

  1. n. The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vital: Definition and part of speech

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Vital

  1. n. A vital part; one of the vitals.
  2. a. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
  3. a. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
  4. a. Containing life; living.
  5. a. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
  6. a. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
  7. a. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vista: Definition and part of speech

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Vista

  1. n. A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Visual: Definition and part of speech

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Visual

  1. a. That can be seen; visible.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.