Reverse Dictionary: VAI – VAR

VAIN – ADJECTIVES (also see VANITY)
– BIG AS BULL BEEF as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred …Bk1898 Eng.
– BIG AS S as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred …Bk1898 Eng.
– BIGETY;  BIGGETY;  BIGGITY;  BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful …1880 Amer. dial.
– BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic …c1960 Amer. dial.
– BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty …1902 Amer. dial.
– BRANKIT vain, puffed-up …Bk1911 Sc.
– CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief …1880 Sc. & Ireland
– FALSE proud, vain, boastful …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GUMPTIOUS having common sense; also, clever, vain, self-important …1853
– INANILOQUENT full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous …1656 obs. rare
– MATAEOLOGICAL vain; nonsensical …1716 obs.
– MISPROUD improperly or unjustifiably vain or proud; arrogant, haughty …1303 obs. exc. arch.
– PERSNICKETY snobbish; vain …1959 Amer. dial.
– PRUNK proud, vain, saucy …B1900 Sc.
– SAUCY proud, vain, conceited …1773 Sc.
– SNIPPISH conceited, vain, pert …Bk1903 sl.
– SNIPTIOUS conceited, vain, pert …Bk1903 sl.
– VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– VAINFUL vain, unprofitable, useless …1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one’s own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain …c1480
– VAINSOME conceited, proud, vain …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VANDIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated …1724 Sc. obs.
– VANILOQUENT talking vainly …Bk1727 rare
– VANNIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated …1724 Sc. obs.
– VANTIE;  VANTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy …1724 Sc.
– VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain …1605
– VAUDIE proud, vain, conceited, ostentatious …1733 Sc.
– VANILOQUENT speaking in a vain or foolish way …1727 rare
– VAUNTIE;  VAUNTY of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant …1724 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VOGEY;  VOGGIE;  VOGGY;  VOGIE;  VOGY proud, elated, very pleased with oneself, vain, vaunting …1712 Sc. 
– VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– VOUSTY given to boasting, vain …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– WADDIE;  WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
 
VAIN – NOUNS
– ARGOLOGY idle or vain speaking …1623 obs.
– BOBANCE presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity …c1325 obs.
– VAIN vanity; a vain thing …c1330 obs.
– VAINGLORINESS vaingloriousness …1820 rare
– VAINGLORY glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one’s accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting …a1300
– VANILOQUENCE vain talk or babbling …1623 rare
– VANILOQUY vain talk or babbling …1928 rare
– VAPOURINGS vain imaginations …1873
 
VAIN – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALATRON a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a  contemptible fellow …1623 obs. rare
– BIG HEAD a conceited, vain person …1846 colloq.
– BLABBERSKITE a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person …Bk1878 Eng. dial.
– CALEERY a light, vain person …1900 Sc. & Ireland
– DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling …1697 Sc.
– DIMMIES a vain, frivolous woman …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FANFARON a bully, blusterer, swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender …1622
– FOPDOODLE a silly, vain, empty person; a stupid or insignificant fellow; a fop, fool, simpleton …E17 obs.
– GANDIER a vain, boastful person; a bragger …1868 Sc. obs.
– GAUKIE a foolish, forward, vain woman …Bk1900 Sc.
– GILL-FLURT;  GILL-FLURT a proud, vain woman; also, a slut or light housewife …1593 UK
– GILLIAN-FLURT a proud, vain woman; a flighty girl; a wanton …1593
– GLUGGER a vain, empty, foolish boaster …Bk1910 Ireland 
– MATAEOLOGIAN one who discourses vainly, one who indulges in nonsense …1653 obs.
– NABS a vain, pretentious, or impudent person – a term of familiarity …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PAJOCK a vain or conceited person; a popinjay, a fop; a term of contempt …1604 rare
– PHYSBUTTOCKE a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy …1570 obs.
– PUP a vain fop …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PUPPY a vain fop …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PURP a vain fop …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RACA a vain empty fellow …Bk1775
– SKIT a vain, frivolous, or wanton woman …1572 chiefly Sc.
– VAINLING a vain or vainglorious person …1615 obs. rare
– VANDIE a vain, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio …Bk1825 Sc.
– VAUNTIE;  VAUNTY a vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio …1825 Sc.
– WAIP;  WAP a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners …Bk1866 Sc.
– WAIPER a vain, haughty, self-important person …Bk1866 Sc.
– WAPPER a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle …Bk1866 Sc.
– WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster … 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
VAIN – VERBS
– PAVONIZE to behave as a peacock; to flaunt one’s appearance in a vain fashion; to strut …1838 obs. rare
​- PEACOCKIZE to act the peacock; to strut about vainly …1598 obs. rare

VAINGLORIOUS, VAINGLORY – ADJECTIVES
– AMPULLOUS inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious …1622 obs.
– OSTENTATE boasted, vaingloriously displayed …1615 obs. rare
 
VAINGLORIOUS etc. – NOUNS
– ELATION a proud or vainglorious action …c1630 obs.
– GASCONADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction …1709
– GASCONADO extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction …1809 obs. rare
– GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction …1709
– JACTANCE boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking …1491 rare
– JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory …1623
– KENODOXY the love, study, or desire of vainglory …1656 obs. rare
– ROOSE a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt …c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– VAINGLORIFICATION vainglorious glorification …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VAINGLORINESS vaingloriousness …1820 rare
– VAUNTERY vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show …1491 obs. or arch.
– YELP boasting, vainglorious speaking …c888 obs.
 
VAINGLORIOUS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– VAINLING a vainglorious person …1615 obs. rare
 
VAINGLORIOUS etc. – VERBS
– YELP to boast; to speak vaingloriously …c888 obs.

VAINLY – ADVERBS
– VAINFULLY in vain, vainly …1509 obs.

VALENTINE – NOUNS
– BIRD’S-WEDDING-DAY St. Valentines’ day …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SAINT VALENTIDE St. Valentine’s day, or the time of year when this falls …1596 obs.
– SCOG an offensive or mocking valentine …Bk1904 N. Ireland
– TAKE-OFF a satirical valentine …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VALENTINE a gift or present to a person drawn or chosen as one’s special friend on St. Valentine’s day …c1610 obs.
– VALENTINE’S DEAL a choosing of sweethearts on St. Valentine’s Day …Bk1905 Sc.
– VALENTINE’S DEALING a custom observed on St. Valentine’s eve whereby the names of the members of a company of both sexes are written on slips of paper and then chosen by lot by the opposite sex, the person whose name was drawn supposedly becoming the drawer’s sweetheart for the year …1787 Sc.

VALET – NOUNS
– VALETAILLE a number or retinue of valets …1858
– VALETRY valets collectively …1806

VALET – NOUNS, PERSON
– ANDREW a valet, a gentleman’s servant …1700 obs. rare

VALIANT, VALIANTNESS – ADJECTIVES
– GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy …a1400 arch.
– HENDY of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant …a1250 obs.
​- I-WIHT valiant, brave …c1275 obs.
– KEEN brave, bold, valiant, daring …c897 obs.
– LUSTY valiant, courageous, active …c1374 obs.
– MAGNANIMOUS great in courage; nobly brave or valiant …1584
– ORPED bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous …a1000 obs.
– SAVAGE indomitable, intrepid, valiant …a1300 obs.
– STALWORTH brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty …a1225 obs. exc. arch.
– TALL good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant …c1400 obs.
– TONGUE-DOUGHTY valiant in speech; boasting, bragging …1671
– WAILLANT valiant …c1475 obs.
– WARLY skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant …1423 obs.
– WIGHT strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave …ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
– WIGHTY strong and courageous, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave …LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
VALIANT etc. – NOUNS
– VALIANCE a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery …1470-85 now arch.
– VALIANCY the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour …1574
– VALIANCY a valiant act or deed …1627 obs.
– VALIANTISE valiancy, valour …c1330 obs.
– VALIANCY a valiant act or deed …1513 obs obs.
– WARLINESS warlike disposition, valiantness …1599 obs. rare
 
VALIANT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– STALWORTH a strong and valiant man …a1300 obs.
– TALL MAN a brave or valiant man; a champion …Bk1894 Welsh
– VALIANT one who is valiant; a brave or courageous person …1609
– WIGHTLING a valiant man; a brave warrior …a1250 obs.
 
VALIANT etc. – VERBS
– DOW to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly …OE obs.
– TAKE to behave bravely or valiantly …c1470 obs.

VALID – ADJECTIVES
– RATE valid …c1400 obs. rare
– VAILANT of avail, advantage, or value; valid …a1325 obs.
– VALIANT valid, effective, decisive …1632 obs.
– VALIDOUS valid …1603 obs.

VALIDATE – VERBS
– to force someone to validate or justify a pretense; to require the truth CALL SOMEONE’S BLUFF 1870s Amer. sl.

VALIUM – NOUNS
– a tablet of diazepam (trade name Valium™), an anti-anxiety agent VAL 1986 US sl.
– Valium™ VITAMIN V  1994 US sl.
– Valium™, a branded tranquillizer VALI;  VALLIE;  VALLY 1996 UK sl.
– Valium™, a mild tranquillizer VALS 1990s sl.
– Valium™, the tranquillizer V 1984 US sl.

VALLEY – NOUNS
– BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows …1884 Eng. dial.
– BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows …1884 Eng. dial.
– DEAN a deep wooded valley or dell; a valley through which a stream flows …1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– DEN n. a small wooded valley; a dell, glen, a deep hollow between hills …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DIP a valley or ravine …1927 Amer. dial.
– DRINGLE a dingle, a deep dell or hollow …19C Eng. dial.
– DRUMBLE a rough, wooded dip in the ground; a dingle, a wooded ravine …1691 Eng. dial.
– GORE a sharp valley or triangular pass through a mountain …1933 Amer. dial.
– GUT a ravine or narrow valley …1640
– INTERVAL a narrow river-valley …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PARK a high-elevation valley surrounded by mountains …1806 Amer. dial.
– SCAR-DALE a valley surrounded by bare dark rocks …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. …a1774
– VAILEY a valley …1873 Sc.
– VAILIE a valley …1873 Sc.
– VALL a valley …1611 obs.
– VALLET a small valley …a1647 obs.
– VALLEYLET a small valley …1866
 
VALLEY – NOUNS, PERSON
– VALLEYITE an inhabitant of a valley …1893

VALOUR – ADVERBS
– MANLY in a manly manner; manfully, courageously, with valour or energy …c1205 obs. or arch.
 
VALOUR – NOUNS
– FACT a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill …1543 obs.
– MANHEAD the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour …c1275 obs.
– MANSHIP manly courage, valour; vigour, manliness …c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– VALENCE valour, courage …a1604 obs.
– VALEUR valour …1433-4 obs. rare
– VALIANCE bravery, valour …1456
– VALIANCE a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery …1470-85 now arch.
– VALIANCY the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour …1574
– VALIANTISE valiancy, valour …c1330 obs.
– VALUE worth or efficacy in combat or warfare; manliness, valour …1590 obs.
 
VALOUR – NOUNS, PERSON
– BERNE a warrior, a hero, a man of valour; in later use, a poetic word for ‘man’ …937 obs.
– HEART OF OAK a stout, courageous spirit; a man of courage or valour; a man of sterling quality, capable of resistance or endurance …1609
– SACRIPANT a boastful pretender to valour …1830 rare

VALUABLE, VALUABLENESS – ADJECTIVES
– BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value …1958 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
– DAINTY valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful …c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
– DEAR of high estimation, of great worth or value; precious, valuable …c888 obs.
– DEARWORTH;  DERWORTH worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly …c888 obs.
– DEARWORTHY;  DERWORTHY worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly …c1430 obs.
– ILIE valuable, exalted, sacred …1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
– VAILABLE valuable …1894 Sc.
– VALOROUS having value, worth, or merit; valuable …1592 obs.
– VALUROUS valuable …1586 obs.
– WORTH A BOB OR TWO of persons: (fairly) wealthy; of things: (fairly) valuable ..20C colloq.
– WORTH A JEW’S EYE extremely valuable …1598 colloq.
 
VALUABLE etc. – NOUNS
– DEARWORTHINESS preciousness, worthiness, valuableness …c1325 obs.
– DEARWORTHINESSES valuables, treasures …c1325 obs.
– DRUERY a beloved or precious thing; anything valuable or highly prized; a treasure …a1300 obs.
– FAMILY JEWELS something very valuable …1960s sl.
– GOODIE a valuable possession …2003 UK sl.
– NUGGET a precious thing; a small and valuable thing concealed within something larger …1853
– SWAG money; valuables …sl.
 
VALUABLE etc. – VERBS
– THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless

VALUATION – NOUNS
– valuation, appraisement VALUE c1488 obs.
– valuation, rating RATE 1653 obs. rare
– valuation, rating RATEMENT 1613-8 obs. rare

VALUE, VALUED – ADJECTIVES
– ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly …L19 US sl.
– ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly …1885 US sl.
– FAR of a difference in kind or value: great …1509 obs.
– MUCKLE-WORTH of great value or reputation …Bk1905 Sc.
– VAILANT of avail, advantage, or value; valid …a1325 obs.
– VALUATIVE expressive of value …1566 obs.
 
VALUE etc. – NOUNS
– BANG FOR ONE’S BUCK value for money …colloq.
– CARAT worth, value; estimate …1597 obs.
– VAIL value or worth; account, estimation …1471 Sc. obs.
– VAILANCE value, worth …1387-8 obs.
– VAL value …2000s sl.
– VALEUR value …1646 obs. rare
– VALIANT value or worth …1606 Sc. obs.
– VALIDUM value, worth; size …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VALLERT value …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– VALLIDOM the value or worth of a thing …1790 N. Eng. dial.
– VALLIMENT value …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VALOIR value, worth, price …c1495 obs.
– VALOR the amount in money, etc., that a thing is worth; value …1496-7 obs.
– VALOUR value or worth in material or other respects …c1330 obs.
– VALUEDOM value, worth …1825 Sc.
– VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect …1929 Sc.
– WANWORTH an undervalue …a1700 Sc.
 
VALUE etc. – VERBS
– ADVANTAGE to add to the amount or value of …1496-7 obs.
– AFFORARE to set a value or price upon anything …a1250 obs.
– DOW to be valid or of value; to be worth or good for something …ME obs.
– FALL to lower a price, etc.; to bring down in value, to depreciate; to depress the market; also, of land: to become worth less …1677 obs.
– INVIE to value, to set store by …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– SALT to make something appear to be worth more than it is …1852 US sl., orig. mining usage
– VALLIATE to estimate the value of anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VALUATE to estimate the value of anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VALURE to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value …1487 obs.
– VIEW to value …1866 Eng. dial.

VALUE, OF LITTLE VALUE, VALUELESS – ADJECTIVES
– ARSE inferior, shoddy, valueless, unpleasant, disliked for whatever reason …2002 Brit. sl.
– EATHLY of a thing: of small value …c1200 obs.
– FECKLESS of things: ineffective, feeble, futile, valueless, worthless …1599 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– JUNKY trashy, worthless, valueless …1880
– NAUGHTY valueless, good-for-nothing, insignificant, trifling; small and contemptible in appearance …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NOTHING-WORTH worthless, of no worth or value …1619 rare
– NOT WORTH A CUE of negligible value …16C colloq.
– NOT WORTH A FART IN A HAILSTORM unimportant, insignificant; of little value …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A FART IN HELL unimportant, insignificant; of little value …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A FARTHING of very small value …1967 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A HADDOCK of little value …?1562
– NOT WORTH A HANNAH COOK to be of no value or worthless …1942 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A JIGGER valueless …1861 sl.
– NOT WORTH A KUE of negligible value …16C colloq.
– NOT WORTH A MONKEY’S SNICKER not worth a damn …1893 Amer. sl.
– NOT WORTH A Q of negligible value …16C colloq.
– NOT WORTH A QUE of negligible value …16C colloq.
– NOT WORTH A SKILLAGALEE worthless, of little value …1833
– NOT WORTH A STRAW of no appreciable value …c1540 sl.
– NOT WORTH SHOE-BUCKLES of little value or account …1737
– NOT WORTH SHUCKS of little value …US & Can. colloq.
– NUGATORIOUS trifling, of no value or importance, worthless …1646 obs.
– OOBADES of little value, useless …Bk1905
– PICAYUNE of small value or importance …US & Can. colloq.
– PICAYUNISH of small value or importance …US & Can. colloq.
– TOO DEAD TO SKIN being of no value whatsoever; worthless …1873 Amer. sl.
– UBAADOUS of little value, useless …Bk1905
– WAFFISH of no value; worthless …1866 Sc.
 
VALUE, OF LITTLE VALUE etc. – NOUNS
– BAFFIN a trifle, a thing of no value …1866 Sc.
– BAFFLE a trifle, a thing of no value …1866 Sc.
– BAUBEE a trifle, anything of little value …1906 Amer. dial.
– BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless …1634
– BAWBEE a trifle; anything of little value …1953 Amer. dial.
– BOBEE a trifle, anything of little value …1866 Amer. dial.
– BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value …1958 Amer. dial.
– CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends …1851 sl.
– CATCHPENNY something of little value, esp. a publication, designed to attract purchasers …1760
– CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people’s way; something that out to be destroyed or buried out of sight; a useless thing; a thing or person of no value; a useless tree; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position; one that is good-for-nothing …1657
– DERG a thing of little value …B1900 Sc.
– FANG something of little value or importance …1923 Sc.
– FARTHING something of very small value …1967 Amer. dial.
– FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; something pretty and of little value …arch.
– HAW something worthless or of no value …c1000 obs.
– HILL OF BEANS a thing of little value …1863 US sl.
– HILL OF PEAS a thing of very little value …1965 Amer. dial.
– JACK-STRAW a thing of the least value …1862 Eng. dial.
– KEG-MEG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind, anything valueless or worthless …1875 Eng. dial.
– LEEK something of little value …a1300 obs.
– NACK a collection of useless or worthless things; anything of little value …1895 Eng. dial.
– NAUGHTS things of no worth or value …a1548 obs. rare
– NOTHING’S NEST a thing of no value or importance; a nonentity …1892 Eng. dial.
– OFFALDMENT;  OFFALMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PICAYUNE something of slight value or trifling importance …1804 Amer. colloq.
– PINCH OF BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value …1958 Amer. dial.
– POT OF PEAS a thing of very little value …1965 Amer. dial.
– PRETTY any little thing of value, esp. a toy …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ROW OF PEAS a thing of very little value …1965 Amer. dial.
– SCOLLICK a thing of little or no value …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRUM something of little or no value…1998 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘thrum’ (threepenny bit)
– TACK anything of little or no value, or of inferior quality …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TASSIL a shapeless, ugly object; anything of little value …1890 Eng. dial.
– THANK-YOU-MA’AM something of little value …1952 Amer. dial.
– THRIP something of little or no value …1890 Amer. dial.
– VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel …a1838 Sc.
– VC something of little or no value …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘toss’ (Victoria Cross)
– VICTORIA CROSS something of little or no value …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘toss’
– YANKEE DIME a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value …1846 Amer. dial.
– YANKEE NICKEL a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value …1965 Amer. dial.
– YARD a thing of no value, something worthless …c1400 obs.
 
VALUE, OF LITTLE VALUE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– CUMBER-GROUND a person of no value; one that is good-for-nothing …1657

VALUE, OF GREAT VALUE – NOUNS
– something of great value ALL THE TEA IN CHINA 1870 Amer. dial.

VALUES – ADJECTIVES
– having traditional values; said of a prisoner OLD BIRD 2001 UK prison sl.

VANDAL, VANDALISM, VANDALIZE – ADJECTIVES
– given to vandalism VANDALISTIC 1854

VANDAL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– one who acts like a Vandal or barbarian; a wilful or ignorant destroyer of anything beautiful, venerable, or worthy of preservation VANDAL 1663

VANDAL etc. – VERBS
– to vandalize a property by sticking hundreds of plastic forks in the lawn on a cold night, which will be frozen in place FORK THE LAWN 

VANE – NOUNS
– a vane, a weathercock SCOGGIN 1790 Eng. dial.
– a weather-vane FAAN 1950 Sc.

VANISH – VERBS
– DO A FADE-OUT to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear …1910s US sl.
– DO A SKATE to vanish …1998 NZ sl.
– EELIE;  EELY to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly …1818 Sc.
– ELLIE;  ELY to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly …1818 Sc.
– EVANISH to disappear, to vanish …1725 Sc.
– EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape …M19 sl.
– FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish …1848 sl.
– FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish  …1820 sl.
– POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish …1930s US sl.
– PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish …1910s Amer. sl.
– SANT;  SAUNT to disappear, to vanish; to be lost …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VADE to pass away, to disappear, to vanish; to decay or perish …1495 obs.
– VAMP to vanish; to disappear; to travel …20C US sl.
– TURN SCOTCH MIST to vanish; to fade away …1994 UK sl.

VANITY – NOUNS (also see VAIN)
– IDLENESS vanity …c825 obs.
– IDLESHIP vanity …a1250 obs.
– SAUCE vanity, pride, display …1793 Sc.
– VAIN vanity; a vain thing …c1330 obs.
– VANITARIANISM the pursuit of vanities …1849 nonce word
– VENTOSITY pomposity, vanity, bombast …c1550
– VENTOSITY an instance of vanity; an idle conceit …1605

VANQUISH, VANQUISHED,  VANQUISHER, VANQUISHING – ADJECTIVES
– DEFAITE; DEFATE defeated, vanquished …1597 Sc.
– LAD-LICKED beaten or vanquished by a youth …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– WHIPPED OUT OF ONE’S BOOTS completely conquered or vanquished …B1890
 
VANQUISH etc. – NOUNS
– DEBELLATION a vanquishing or reducing by force of arms; a conquering, defeating, conquest …1526 obs.
 
VANQUISH etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– DAUNTER a subduer; a vanquisher …1513 obs.
– DEBELLATOR a subduer, a vanquisher, a victor, a conqueror …1713 obs. rare
– VAINQUER a conqueror; a vanquisher; a victor …1456 obs. rare
– VAINQUERESS a female conqueror, vanquisher, or victor …a1513 obs.
– VANQUISHER one who overcomes, prevails, or masters …1456
 
VANQUISH etc. – VERBS
– BEAST to vanquish …Bk1911 Sc.
– DANTON;  DAUNTON to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate …1535 Sc.
– DAUNT to overcome, to subdue, to vanquish …c1300 obs.
– DEBELL to put down in fight, to subdue, to vanquish, to conquer, to overcome; to expel by force of arms …1555 obs.
– DEBELLATE to overcome in war; to conquer, subdue, vanquish …1611 obs.
– EAT FOR BREAKFAST to vanquish, to outdo, to overcome …1970 Aust. sl.
– EAT THE COOKIE to be vanquished; to endure defeat …1978 Amer. sl.
– GET IT DEAD IN THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed …1967 Amer. sl.
– GET IT IN THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed …1945 Amer. sl.
– GET IT UP THE ASS to be victimized, vanquished, or killed …1955 Amer. sl.
– LAMP to trounce, to defeat, to vanquish, to conquer …Bk1902 Sc.
– LANT to vanquish, to beat, to get the better of …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MOP UP to finish off, usually by killing, to vanquish; hence, to finish the remainder of a task …1898 sl.
– OBFLISTICATE to vanquish, obliterate …1832 Amer. sl.
– SKUNK to utterly defeat; to outdo decisively; to vanquish completely; to overcome …1843 Amer. dial.
– TIE UP to vanquish or disable in a contest …1818 sl.
– VENCUE to vanquish, to subdue …a1300 obs. rare
– VENQUE to vanquish, to subdue …1402 obs.
– VINCUS to vanquish …Bk1905 Sc.
– WHIP to overcome, to vanquish, to defeat; to surpass, to outdo …1571

VAPOROUS, VAPOUR – ADJECTIVES
– DAMPISH vaporous, foggy, misty …1577 obs.
– DAMPY full of vapour or mist; foggy …1600 obs.
– VAPORATORY consisting of vapour …1683 obs.
– VAPORIFEROUS that makes or stirs up vapour …1656 rare
– VAPOROSE vaporous; emitting vapour; easily vaporizing …c1400 obs. rare
 
VAPOROUS etc. – NOUNS
– DAMP visible vapour; fog, mist …1601 obs.
– GUM mist, vapour …1513 Sc. obs.
– HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIM steam, vapour, warm air …1911 Sc. 
– OAM;  OOM;  YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma …1864 Sc.
– MERRY-DANCERS the vapours arising from the earth on a warm day when seen flickering in the atmosphere …Bk1905 Sc.
– REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust …1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAM a film of vapour, a haze, mist, or shadow …1824 Sc.
– SUFFUMIGATION fumigating from below; fumes or vapours generated by burning herbs, incense, etc. …1422 arch.
– VAPOROSITY vaporous quality …1528 rare
 
VAPOROUS etc. – VERBS
– REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SUFFUMIGATE to rise in smoke or vapour …1599 obs.
– VAPORATE to give off vapour; to rise in or as vapour …1620 obs.
– WALLOW of flame, smoke, vapour: to surge up …c1374
– WALM of smoke, vapour, etc.: to swirl, to billow …1601 obs. rare

VARIABILITY, VARIABLE, VARIABLENESS – ADJECTIVES
– MOONISH acting as if under the moon’s influence;  changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable …c1407 obs. or arch.
– STREAKY variable …Bk1904 sl.
– VAGARIOUS variable, inconstant, changing …1798 obs.
– VARIOUS of things; undergoing or subject to variation or change; variable, changeful …1552 obs.

VARIABILITY etc. – NOUNS
– VARIATION inconstancy; variableness …1509 obs.
– VARIOUSNESS changeableness; inconstancy; variability …1607 obs.

VARIANCE, VARIATION, VARIED, VARIEGATE, VARIEGATED, VARY – ADJECTIVES
– DAPPERPYE variegated, many-coloured …1802 Sc.
– FAW coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated …a700 obs.
– GAIRED streaked, variegated, striped …1810 Sc.
– GAIRIE;  GAIRY of bright or variegated colour, gaudy …1804 Sc.
– GAIRIE;  GAIRY variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours …1808 Sc.
– MANGLY of mixed colours, variegated …1957 Amer. dial.
– MARLED spotted, variegated, streaky …1787 Sc.
– MARLY spotted, variegated, streaked, marbled …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MINGLEDY of mixed colours, variegated …1933 Amer. dial.
– MINGLY of mixed colours, variegated …1941 Amer. dial.
– MIRLY speckled, spotted, variegated …1790 Sc.  
– SUNDER separate; various, varied, sundry …a1400 obs.
– SUNDRILY diverse, various, varied …c1375 obs. rare
– SUNDRYFOLD manifold, various, varied …c1430 obs.
– VAIR varied or variegated in colour …c1425 Sc. obs.
– VARIANT of colours: varied, variegated; also of an animal or cloth in respect of colour …a1400-50 obs.
– VARIATE diversified, variegated; varied in nature …c1440 obs.
– VARIATIOUS marked by variation …1875 rare
– VARIATIVE showing variation …1874
– VARIOUS of things; undergoing or subject to variation or change; variable, changeful …1552 obs.
– VARY particoloured, variegated …1382 obs.
 
VARIANCE etc. – NOUNS
– VARIANCY changeability; variance …1888 rare
– VARIATION discord, variance, dissension …c1485 obs. rare
– VARIETY variation or change of fortune …a1533 obs.
– VARIETY the fact or quality of being varied in colour; variegation …1555 obs. rare
– VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley …1761 Sc.
– VARIOUSNESS difference, variance …1628 obs.
 
VARIANCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– VARIEGATOR one who variegates or varies …1891 rare
 
VARIANCE etc. – VERBS
– BEGAIR to diversify or variegate, as with stripes or streaks …1552 Sc. obs.
– BEGARIE to bespatter; to variegate with colours …1681 Sc.
– BEGARY to variegate with colours, whether by way of adornment or of disfigurement …1501 Sc. obs.
– CHOP AND CHANGE to vary continuously, to fluctuate …Bk1999 
– MARL to become mottled, variegated; to variegate, to spot, to streak …1826 Sc.
– VARIATE to vary or change …1591 obs.
– VARIFY to make varied; to vary; to variegate …1606 obs.

VARIETY – ADJECTIVES
– VERSATIVE marked by adaptability or variety …1846 rare
 
VARIETY – NOUNS
– CHANGE OF AIR variety in experience, activity, etc. …Bk1999 
– MANDER;  MANTHER;  MAUNDER kind, variety …1867 Eng. dial.
– MICKLES ingredients, varieties …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NESTS varieties …1851-61 thieves’ sl.
– SUNDERNESS diversity, variety …a1400 obs. rare
– SUNDRINESS diversity, variety; a variety of things …c1375 obs.
– SUNDRYHEAD diversity, variety …1395 obs.
– VARIANCE variety …a1400-50 obs.
– VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley …1761 Sc.
 
VARIETY – NOUNS, PERSON
– VARIATIONIST one who practices variation or introduces variety in anything …1926

VARIOUS, VARIOUSLY – ADJECTIVES
– DIFFERENT many, various …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– OMNIFARIOUS of all kinds or forms; exceedingly various; dealing with all kinds of things …1653
– SUNDER separate; various, varied, sundry …a1400 obs.
– SUNDRILY diverse, various, varied …c1375 obs. rare
– SUNDRYFOLD manifold, various, varied …c1430 obs.

VARIOUS etc. – ADVERBS
– MANIFOLDWISE in various ways …c1440 obs. or arch.
– SUNDERLY diversely, differently, variously …a1513 obs. rare
– SUNDRILY diversely, variously …c1425 obs.
– SUNDRY-WISE in various or different ways; variously, diversely …c1375 obs.

VARNISH – NOUNS
– the cracking and retraction of varnish, paint, etc., caused by contraction ALLIGATORING 1911 US
– varnish VERNIX 1573 obs. rare

VARLET – NOUNS, PERSON
– a varlet; a scullion GIPPO 1651

VARY – see VARIANCE