vigesimal
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or based on the number twenty
vigil
— Noun
– English
~ the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
vigil
— Noun
– English
~ a period of sleeplessness
vigil
— Noun
– English
~ a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
vigil candle
— Noun
– English
~ a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church
vigil light
— Noun
– English
~ a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church
vigilance committee
— Noun
– English
~ a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist
vigilance
— Noun
– English
~ vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"
vigilance
— Noun
– English
~ the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
vigilance man
— Noun
– English
~ member of a vigilance committee
vigilant
— Adjective
– English
~ carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
vigilante
— Noun
– English
~ member of a vigilance committee
vigilantism
— Noun
– English
~ the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
vigilantly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a watchful manner
vigna
— Noun
– English
~ genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna unguiculata
— Noun
– English
~ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Vigna caracalla
— Noun
– English
~ perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna radiata
— Noun
– English
~ erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna sinensis
— Noun
– English
~ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure