Vocabulary : Vang to Vaniloquence

Vang : A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
Vanglo : Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.
Vanguard : The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
Vanilla : A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America. ;; The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
Vanillate : A salt of vanillic acid.

Vanillic : Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.
Vanillin : A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.
Vanilloes : An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.
Vanillyl : The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.
Vaniloquence : Vain or foolish talk.

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