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Vampyre: / noun; An archaic spelling of vampire, most common in Victorian literature.
Vanitas: / noun; Artwork emphasising the transience of life and the certainty of death.
Venereal disease: / noun (archaic); An archaic term for a Sexually transmitted disease.
Vernal: / adjective; Relating to spring.
Viaduct: / noun; A long bridge carrying a road or railroad across a valley.
Virgin crants: / noun (plural); Funeral crowns made for deceased virgins.
Visitation Room: / noun; A room in a funeral home used for viewing the deceased.
Vista: / noun; A serene, pleasing view.
Vivacity: / noun; A lively disposition.
Vivisection: / noun; Surgery on living animals for scientific research.
Voluptuous: / adjective; A curvaceous and attractive woman, or a luxury akin to sensual pleasures.
Vrykolakas: / noun (Greek/Slavic); A Greek/Slavic vampire.
Web Revivalism: / noun; A term for the adoption of millennium-era web design. Web Revivalists create simplistic static sites, use period-appropriate software, and attempt to emulate the lifestyles of early internet users. It was first coined by MelonKing in 2022 in his essay "Intro to the Web Revival #1: What is the Web Revival?".
Webcomic: / noun; A comic that is published online rather than in traditional print. Webcomics are often drawn by individual authors and can take years, if not decades, to complete.
Whence: / adverb (archaic); An archaic term for what place or source a thing originates.
Whelmed: / verb (past tense); To be engulfed or overwhelmed.
Witch-bottle: / noun; An apotropaic bottle filled with sharp objects, intended to repel witches.
Wold: / noun (archaic); An archaic British term for an open, rolling landscape.
Zoöphagous: / adjective; Feeding on animals.