viva-, vivi-, vivo-, viv- +
(Latin: life, alive)
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
—Soren Kierkegaard
vivacious
Filled with animation and spirit; lively, brisk.
vivaciously
In a vivacious manner or characterized by liveliness and high-spiritedness.
vivaciousness
Full of animation and spirit; lively.
vivacity
1. Lively, filled with animation and spirit.
2. Liveliness and high-spiritedness.
vivarium (s), vivaria (pl)
1. An indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions.
2. A transparent enclosure in which small living animals are kept so that their behavior can be studied.
3. A place in which animals are housed, particularly animals used in medical research.
vivary
A place where living things are kept; such as, a park, on land; or in the water; such as, a pond.
viva voce
With the living voice; by word of mouth.
Orally, with the living voice. A viva voce examination is one in which the respondent gives spoken answers instead of written responses.
viva-voce, word-of-mouth
Expressed orally or with a living voice.
vive
1. Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, "long live the king"; vive la bagatelle, "success to trifles or sport".
2. Lively; animated; forcible.
vive, vale
Farewell; literally, "Live, be well"; also given as vive valeque, "Live and be well".
Vive, vale.
Live, be well.
Farewell. Also presented as: Vive valeque, "Live and be well."
Vive hodie.
Live today.
Don't count on living tomorrow. Vive hodie!
vivication
The production of powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind; such as, a vivid description.
vivid
1. Presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit, etc., of life; realistic.
2. Strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible.
3. Forming distinct, lifelike, and striking mental images.
4. Etymology: from Latin vividus, "spirited, animated, lively", from vivus, "alive".
vividialysis, vividiffusion
1. Dialysis through a living membrane.
2. The process of removing diffusible substances from the blood of a living animal by allowing it to flow through dialyzing membranes immersed in a saline solution.
Normally, dialysis is the process of cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine; a procedure that is a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys.
Related life, live-word units:
anima-;
bio-;
-cole;
vita-.