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• vbeing one more than four
• v hookA gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
• v mothA common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.
• V neckthe neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V
• V signa sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers
• V-1a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
• V-8 juicebrand name for canned mixed vegetable juices
• V-daythe day of a victory
• V-E Daythe date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
• V-J Daythe date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
• v-shapedshaped in the form of the letter V
• V.P.an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
• VAthe United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
• vaagmerThe dealfish. [Written also vaagmær, and vaagmar.]
• vacinformal term for vacation
• vacancyan empty area or space
• vacancy ratethe percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time
• vacantwithout an occupant or incumbent
• vacant lota lot on which there are no permanent buildings
• vacantlyin a vacant manner
• vacatecancel officially
• vacationthe act of making something legally void
• vacation homea dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation
• vacation spotan area where many people go for recreation
• vacationersomeone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
• vacationingthe act of taking a vacation
• vacationistsomeone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
• vacaturAn order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled.
• Vaccariacow-cockles
• Vaccaria hispanicaEuropean annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
• Vaccaria pyramidataEuropean annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
• vaccaryA cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
• vaccinaa local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
• vaccinalOf or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.
• vaccinateperform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
• vaccinatedhaving been rendered unsusceptible to a disease
• vaccinatingthe act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
• vaccinationtaking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
• vaccinatora medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases
• vaccineimmunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
• vaccine pointSee Point, n., 26.
• vaccineea patient who has been vaccinated
• vacciniaa viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
• vaccinia gangrenosaa severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
• vaccinistA vaccinator.
• vacciniumA genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
• Vaccinium angustifoliumlow-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
• Vaccinium arboreumshrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
• Vaccinium asheishrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry
• Vaccinium caespitosumlow-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
• Vaccinium corymbosumhigh-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
• Vaccinium macrocarpontrailing red-fruited plant
• Vaccinium myrsinitesshrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit
• Vaccinium ovatumstiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements
• Vaccinium oxycoccussmall red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere
• Vaccinium pallidumlow deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries
• Vaccinium pennsylvanicumlow-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
• Vaccinium scopariumshrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
• Vaccinium stamineumsmall branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
• Vaccinium uliginosum alpinuman evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
• Vaccinium vitis-idaealow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
• vaccinumimmunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
• Vachel LindsayUnited States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)
• vacherA keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.
• vacheryAn inclosure for cows.
• vachette claspA piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
• vacillancyThe quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering. [R.] Dr. H. More.
• vacillantuncertain in purpose or action
• vacillatemove or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
• vacillatinguncertain in purpose or action
• vacillationchanging location by moving back and forth
• vacillatorone who hesitates (usually out of fear)
• vacillatoryInclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne.
• Vaclav HavelCzech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)
• vacuateTo make void, or empty. [R.]
• vacuationThe act of emptying; evacuation. [R.]
• vacuistOne who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.
• vacuitytotal lack of meaning or ideas
• vacunaThe goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.
• vacuolateformed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
• vacuolatedformed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
• vacuolationthe state of having become filled with vacuoles
• vacuolea tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
• vacuolisationthe state of having become filled with vacuoles
• vacuolizationthe state of having become filled with vacuoles
• vacuometer(a) An instrument for the comparison of barometers. (b) An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.
• vacuousvoid of expression
• vacuouslyin a vacuous manner
• vacuousnessindicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
• vacuuman electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
• vacuum aspirationa method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
• vacuum baga bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
• vacuum bomba bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
• vacuum bottleflask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures
• vacuum chambera chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed
• vacuum cleaneran electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
• vacuum flaskflask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures
• vacuum gagea gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
• vacuum gaugea gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
• vacuum pumpa pump that moves air in or out of something
• vacuum tubeelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
• vacuum-cleanclean with a vacuum cleaner
• vadantesAn extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
• vadeTo fade; hence, to vanish. [Obs.] " Summer leaves all vaded." Shak. They into dust shall vade. Spenser.
• vade mecuma concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
• vadimonyA bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day. [Obs.]
• vadiumPledge; security; bail. See Mortgage. Vadium vivum Etym: [LL.] (Law), a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its proceeds.
• Vaduzthe capital and largest city of Liechtenstein
• vaeSee Voe. [Scot.]
• vafrousCrafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. [Obs.] Feltham.
• vagabondcontinually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
• vagabondagetravelling about without any clear destination
• vagabondismVagabondage.
• vagabondizeTo play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
• vagabondryVagabondage.
• vagalof or relating to the vagus nerve
• vagancyA wandering; vagrancy. [Obs.] A thousand vagancies of glory and desight. Milton.
• vagantesA tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
• vagariousGiven to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
• vagaryan unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
• vagientCrying like a child. [Obs.]
• vagilehaving freedom to move about
• vaginathe lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
• vaginalof or relating to the vagina
• vaginal arterya branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum
• vaginal birththe parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
• vaginal dischargedischarge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white
• vaginal smearsmear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis
• vaginantServing to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing. Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.
• vaginateInvested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
• vaginatedInvested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
• vaginatiA tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
• vaginervoseHaving the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
• vaginicolaA genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
• vaginismusmuscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination
• vaginitisinflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)
• vaginocelehernia projecting into the vagina
• vaginopennousHaving elytra; sheath-winged. [R.]
• vaginula(a) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses. (b) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers. Henslow.
• vaginuleA vaginula.
• vagissateTo caper or frolic. [Obs.]
• Vagn Walfrid EkmanSwedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
• vagousWandering; unsettled. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
• vagrancythe state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
• vagrantcontinually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
• vagrantlyIn a vagrant manner.
• vagrantnessState of being vagrant; vagrancy.
• vaguenot clearly understood or expressed
• vaguelyin a vague way
• vaguenessindistinctness of shape or character
• vagusa mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
• vagus nervea mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
• vailSame as Veil.
• vailerOne who vails. [Obs.] Overbury.
• vaimureAn outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
• vainunproductive of success
• vaingloriousfeeling self-importance
• vaingloryoutspoken conceit
• vainlyto no avail
• vainnessThe quality or state of being vain.
• vairThe skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue. Fairholt. No vair or ermine decked his garment. Sir W. Scott. Counter vair (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.
• vairyCharged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
• Vaisakhathe second month of the Hindu calendar
• vaishnavaA worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
• vaishnavismThe worship of Vishnu.
• Vaisnavismworship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
• vaisyathe third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category
• vaivodeSee Waywode.
• VajraIndra's thunderbolt
• vakeelA native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador. [India]
• valancea decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
• valance boarda decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
• valdecoxiba Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
• Valdeza port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world
• Valdostaa town in southern Georgia near the Florida border
• valea long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
• valedictionthe act of saying farewell
• valedictorianthe student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement
• valedictoryof a speech expressing leave-taking
• valedictory addressa farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
• valedictory orationa farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
• valedictory speakerthe student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement
• valence(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
• valence electronan electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
• valenciaA kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]
• Valencia orangevariety of sweet orange cultivated extensively in Florida and California
• Valenciennesa type of bobbin lace with floral patterns
• valenciennes laceA rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.
• valency(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
• valent(chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination
• valentiaSee Valencia.
• Valentina TereshkovaSoviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
• Valentina Vladmirovna TereshkovaSoviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
• valentinea card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
• Valentine Daya day for the exchange of tokens of affection
• Valentine's Daya day for the exchange of tokens of affection
• valentinianOne of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.
• valeramideThe acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
• valerateA salt of valeric acid.
• valeriana plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers