| v
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(noun) the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet |
Synonyms:
V |
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| vac
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(noun) informal term for vacation |
Synonyms:
vacay |
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| vacancy
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(noun) being unoccupied |
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| (noun) an empty area or space |
Synonyms:
vacuum,
emptiness,
void |
| vacation
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(noun) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure |
Synonyms:
holiday |
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| (noun) the act of making something legally void |
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| vacationer
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(noun) someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work |
Synonyms:
vacationist |
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| vacationing
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(noun) the act of taking a vacation |
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| vacationist
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(noun) someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work |
Synonyms:
vacationer |
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| vacay
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(noun) informal term for vacation |
Synonyms:
vac |
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| vaccina
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(noun) a 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 |
Synonyms:
vaccinia,
variola vaccina,
variola vaccine,
variola vaccinia |
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| vaccinating
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(noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity |
Synonyms:
inoculating |
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| vaccination
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(noun) taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease |
Synonyms:
inoculation |
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| (noun) the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine |
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| vaccinator
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(noun) a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases |
Synonyms:
inoculator |
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| vaccine
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(noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies |
Synonyms:
vaccinum |
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| vaccinee
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(noun) a patient who has been vaccinated |
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| vaccinia
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(noun) a 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 |
Synonyms:
vaccina,
variola vaccina,
variola vaccine,
variola vaccinia |
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| (noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox |
Synonyms:
cowpox |
| vaccinum
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(noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies |
Synonyms:
vaccine |
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| vacillation
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(noun) indecision in speech or action |
Synonyms:
hesitation,
wavering |
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| (noun) changing location by moving back and forth |
Synonyms:
swing,
swinging |
| vacillator
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(noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear) |
Synonyms:
hesitater,
hesitator,
waverer |
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| vacuity
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(noun) the absence of matter |
Synonyms:
vacuum |
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| (noun) a region that is devoid of matter |
Synonyms:
vacuum |
| (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas |
Synonyms:
inanity,
mindlessness,
pointlessness,
senselessness |
| vacuolation
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(noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles |
Synonyms:
vacuolisation,
vacuolization |
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| vacuole
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(noun) a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell |
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| vacuolisation
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(noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles |
Synonyms:
vacuolation,
vacuolization |
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| vacuolization
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(noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles |
Synonyms:
vacuolation,
vacuolisation |
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| vacuousness
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(noun) indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas |
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| vacuum
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(noun) the absence of matter |
Synonyms:
vacuity |
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| (noun) an empty area or space |
Synonyms:
emptiness,
vacancy,
void |
| (noun) a region that is devoid of matter |
Synonyms:
vacuity |
| (noun) an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
Synonyms:
vacuum cleaner |
| vagabond
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(noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place |
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| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
Synonyms:
floater,
drifter,
vagrant,
clochard |
| vagabondage
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(noun) travelling about without any clear destination |
Synonyms:
roving,
wandering |
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| vagary
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(noun) an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.) |
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| vagina
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(noun) the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus |
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| vaginismus
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(noun) muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination |
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| vaginitis
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(noun) inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis) |
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| vaginocele
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(noun) hernia projecting into the vagina |
Synonyms:
colpocele |
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| vaginoscope
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(noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. |
Synonyms:
colposcope |
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| vagrancy
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(noun) the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood |
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| vagrant
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(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
Synonyms:
vagabond,
floater,
drifter,
clochard |
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| vagueness
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(noun) unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning |
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| (noun) indistinctness of shape or character |
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| vagus
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(noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera |
Synonyms:
nervus vagus,
pneumogastric,
pneumogastric nerve,
wandering nerve,
vagus nerve,
tenth cranial nerve |
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| vainglory
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(noun) outspoken conceit |
Synonyms:
boastfulness |
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| vaisya
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(noun) the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category |
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| valance
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(noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
Synonyms:
pelmet,
valance board,
cornice |
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| valdecoxib
|
(noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract |
Synonyms:
Bextra |
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| vale
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(noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
Synonyms:
valley |
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| valediction
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(noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
Synonyms:
valedictory,
valedictory address,
valedictory oration |
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| (noun) the act of saying farewell |
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| valedictorian
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(noun) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement |
Synonyms:
valedictory speaker |
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| valedictory
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(noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
Synonyms:
valediction,
valedictory address,
valedictory oration |
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| valence
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(noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate |
Synonyms:
valency |
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| (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) |
Synonyms:
valency |
| valency
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(noun) the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds |
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| (noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate |
Synonyms:
valence |
| (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) |
Synonyms:
valence |
| valentine
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(noun) a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day |
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| valerian
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(noun) a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers |
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| valet
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(noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer |
Synonyms:
man,
gentleman,
gentleman's gentleman,
valet de chambre |
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| valetudinarian
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(noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health |
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| valetudinarianism
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(noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
Synonyms:
feebleness,
frailty,
infirmity,
debility,
frailness |
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| valgus
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(noun) a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body |
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| valiance
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) |
Synonyms:
gallantry,
heroism,
valiancy,
valor,
valorousness,
valour |
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| valiancy
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) |
Synonyms:
gallantry,
heroism,
valiance,
valor,
valorousness,
valour |
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| validation
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(noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something |
Synonyms:
proof,
substantiation |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof |
Synonyms:
establishment |
| validity
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(noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous |
Synonyms:
cogency,
rigor,
rigour |
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| (noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness |
Synonyms:
validness |
| validness
|
(noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness |
Synonyms:
validity |
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| valine
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(noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults |
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| valise
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(noun) a small overnight bag for short trips |
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| vallecula
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(noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part |
Synonyms:
groove |
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| valley
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(noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
Synonyms:
vale |
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| valor
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) |
Synonyms:
gallantry,
heroism,
valiance,
valiancy,
valorousness,
valour |
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| valorousness
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) |
Synonyms:
gallantry,
heroism,
valiance,
valiancy,
valor,
valour |
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| valour
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) |
Synonyms:
gallantry,
heroism,
valiance,
valiancy,
valor,
valorousness |
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| valsartan
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(noun) an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure |
Synonyms:
Diovan |
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| valse
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(noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat |
Synonyms:
waltz |
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| valuable
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(noun) something of value |
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| valuableness
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(noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value |
Synonyms:
invaluableness,
preciousness,
pricelessness |
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| valuation
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(noun) an appraisal of the value of something |
Synonyms:
rating,
evaluation |
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| (noun) assessed price |
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| valuator
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(noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things |
Synonyms:
appraiser |
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| value
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(noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed |
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| (noun) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable |
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| (noun) the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else |
Synonyms:
economic value |
| (noun) relative darkness or lightness of a color |
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| (noun) (music) the relative duration of a musical note |
Synonyms:
note value,
time value |
| (noun) an ideal accepted by some individual or group |
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| valuelessness
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(noun) having none of the properties that endow something with value |
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| valuer
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(noun) someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions |
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| values
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(noun) beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) |
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| valve
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(noun) a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
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| (noun) device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
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| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
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| (noun) the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
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| (noun) one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
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| valvelet
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(noun) a small valve |
Synonyms:
valvula,
valvule |
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| valvotomy
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(noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction |
Synonyms:
valvulotomy |
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| valvula
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(noun) a small valve |
Synonyms:
valvelet,
valvule |
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| valvule
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(noun) a small valve |
Synonyms:
valvelet,
valvula |
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| valvulitis
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(noun) inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever) |
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| valvulotomy
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(noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction |
Synonyms:
valvotomy |
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| vambrace
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(noun) cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm |
Synonyms:
lower cannon |
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| vamp
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(noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
Synonyms:
flirt,
tease,
minx,
prickteaser,
vamper,
coquette |
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| (noun) an improvised musical accompaniment |
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| (noun) piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe |
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| vamper
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(noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
Synonyms:
flirt,
tease,
vamp,
minx,
prickteaser,
coquette |
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| vampire
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(noun) (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living |
Synonyms:
lamia |
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| vampirism
|
(noun) belief in the existence of vampires |
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| (noun) the actions or practices of a vampire |
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| van
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(noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) |
Synonyms:
vanguard,
new wave,
avant-garde |
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| (noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army |
Synonyms:
vanguard |
| (noun) (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight |
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| (noun) a camper equipped with living quarters |
Synonyms:
caravan |
| (noun) a truck with an enclosed cargo space |
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| vanadate
|
(noun) a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium |
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| vanadinite
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(noun) a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium |
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| vanadium
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(noun) a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite |
Synonyms:
V,
atomic number 23 |
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| vancomycin
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(noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections |
Synonyms:
Vancocin |
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| vanda
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(noun) any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes |
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| vandal
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(noun) someone who willfully destroys or defaces property |
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| vandalism
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(noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others |
Synonyms:
hooliganism,
malicious mischief |
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| vandyke
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(noun) a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) |
Synonyms:
vandyke beard |
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| vane
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(noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
Synonyms:
weather vane,
weathervane,
wind vane |
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| (noun) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it |
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| (noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water |
Synonyms:
blade |
| (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft |
Synonyms:
web |
| vanguard
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(noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army |
Synonyms:
van |
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| (noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) |
Synonyms:
new wave,
van,
avant-garde |
| (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field |
Synonyms:
forefront,
cutting edge |
| vanilla
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(noun) any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers |
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| (noun) a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) |
Synonyms:
vanilla extract |
| (noun) a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans |
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| vanillin
|
(noun) a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings |
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