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