vanishing | (noun) a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
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(noun) a sudden or mysterious disappearance | - |
vanity | (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dresser, dressing table, toilet table |
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(noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceit, conceitedness |
(noun) the quality of being valueless or futile | Synonyms: emptiness |
(noun) feelings of excessive pride | Synonyms: amour propre, conceit, self-love |
vanquisher | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: conqueror |
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vantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: advantage |
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(noun) place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) | - |
vape | (noun) an electronic cigarette, that produces a nicotine containing vapor | - |
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vapidity | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidness |
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vapidness | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity |
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vaping | (noun) consumption of a vaporized nicotine solution | - |
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vapor | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour |
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(noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance | Synonyms: vapour |
vaporing | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting |
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vaporisation | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporization |
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(noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporization, vapour |
vaporiser | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporizer |
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vaporization | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporisation |
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(noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vapour |
vaporizer | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporiser |
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vaporousness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vapourousness |
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vapors | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapours |
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vapour | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization |
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(noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance | Synonyms: vapor |
vapourousness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness |
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vapours | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors |
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vaquero | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckaroo, buckeroo |
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vaquita | (noun) a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species | Synonyms: Phocoena sinus |
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var | (noun) a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere | Synonyms: volt-ampere |
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vara | (noun) a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities | - |
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varan | (noun) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles | Synonyms: monitor, monitor lizard |
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vardenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: Levitra |
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variability | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variableness, variance |
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(noun) the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity | Synonyms: unevenness |
variable | (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | Synonyms: variable quantity |
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(noun) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity | - |
(noun) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation | - |
(noun) a star that varies noticeably in brightness | Synonyms: variable star |
variableness | (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variance |
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variance | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | Synonyms: variation |
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(noun) an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) | - |
(noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence |
(noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variableness |
(noun) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value | - |
(noun) discord that splits a group | Synonyms: division |
(noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: discrepancy, variant |
variant | (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate |
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(noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: edition, variation, version |
(noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: discrepancy, variance |
(noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | Synonyms: form, strain, var. |
variate | (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant |
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variation | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | Synonyms: variance |
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(noun) the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard | - |
(noun) (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure | Synonyms: pas seul |
(noun) an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard | - |
(noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: edition, variant, version |
(noun) a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished | - |
(noun) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | Synonyms: fluctuation |
(noun) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | Synonyms: mutant, mutation, sport |
(noun) (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) | - |
(noun) the process of varying or being varied | - |
(noun) the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north | Synonyms: magnetic declination, magnetic variation |
varicella | (noun) an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body | Synonyms: chickenpox |
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varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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varicosis | (noun) pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins | - |
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varicosity | (noun) varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous | - |
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variedness | (noun) characterized by variation | - |
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variegation | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | Synonyms: diversification |
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(noun) variability in coloration | - |
varietal | (noun) a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape | Synonyms: varietal wine |
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variety | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness |
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(noun) a difference that is usually pleasant | Synonyms: change |
(noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: form, kind, sort |
(noun) a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances | Synonyms: variety show |
(noun) (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics | - |
(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord |
variola | (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | Synonyms: smallpox, variola major |
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variolation | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolization |
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variolization | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolation |
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variometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field | - |
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variorum | (noun) an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors | Synonyms: variorum edition |
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varix | (noun) abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel | - |
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varlet | (noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood | Synonyms: page |
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(noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag |
varment | (noun) any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | Synonyms: varmint |
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varmint | (noun) any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | Synonyms: varment |
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(noun) an irritating or obnoxious person | Synonyms: vermin |
varna | (noun) (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | - |
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varnish | (noun) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface | - |
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varnisher | (noun) someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish | - |
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varsity | (noun) a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University | - |
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(noun) a team representing a college or university | Synonyms: first team |
varus | (noun) a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree | - |
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vas | (noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vessel |
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vascularisation | (noun) the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries | Synonyms: vascularization |
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vascularity | (noun) the property being vascular | - |
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vascularization | (noun) the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries | Synonyms: vascularisation |
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vasculitis | (noun) inflammation of a blood vessel | - |
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vase | (noun) an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers | - |
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vasectomy | (noun) surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible | - |
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vasoconstriction | (noun) decrease in the diameter of blood vessels | - |
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vasoconstrictive | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictor |
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vasoconstrictor | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictive |
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vasodilation | (noun) dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries) | - |
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vasodilative | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilator |
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vasodilator | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilative |
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vasopressin | (noun) hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules | Synonyms: ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin |
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vasopressor | (noun) any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure) | - |
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vasosection | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasotomy |
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vasotomy | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasosection |
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vasovasostomy | (noun) a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy | - |
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vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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vassal | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman |
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vassalage | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfdom, serfhood |
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vastness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, wideness |
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vat | (noun) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids | Synonyms: tub |
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vaticination | (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | Synonyms: prognostication, prophecy |
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vaticinator | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer |
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vaudeville | (noun) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. | Synonyms: music hall |
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vaudevillian | (noun) a performer who works in vaudeville | - |
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vault | (noun) the act of jumping over an obstacle | Synonyms: hurdle |
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(noun) an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof | - |
(noun) a burial chamber (usually underground) | Synonyms: burial vault |
(noun) a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | Synonyms: bank vault |
vaulter | (noun) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Synonyms: pole jumper, pole vaulter |
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vaulting | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: curvet |
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(noun) (architecture) a vaulted structure | - |
vaunt | (noun) extravagant self-praise | - |
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vaunter | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter |
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