| valent | (adjective) (chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination | - |
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| 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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| (verb) serve as a personal attendant to | - |
| valetudinarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian | Synonyms: valetudinary |
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| (noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health | - |
| 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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| valetudinary | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian | Synonyms: valetudinarian |
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| victualer | (noun) a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army | Synonyms: provisioner, sutler, victualler |
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| (noun) an innkeeper (especially British) | Synonyms: victualler |
| wale | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: strake |
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| (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: weal, welt, wheal |
| whale | (noun) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head | - |
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| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: giant, heavyweight, hulk |
| (verb) hunt for whales | - |
| whaleboat | (noun) a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas | - |
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| whalebone | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: baleen |
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| whaler | (noun) a ship engaged in whale fishing | Synonyms: whaling ship |
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| (noun) a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales | - |
| whalesucker | (noun) large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins | Synonyms: Remilegia australis, whale sucker |
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| wholesale | (adjective) ignoring distinctions | Synonyms: sweeping |
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| (noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
| (adverb) at a wholesale price | - |
| (adverb) on a large scale without careful discrimination | Synonyms: in large quantities |
| (verb) sell in large quantities | - |
| wholesaler | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, middleman |
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