| v | (adjective) being one more than four | Synonyms: 5, five |
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| (noun) the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: V |
| 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 | - |
| vacant | (adjective) without an occupant or incumbent | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacuous |
| vacantly | (adverb) in a vacant manner | - |
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| vacate | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke |
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| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: abandon, empty |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, resign |
| 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 |
| (verb) spend or take a vacation | 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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| vaccinate | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, immunize, inoculate |
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| vaccinated | (adjective) having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | Synonyms: immunised, immunized |
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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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| vacillant | (adjective) uncertain in purpose or action | Synonyms: vacillating, wavering |
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| vacillate | (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, waver |
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| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate |
| vacillating | (adjective) uncertain in purpose or action | Synonyms: vacillant, wavering |
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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 |
| vacuolate | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolated |
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| vacuolated | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolate |
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| 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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| vacuous | (adjective) devoid of matter | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacant |
| (adjective) devoid of significance or force | Synonyms: empty, hollow |
| vacuously | (adverb) in a vacuous manner | - |
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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 |
| (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: hoover, vacuum-clean |
| vagabond | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant |
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| (adjective) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | Synonyms: rootless |
| (noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place | - |
| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, floater, vagrant |
| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander |
| vagabondage | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, wandering |
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| vagal | (adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve | Synonyms: pneumogastric |
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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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| vagile | (adjective) having freedom to move about | - |
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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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| vaginal | (adjective) of or relating to the vagina | - |
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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 | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond |
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| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, floater, vagabond |
| vague | (adjective) not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | Synonyms: undefined |
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| (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, faint, shadowy, wispy |
| (adjective) not clearly expressed or understood | Synonyms: obscure |
| vaguely | (adverb) in a vague way | Synonyms: mistily |
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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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| vain | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen |
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| (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless |
| vainglorious | (adjective) feeling self-importance | Synonyms: big, swelled |
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| vainglory | (noun) outspoken conceit | Synonyms: boastfulness |
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| vainly | (adverb) to no avail | Synonyms: in vain |
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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 | (adjective) of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell | - |
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| (adjective) of a speech expressing leave-taking | - |
| (noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) | Synonyms: valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration |
| 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 | - |
| 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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| 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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| valiant | (adjective) having or showing valor | Synonyms: valorous |
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| valiantly | (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner | Synonyms: valorously |
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| valid | (adjective) well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force | - |
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| (adjective) still legally acceptable | - |
| validate | (verb) make valid or confirm the validity of | - |
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| (verb) prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something | - |
| (verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: corroborate |
| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, formalize |
| validated | (adjective) declared or made legally valid | - |
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| validating | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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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 |
| validatory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, verificatory, verifying |
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| 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 |
| validly | (adverb) with validity; in a valid manner | - |
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| 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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| valorous | (adjective) having or showing valor | Synonyms: valiant |
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| valorously | (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner | Synonyms: valiantly |
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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 | (adjective) having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange | - |
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| (adjective) having worth or merit or value | Synonyms: worthful |
| (noun) something of value | - |