variable
1: liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses" [ant: {invariable}] 2: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angle...
variable quantity
1: a quantity that can assume any of a set of values [syn: {variable}]
variable star
1: a star that varies noticeably in brightness [syn: {variable}]
variableness
1: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: {variability}, {variance}] [ant: {invariability}, {invariability}]
variably
1: with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; "it will be variably cloudy"
variance
1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy}, {variant}] 2: discord that splits a group [syn: {division}] 3: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of th...
variant
1: differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling" n 1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy}, {variance}] 2: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ ...
variate
1: a variable quantity that is random [syn: {random variable}, {variant}, {stochastic variable}, {chance variable}]
variation
1: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change [syn: {fluctuation}] 2: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: {varian...
varicella
1: an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body [syn: {chickenpox}]
varicocele
1: dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes
varicolored
1: having a variety of colors [syn: {varicoloured}, {variegated}] 2: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a partico...
varicoloured
1: having a variety of colors [syn: {varicolored}, {variegated}] 2: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particol...
varicose
1: abnormally swollen or knotty; "varicose veins"
varicose vein
1: a vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs
varicosis
1: pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins
varicosity
1: varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous
varied Lorikeet
1: lorikeet with a colorful coat [syn: {Glossopsitta versicolor}]
variedness
1: characterized by variation [ant: {unvariedness}]
variegate
1: change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors 2: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn: {vary}, {motley}]
variegated
1: having a variety of colors [syn: {varicolored}, {varicoloured}]
variegated horsetail
1: northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe [syn: {variegated scouring rush}, {Equisetum variegatum}]
variegated scouring rush
1: northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe [syn: {variegated horsetail}, {Equisetum variegatum}]
variegation
1: variability in coloration 2: the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my inves...
variety
1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: {assortment}, {mixtu...
variety meat
1: edible viscera of a butchered animal [syn: {organs}]
variety show
1: a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances [syn: {variety}]
variola
1: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: {smallpox}, {variola major}]
variola major
1: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: {smallpox}, {variola}] 2: a type of smallpo...
variola major virus
1: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent [syn: {variola major}]
variola minor
1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus [syn: {alastrim}, {pseudosmallpox}, {pseudovariola}, {milk pox}, {white pox}, {West Indian smallpox}, {Cuban itch}, {Kaffir pox}]...
variola minor virus
1: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent [syn: {variola minor}]
variola vaccina
1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: {vaccinia}, {v...
variola vaccine
1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: {vaccinia}, {v...
variola vaccinia
1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: {vaccinia}, {v...
variola virus
1: the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon [syn: {smallpox virus}]
variolar
1: relating to small pox [syn: {variolic}, {variolous}]
variolation
1: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox [syn: {variolization}]
variolic
1: relating to small pox [syn: {variolar}, {variolous}]
variolization
1: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox [syn: {variolation}]
variolous
1: relating to small pox [syn: {variolar}, {variolic}]
variometer
1: a measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field
variorum
1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors [syn: {variorum edition}]
variorum edition
1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors [syn: {variorum}]
various
1: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited va...
variously
1: in diverse ways; "the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants"; "the speakers treated the subject most diversely" [syn: {diversely}, {multifariously}]
variously-leaved pondweed
1: of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States [syn: {Potamogeton gramineous}]
varix
1: abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel [also: {varices} (pl)]
varlet
1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: {rogue}, {knave}, {rascal}, {rapscallion}, {scalawag}, {scallywag}] 2: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in trai...
varment
1: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g. coyote [syn: {varmint}]
varmint
1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: {vermin}] 2: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g. coyote [syn: {varment}]
varna
1: (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
varnish
1: paint that provides a hard glossy transparent coating v : cover with varnish [syn: {seal}]
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varnish tree
1: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles [syn: {candlenut}, {Aleurites moluccana}] 2: small Asiatic tree...
varnished
1: having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: {stained}]
varnisher
1: someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish
Varro
1: Roman scholar (116-27 BC) [syn: {Marcus Terentius Varro}]
varsity
1: a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University 2: a team representing a college or university [syn: {first team}]
varsity letter
1: an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports" [syn: {letter}]
varsity sock
1: a sock worn for athletic events [syn: {athletic sock}, {sweat sock}]
Varuna
1: in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired ...
varus
1: turned inward; especially of a deformity in which part of a limb is twisted toward the center of the body; "varus deformities of the hand" [ant: {valgus}]
vary
1: make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's sel...
varying
1: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]
varying hare
1: large large-footed North American hare; white in winter [syn: {snowshoe hare}, {snowshoe rabbit}, {Lepus americanus}]
vas
1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: {vessel}] [also: {vasa} (pl)]
vas deferens
1: a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct [syn: {ductus deferens}]
vasa brevis
1: several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach [syn: {short gastric artery}, {arteria gastrica breves}]
vasa efferentia
1: the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
vasa vasorum
1: any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein
Vasarely
1: French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997) [syn: {Viktor Vasarely}]
Vasari
1: Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn: {Giorgio Vasari}]
Vasco da Gamma
1: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) [syn: {da Gamma}, {Gamma}]
vascular
1: of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular bundle" [ant: {avascular}]
vascular bundle
1: a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem [syn: {vascular strand}, {fibrovascular bundle}]
vascular hemophilia
1: a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal ...
vascular plant
1: green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms [syn: {tracheophyte}]
vascular ray
1: a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles [syn: {medullary ray}]
vascular spider
1: a dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiate [syn: {spider angioma}, {spider nevus}]
vascular strand
1: a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem [syn: {vascular bundle}, {fibrovascular bundle}]
vascular system
1: the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
vascular tissue
1: tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
vascularisation
1: the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries [syn: {vascularization}]
vascularise
1: become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" [syn: {vascularize}] 2: make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" [syn: {vascularize}]
vascularity
1: the property being vascular; "a prominent vascularity"
vascularization
1: the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries [syn: {vascularisation}]
vascularize
1: become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" [syn: {vascularise}] 2: make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" [syn: {vascularise}]
vase
1: an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
vase vine
1: scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals [syn: {leather flower}, {vase-fine}, {Clematis viorna}]
vase-fine
1: scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals [syn: {leather flower}, {vase vine}, {Clematis viorna}]
vasectomise
1: remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" [syn: {vasectomize}]
vasectomize
1: remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" [syn: {vasectomise}]
vasectomy
1: surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
Vaseline
1: a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly
vasiform
1: having the form of a cylinder or tube [syn: {cylindrical}, {tube-shaped}, {tubelike}]
Vaslav Nijinsky
1: Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950) [syn: {Nijinsky}, {Waslaw Nijinsky}]
vasoconstrictive
1: 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...
vasoconstrictor
1: 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...
vasodilation
1: dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)
vasodilative
1: a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels [syn: {vasodilator}]
vasodilator
1: a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels [syn: {vasodilative}]
Vasomax
1: a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men [syn: {phentolamine}]
vasomotor
1: relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
vasopressin
1: 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 flo...
vasopressor
1: any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)
vasosection
1: surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens [syn: {vasotomy}]
Vasotec
1: an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks [syn: {enalapril}]
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