vasotomy
1: surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens [syn: {vasosection}]
vasovasostomy
1: a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy
vasovesiculitis
1: inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis
vassal
1: a person holding a fief [syn: {liege}, {liegeman}, {liege subject}, {feudatory}]
vassalage
1: the state of a serf [syn: {serfdom}, {serfhood}]
vast
1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los An...
vastly
1: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator" [syn: {immensely}]
vastness
1: unusual largeness in size or extent [syn: {enormousness}, {grandness}, {greatness}, {immenseness}, {immensity}, {sizeableness}]
VAT
1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production [syn: {value-added tax}, {ad valorem tax}] 2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [...
vat color
1: a dye that is applied by reducing the dye to a base-soluble form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton [syn: {vat dye}]
vat dye
1: a dye that is applied by reducing the dye to a base-soluble form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton [syn: {vat color}]
vatic
1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" [syn:...
vatical
1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" [syn:...
Vatican
1: the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City [syn: {Vatican Palace}]
Vatican City
1: the capital of the State of the Vatican City [syn: {Citta del Vaticano}]
Vatican Palace
1: the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City [syn: {Vatican}]
vaticinate
1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration [syn: {prophesy}] 2: foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy
vaticination
1: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) [syn: {prophecy}, {prognostication}]
vaticinator
1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: {prophet}, {oracle}, {seer}]
vaudeville
1: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. [syn: {music hall}]
vaudeville theater
1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: {music hall}, {vaudeville theatre}]
vaudeville theatre
1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged [syn: {music hall}, {vaudeville theater}]
Vaughan
1: United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) [syn: {Sarah Vaughan}]
Vaughan Williams
1: English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) [syn: {Ralph Vaughan Williams}]
vault
1: a burial chamber (usually underground) [syn: {burial vault}] 2: a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables [syn: {bank vault}] 3: an arched brick or stone ceilin...
vault of heaven
1: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: {celestial sphere}, {sphere}, {empyrean}, {firmament}, {heavens}, {welkin}]
vaulted
1: having a hemispherical vault or dome [syn: {domed}]
vaulter
1: an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole [syn: {pole vaulter}, {pole jumper}]
vaulting
1: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: {overreaching}] n 1: (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting" 2: a light leap by a horse in...
vaulting horse
1: a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: {long horse}, {buck}]
vaunt
1: extravagant self-praise v : show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag}, {gas}, {blow}, {bluster}, {gasconade}]
vaunter
1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: {bragger}, {braggart}, {boaster}, {blowhard}, {line-shooter}]
vauntingly
1: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: {boastfully}, {big}, {large}]
Vaux
1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: {Calvert Vaux}]
VCR
1: a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs [syn: {videocassette recorder}]
VD
1: a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact [syn: {venereal disease}, {social disease}, {Cupid's itch}, {Cupid's disease}, {Venus's curse}, {sexually transmitted dis...
VDU
1: (British) a device for displaying input signals as letters on a screen; usually has a keyboard [syn: {visual display unit}]
Veadar
1: included seven times in every 19 years [syn: {Adar Sheni}]
veal
1: meat from a calf [syn: {veau}]
veal cordon bleu
1: thin slices of veal stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed
veal parmesan
1: sauteed veal cutlet in a breadcrumb-and-cheese coating served with tomato sauce [syn: {veal parmigiana}]
veal parmigiana
1: sauteed veal cutlet in a breadcrumb-and-cheese coating served with tomato sauce [syn: {veal parmesan}]
veal roast
1: cut of veal suitable for roasting [syn: {roast veal}]
veau
1: meat from a calf [syn: {veal}]
Veblen
1: United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929) [syn: {Thorstein Veblen}, {Thorstein Bunde Veblen}] 2: United States mathematician (1880-1960) [syn: {Oswald Veblen}]
vector
1: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components 2: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction 3: any agent (person or animal or microorga...
vector algebra
1: the part of algebra that deals with the theory of vectors and vector spaces
vector product
1: a vector that is the product of two other vectors [syn: {cross product}]
vector sum
1: a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors [syn: {resultant}]
vector-borne transmission
1: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person
Veda
1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyaka...
vedalia
1: native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects [syn: {Rodolia cardinalis}]
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Vedanga
1: Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology
Vedanta
1: (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas
Vedic
1: of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written; "the Vedic literature"
Vedic literature
1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionallly believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyaka...
Vedism
1: the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas
Vedist
1: a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
veer
1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {curve}, {trend}, {slue}, {slew}, {cut}] 2: shif...
veering
1: the act of turning aside suddenly [syn: {swerve}, {swerving}]
veery
1: tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song [syn: {Wilson's thrush}, {Hylocichla fuscescens}]
Vega
1: prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: {Lope de Vega}, {Lope Felix de Vega Carpio}] 2: the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
vegan
1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
vege out
1: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" [syn: {vegetate}]
vegetable
1: of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants; "decaying vegetable matter" [ant: {mineral}, {animal}] n 1: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fru...
vegetable garden
1: a small garden where vegetables are grown [syn: {kitchen garden}, {vegetable patch}]
vegetable hummingbird
1: soft-wooded tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies [syn: {scarlet wisteria tree}, {Sesbania grandiflora}]
vegetable ivory
1: nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons [syn: {ivory nut}, {apple nut}]
vegetable marrow
1: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: {marrow}, {marrow squash}] 2: large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins...
vegetable matter
1: matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
vegetable oil
1: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants [syn: {oil}]
vegetable oyster
1: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States [syn: {salsify}, {oyster plant}, {Tragopogon porri...
vegetable patch
1: a small garden where vegetables are grown [syn: {kitchen garden}, {vegetable garden}]
vegetable sheep
1: perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage [syn: {sheep plant}, {Raoulia lutescens}, {Raoulia australis}] 2: cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with ...
vegetable silk
1: from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation [syn: {kapok}, {silk cotton}]
vegetable soup
1: soup made with a variety of vegetables [syn: {petite marmite}, {minestrone}]
vegetable tallow
1: a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow
vegetable wax
1: a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
vegetal
1: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: {vegetative}] 2: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative laye...
vegetarian
1: eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
vegetate
1: lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind 2: establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house" 3: produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously" 4: grow l...
vegetation
1: all the plant life in a particular region [syn: {flora}] [ant: {fauna}] 2: the process of growth in plants 3: an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the ...
vegetational
1: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" [syn: {vegetal}, {vegetative}]
vegetative
1: of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" [syn: {vegetive}] 2: used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or gro...
vegetative cell
1: any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; [syn: {somat...
vegetive
1: of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" [syn: {vegetative}]
veggie
1: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant [syn: {vegetable}]
vehemence
1: intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" [syn: {emphasis}] 2: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" [syn: {fe...
vehement
1: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn: {fierce}, {tearing},...
vehemently
1: in a vehement manner; "he vehemently denied the accusations against him"
vehicle
1: a conveyance that transports people or objects 2: a medium for the expression or achievement of something; "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle ...
vehicle traffic
1: the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality [syn: {vehicular traffic}]
vehicle-borne transmission
1: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested
vehicular
1: of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles; "vehicular traffic"
vehicular traffic
1: the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality [syn: {vehicle traffic}]
veil
1: a garment that covers the head and face [syn: {head covering}] 2: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: {caul}, {embryonic membrane}]...
veiled
1: having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults" ; "the night-veiled landscape" [ant: {unveiled}] 2: muted or unclear; "veile...
veiled accusation
1: an accusation that is understood without needing to be spoken [syn: {unspoken accusation}]
veiling
1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: {gauze}, {netting}]
vein
1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary carry unaerated blood [syn: {vena}, {venous blood vessel}] 2: a distinctive style or manner; ...
veinal
1: relating to the veins of plants; "leaves affected with veinal mosaic"
veined
1: having or showing markings that resemble veins [syn: {venose}, {veinlike}]
veinlike
1: having or showing markings that resemble veins [syn: {veined}, {venose}]
velar
1: of or relating to the velum 2: produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')
Velazquez
1: Spanish painter (1599-1660) [syn: {Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez}]
Velban
1: periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division [syn: {vinblastine}]
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