1: being one more than four [syn: {five}, {5}] n 1: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated bet...

1: the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V

1: a sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers

1: a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb [syn: {buzz bomb}, {robot bomb}, {flying bomb}, {doodlebug}]

1: brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices

1: the day of a victory [syn: {Victory Day}]

1: the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II [syn: {8 May 1945}]

1: the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II [syn: {15 August 1945}]

1: shaped in the form of the letter V

1: an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances [syn: {vice president}]

1: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War [syn: {Virginia}, {Old Dominion}, {Old Dominion State}] 2: the United ...

1: informal term for vacation

1: being unoccupied 2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: {void}, {emptiness}, {vacuum}]

1: the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time

1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind" 2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"

1: a lot on which there are no permanent buildings [syn: {building site}]

1: in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"

1: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: {resign}, {renoun...

1: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" [syn: {holiday}] 2: the act of making something legall...

1: a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation

1: an area where many people go for recreation [syn: {resort area}, {playground}]

1: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: {vacationist}]

1: the act of taking a vacation

1: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: {vacationer}]

1: cow-cockles [syn: {genus Vaccaria}]

1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn: {cowherb}, {cow cockle}, {Vacca...

1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn: {cowherb}, {cow cockle}, {Vacca...

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...

1: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunize}, {immunise}, {inoculate}]

1: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: {immunized}, {immunised}]

1: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating" [syn: {inoculating}]

1: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: {inoculation}] 2: the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine

1: a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases [syn: {inoculator}]

1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: {vaccinum}]

1: a patient who has been vaccinated

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: {vaccina}, {va...

1: a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion [syn: {progressive vaccinia}]

1: evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries [syn: {genus Vaccinium}]

1: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries [syn: {low-bush blueberry}, {low blueberry}, {Vaccinium pennsylvanicu...

1: shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries [syn: {farkleberry}, {sparkleberry}]

1: shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry [syn: {rabbiteye blueberry}, {rabbit-eye blueberry}, {rabbiteye}]

1: low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries [syn: {dwarf bilberry}, {dwarf blueberry}]

1: high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries [syn: {high-bush blueberry}, {tall bilb...

1: trailing red-fruited plant [syn: {American cranberry}, {large cranberry}]

1: shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit [syn: {evergreen blueberry}]

1: stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements [syn: {evergreen huckleberry}]

1: small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere [syn: {European cranberry}, {small cranberry}]

1: low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries [syn: {dryland blueberry}, {dryland berry}]

1: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries [syn: {low-bush blueberry}, {low blueberry}, {Vaccinium angustifolium...

1: shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries [syn: {grouseberry}, {grouse-berry}, {grouse whortleberry}]

1: small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer [syn: {deerberry}, {squaw huckleberry}]

1: an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves [syn: {bog bilberry}, {bog whortleberry}, {moor berry}]

1: low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries [syn: {cowberry}, {mountain cranberry}, {lingonberry}, {lingenberry}, {lingberry}, {fox...

1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: {vaccine}]

1: United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931) [syn: {Lindsay}, {Nicholas Vachel Lindsay}]

1: uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillating}, {wavering}]

1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: {hover}, {vibrate}, {oscillate}] 2: m...

1: uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {wavering}]

1: indecision in speech or action [syn: {hesitation}, {wavering}] 2: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: {swing}, {swinging}]

1: one who hesitates (uaually out of fear) [syn: {waverer}, {hesitator}, {hesitater}]

1: Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936) [syn:...

{vacuum}

1: the absence of matter [syn: {vacuum}] 2: total absence of matter [syn: {vacuousness}] 3: a region empty of matter [syn: {vacuum}] 4: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: {inanity}, {senselessness},...

1: formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell [syn: {vacuolated}]

1: formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell [syn: {vacuolate}]

1: the state of having become filled with vacuoles [syn: {vacuolization}, {vacuolisation}]

1: a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell

1: the state of having become filled with vacuoles [syn: {vacuolization}, {vacuolation}]

1: the state of having become filled with vacuoles [syn: {vacuolisation}, {vacuolation}]

1: complacently or inanely foolish [syn: {asinine}, {fatuous}, {inane}, {mindless}] 2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {empty}, {hollow}...

1: in a vacuous manner

1: total absence of matter [syn: {vacuity}]

1: the absence of matter [syn: {vacuity}] 2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: {void}, {vacancy...

1: a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix [syn: {suction curettage}]

1: a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner [syn: {dust bag}]

1: a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb" [syn: {thermobaric bomb}, {fuel-air bomb}, {volume-detonation bomb}, {aerosol bomb}]

1: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures [syn: {vacuum flask}]

1: a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed

1: an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction [syn: {vacuum}]

1: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures [syn: {vacuum bottle}]

1: a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure [syn: {vacuum gauge}]

1: a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure [syn: {vacuum gage}]

1: a pump that moves air in or out of something [syn: {air pump}]

1: electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope [syn: {tube}, {thermionic vacuum tube}, {thermionic tube}, {electron tube}, {thermionic valve...

1: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: {vacuum}, {hoover}]

1: a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location [syn: {handbook}, {enchiridion}]

1: the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein [syn: {capital of Liechtenstein}]

1: wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" [syn: {rootless}] 2: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to anothe...

1: travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" [syn: {wandering}, {roving}]

1: of or relating to the vagus nerve [syn: {pneumogastric}]

1: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he h...

{vag}

{vag}

{vagus}

1: having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals" [ant: {sessile}]

1: the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic...

{vagina}

1: of or relating to the vagina; "vaginal suppository"

1: a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum [syn: {arteria vaginalis}]

1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: {childbirth}, {childbearing}, {accouchement}]

1: discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white

1: smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis

1: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination

1: inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)

1: hernia projecting into the vagina [syn: {colpocele}]

1: Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954) [syn: {Ekman}]

1: the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood

1: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" [syn: {aimless}, {drifting}, {flo...

1: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior b...

1: in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily" [syn: {mistily}]

1: unclearness by virtue of being vague

1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pneumogastr...

1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pneumogastric ner...

1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by vi...

1: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: {big}, {swelled}]

1: outspoken conceit [syn: {boastfulness}]

1: to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: {in vain}]

1: the second month of the Hindu calendar [syn: {Baisakh}]

1: worshipper of Vishnu

1: Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu [syn: {Vaisnavism}] 2: worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon [syn: {Vaisnavism}, {Vishnuism}]

1: Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu [syn: {Vaishnavism}] 2: worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon [syn: {Vaishnavism}, {Vishnuism}]

1: a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes 2: the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category

1: Indras's thunderbolt

1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: {cornice}, {valance board}, {pelmet}]

1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: {cornice}, {valance}, {pelmet}]

1: a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world

1: a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border

1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: {valley}]

1: a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class [syn: {valedictory address}, {valedictory}] 2: the act of saying farewell

1: the student with the best grades who delivers the valedictory at graduation [syn: {valedictory speaker}]

1: of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture" 2: of a speech expressing lea...

1: a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class [syn: {valediction}, {valedictory}]

1: the student with the best grades who delivers the valedictory at graduation [syn: {valedictorian}]

1: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: {valency}] 2: (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given i...

1: an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules

1: an industrial city in northern Venezuela 2: a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean; "Valencia is the third largest city in Spain"

1: variety of sweet orange cultivated extensively in Florida and California

1: the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds 2: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: {valence}] 3: (chemistry) a property of atom...

1: Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937) [syn: {Tereshkova}, {Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova}]

1: Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937) [syn: {Tereshkova}, {Valentina Tereshkova}]

1: a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?" 2: a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day

1: a day for the exchange of tokens of affection [syn: {Valentine's Day}, {Saint Valentine's Day}, {St Valentine's Day}, {February 14}]

1: a day for the exchange of tokens of affection [syn: {Valentine Day}, {Saint Valentine's Day}, {St Valentine's Day}, {February 14}]

1: a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or ink flowers

1: genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor [syn: {Valerianaceae}, {family Valerianaceae}]

1: genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs [syn: {genus Valeriana}]

1: tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally [syn: {common valerian}, {garden heliotrope}]

1: genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor [syn: {family Valerianaceae}, {valerian family}]

1: genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized [syn: {genus Valerianella}]

1: widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed [syn: {common corn salad}, {lamb's lettuce}, {Valerianella olitoria}]

1: widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed [syn: {common corn salad}, {lamb's lettuce}, {Valerianella locusta}]

1: a clear liquid carboxylic acid used in perfumes and drugs [syn: {pentanoic acid}]

1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet de chambre}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman}, {man}] v : serve as a personal atten...

1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman}, {man}]

1: the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island [syn: {Valletta}, {capital of Malta}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian n : weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health

1: turned outward; especially of a deformity in which part of a limb is twisted away from the center of the body; "talipes valgus" [ant: {varus}]

1: (Norse mythology) the hall in which Odin received the souls of slain heroes [syn: {Walhalla}]

1: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {g...

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {g...

1: having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier" [syn: {valorous}]

1: with valor; in a valiant manner; "he fought valiantly until the end" [syn: {valorously}]

1: well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license" [ant: {invalid}] 2: still legally acceptable; "the license is s...

1: declare or make legally valid [syn: {formalize}, {formalise}] [ant: {invalidate}] 2: prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something [ant: {invalidate}] 3: give evidence for [syn: {corrobora...

1: declared or made legally valid; "a validated claim"

1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {val...

1: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something [syn: {proof}, {substantiation}] 2: the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: {establishment}]

1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {val...

1: the quality of being logically valid [syn: {cogency}, {rigor}, {rigour}] 2: the quality of having legal force or effectiveness [syn: {validness}]

1: in a valid manner; "this may not validly be done" [syn: {with validity}]

1: the quality of having legal force or effectiveness [syn: {validity}]

1: an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults

1: a small overnight bag for short trips

1: a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in ca...

1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

1: a region in northwestern Italy

1: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part [syn: {groove}] [also: {valleculae} (pl)]

{vallecula}

1: the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island [syn: {Valetta}, {capital of Malta}]

1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: {vale}]

1: an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules [syn: {coccidioidomycosis}, {coccidiomycosis}, {desert rheumatism}]

1: a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley

1: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: {California white oak}, {valley white oak}, {roble}, {Quercus lobata}]

1: of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States [syn: {Thomomys bottae}]

1: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: {California white oak}, {valley oak}, {roble}, {Quercus lobata}]

1: eelgrass; eel grass [syn: {genus Vallisneria}]

1: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia [syn: {tape grass}, {eelgrass}, {wild celery}]

1: the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery) [syn: {battle of Valmy}]

1: French royal house from 1328 to 1589

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {g...

1: having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier" [syn: {valiant}]

1: with valor; in a valiant manner; "he fought valiantly until the end" [syn: {valiantly}]

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {g...

1: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" [syn: {heroism}, {g...

1: the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile

1: anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures [syn: {Depokene}]

1: a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat [syn: {waltz}]

1: having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "another human being equally valuable in the sight of God"; "a valuable diamond" [ant: {worthless}] 2: having worth or merit ...

1: the positive quality of being precious and beyond value [syn: {invaluableness}, {preciousness}, {pricelessness}]