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   V-day
         n 1: the day of a victory [syn: {V-day}, {Victory Day}]

English Dictionary: VD by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
V-E Day
n
  1. the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II [syn: V-E Day, 8 May 1945]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
VAT
n
  1. a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
    Synonym(s): VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax
  2. a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
    Synonym(s): tub, vat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vat dye
n
  1. a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton
    Synonym(s): vat dye, vat color
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
VD
n
  1. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
    Synonym(s): venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
VDU
n
  1. (British) British term for video display [syn: {visual display unit}, VDU]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Veda
n
  1. (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
    Synonym(s): Vedic literature, Veda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vet
n
  1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]
  2. a person who has served in the armed forces
    Synonym(s): veteran, vet, ex-serviceman
v
  1. work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"
  2. examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"
  3. provide (a person) with medical care
  4. provide veterinary care for
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veto
n
  1. a vote that blocks a decision
  2. the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
v
  1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
    Synonym(s): veto, blackball, negative
  2. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
    Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
    Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
video
n
  1. the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
    Synonym(s): video, picture
  2. a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
    Synonym(s): video recording, video
  3. (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
  4. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
    Synonym(s): television, telecasting, TV, video
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vidua
n
  1. whydahs
    Synonym(s): Vidua, genus Vidua
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
void
adj
  1. lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: null, void]
  2. containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"
n
  1. the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void, nullity, nihility]
  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"
    Synonym(s): void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
v
  1. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
    Synonym(s): invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
    Antonym(s): formalise, formalize, validate
  2. clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
  3. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"
    Synonym(s): invalidate, void, vitiate
    Antonym(s): validate
  4. excrete or discharge from the body
    Synonym(s): evacuate, void, empty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voodoo
n
  1. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
    Synonym(s): juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
  2. (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
  3. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
    Synonym(s): voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism
v
  1. bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vote
n
  1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"
    Synonym(s): vote, ballot, voting, balloting
  2. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
  3. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
    Synonym(s): right to vote, vote, suffrage
  4. a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
  5. the total number of voters who participated; "they are expecting a large vote"
    Synonym(s): vote, voter turnout
v
  1. express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
  2. express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"
  3. express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
  4. be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
  5. bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
VT
n
  1. a state in New England [syn: Vermont, {Green Mountain State}, VT]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vade \Vade\, v. i. [For fade.]
      To fade; hence, to vanish. [Obs.] [bd] Summer leaves all
      vaded.[b8] --Shak.
  
               They into dust shall vade.                     --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vat \Vat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vatting}.]
      To put or transfer into a vat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vat \Vat\, n. [A dialectic form for fat, OE. fat, AS. f[91]t;
      akin to D. vat, OS. fat, G. fass, OHG. faz, Icel. & Sw. fat,
      Dan. fad, Lith. p[?]das a pot, and probably to G. fassen to
      seize, to contain, OHG. fazz[?]n, D. vatten. Cf. {Fat} a
      vat.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaut \Vaut\, v. i.
      To vault; to leap. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaut \Vaut\, n.
      A vault; a leap. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vauty \Vaut"y\, a.
      Vaulted. [bd]The haughty vauty welkin.[b8] [Obs.] --Taylor
      (1611).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veda \Ve"da\ (?; 277), n. [Skr. v[?]da, properly, knowledge,
      from vid to know. See {Wit}.]
      The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the
      four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and
      Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that
      literature.
  
      Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic
               Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
               settled form called classical Sanskrit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veto \Ve"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vetoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vetoing}.]
      To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a
      legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto
      an appropriation bill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veto \Ve"to\, n.; pl. {Vetoes}. [L. veto I forbid.]
      1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an
            interdiction.
  
                     This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any
                     intimacy with her family.                  --G. Eliot.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) A power or right possessed by one department of
                  government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of
                  projects attempted by another department; especially,
                  in a constitutional government, a power vested in the
                  chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures
                  passed by the legislature. Such a power may be
                  absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People
                  in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the
                  President of the United States. Called also {the veto
                  power}.
            (b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition
                  or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill
                  passes.
            (c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the
                  executive for not officially approving a proposed law;
                  -- called also {veto message}. [U. S.]
  
      Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal
               Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only.
               --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vie \Vie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.]
      [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to
      challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of
      uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.]
      1. To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of
            gleek. See {Revie}. [Obs.]
  
      2. To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous
            effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
  
                     In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed
                     in such a way of life as . . . to vie with the best
                     of their family.                                 --Addison.
  
                     While Waterloo with Cann[91]'s carnage vies.
                                                                              --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   View \View\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Viewing}.]
      1. To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention,
            or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye;
            to inspect; to explore.
  
                     O, let me view his visage, being dead. --Shak.
  
                     Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what
                     of their state he more might learn.   --Milton.
  
      2. To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view
            the subject in all its aspects.
  
                     The happiest youth, viewing his progress through.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vitoe \Vi"to*e\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Durukuli}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vitta \[d8]Vit"ta\, n.; pl. {Vitt[91]}. [L. vitta ribbon,
      fillet.]
      1. (Bot.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous
            plants.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A band, or stripe, of color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, n.
      An empty space; a vacuum.
  
               Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And
               fills up all the mighty void of sense.   --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Voided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Voiding}.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See {Void}, a.]
      1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or
            empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
  
                     Void anon her place.                           --Chaucer.
  
                     If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or
                     void the field.                                 --Shak.
  
      2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge;
            as, to void excrements.
  
                     A watchful application of mind in voiding
                     prejudices.                                       --Barrow.
  
                     With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and
                     scattered bones.                                 --J. Webster.
  
      3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to
            vacate; to annul; to nullify.
  
                     After they had voided the obligation of the oath he
                     had taken.                                          --Bp. Burnet.
  
                     It was become a practice . . . to void the security
                     that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
                                                                              --Clarendon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F.
      vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form
      of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. {Vacant},
      {Avoid}.]
      1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not
            filled.
  
                     The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2.
  
                     I 'll get me to a place more void.      --Shak.
  
                     I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I
                     may run over the story of his country. --Massinger.
  
      2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and
            the like.
  
                     Divers great offices that had been long void.
                                                                              --Camden.
  
      3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void
            of learning, or of common use. --Milton.
  
                     A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts
                                                                              xxiv. 16.
  
                     He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
                                                                              --Prov. xi.
                                                                              12.
  
      4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
  
                     [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall
                     accomplish that which I please.         --Isa. lv. 11.
  
                     I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix.
                                                                              7.
  
      5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or
            soul. [bd]Idol, void and vain.[b8] --Pope.
  
      6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of
            confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. {Voidable}, 2.
  
      {Void space} (Physics), a vacuum.
  
      Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied;
               unoccupied.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, v. i.
      To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Voodoo \Voo"doo\, n.
      1. See {Voodooism}.
  
      2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Voodoo \Voo"doo\, a.
      Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo
      incantations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
      to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
      1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
            --Massinger.
  
      2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
            persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
            the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
            choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
            person voting has an interest in common with others,
            either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
            rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
  
      3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
            elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
            ticket; as, a written vote.
  
                     The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
                     that shakes the turrets of the land.   --Holmes.
  
      4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
            decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
            the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
  
      5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
  
      {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
            {Cumulative}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vote \Vote\, v. t.
      1. To choose by suffrage; to elec[?]; as, to vote a candidate
            into office.
  
      2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal
            vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
  
                     Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by
            a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.]
  
      4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.]
      To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
      viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
      electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
      etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
      interest with others.
  
               The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
               of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
                                                                              --L. Beecher.
  
               To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
               a great amount of information.               --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vow \Vow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vowing}.] [OE. vouen, OF. vouer, voer, F. vouer, LL. votare.
      See {Vow}, n.]
      1. To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity,
            by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.
            [bd]When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay
            it.[b8] --Eccl. v. 4.
  
                     [Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage. --Shak.
  
      2. To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vada, KY
      Zip code(s): 41311

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vatia, AS (village, FIPS 89700)
      Location: 14.20178 S, 170.65214 W
      Population (1990): 608 (73 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 67.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vida, MT
      Zip code(s): 59274
   Vida, OR
      Zip code(s): 97488

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VDT
  
      {video display terminal}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VDU
  
      {Visual Display Unit}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VFAT
  
      A standard developed by {Microsoft} to
      enable long file names on standard {FAT} {partitions}.   VFAT
      suffers from all the drawbacks of FAT and adds more problems
      but moving to it is very easy.
  
      (1996-12-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VoD
  
      {video on demand}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VT
  
      Vertical Tab, the {mnemonic} for {ASCII} 11.
  
      (1996-06-24)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   vt100
  
      {DEC}'s definitive {CRT} {video terminal} of the
      early/mid 1980s.   Its {control codes} and {escape sequences}
      still form the basis of the {xterm} set and of the {ANSI} or
      {IBM PC} standards.   VT100 compatibility is still provided by
      most {terminal emulators}.
  
      [On-line documentation?]
  
      (1995-03-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   vt220
  
      A {DEC} {video terminal}, the successor to the
      {VT100} series.
  
      [On-line documentation?]
  
      (1995-03-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VTW
  
      {Voters Telecommunications Watch}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VUIT
  
      Visual User Interface Tool: a WYSIWYG editor from DEC for
      building human interfaces to applications using {OSF}/Motif.
      It provides an interactive interface to UIL and the Motif
      toolkit.
  
  
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