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   vancomycin
         n 1: an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some
               bacterial infections [syn: {vancomycin}, {Vancocin}]

English Dictionary: Vincent's infection by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanishing
n
  1. a sudden or mysterious disappearance
  2. a sudden disappearance from sight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanishing cream
n
  1. a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
    Synonym(s): cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanishing point
n
  1. the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
  2. the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanishingly
adv
  1. so as to disappear or approach zero; "errors are vanishingly rare"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena canaliculi cochleae
n
  1. vein of the cochlear canal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena centrales retinae
n
  1. vein formed by the union of the retinal veins; accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve
    Synonym(s): central vein of retina, vena centrales retinae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis
n
  1. a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein
    Synonym(s): central vein of suprarenal gland, vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena comitans
n
  1. a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return
    Synonym(s): accompanying vein, vena comitans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena genus
n
  1. veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein
    Synonym(s): genicular vein, vena genus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venae centrales hepatis
n
  1. terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids
    Synonym(s): central veins of liver, venae centrales hepatis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venae conjunctivales
n
  1. veins draining the conjunctiva [syn: conjunctival veins, venae conjunctivales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vengeance
n
  1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
    Synonym(s): vengeance, retribution, payback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venison
n
  1. meat from a deer used as food
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venous sinus
n
  1. a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
    Synonym(s): venous sinus, sinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Venus maidenhair
n
  1. delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
    Synonym(s): common maidenhair, Venushair, Venus'-hair fern, southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Venus mercenaria
n
  1. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
    Synonym(s): quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vinca major
n
  1. plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
    Synonym(s): large periwinkle, Vinca major
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vinca minor
n
  1. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
    Synonym(s): myrtle, Vinca minor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vincent van Gogh
n
  1. Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
    Synonym(s): van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh, Gogh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vincent's angina
n
  1. an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
    Synonym(s): Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, trench mouth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vincent's infection
n
  1. an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
    Synonym(s): Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, trench mouth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vincenzo Bellini
n
  1. Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) [syn: Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vine snake
n
  1. slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vinson
n
  1. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
    Synonym(s): Vinson, Frederick Moore Vinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viomycin
n
  1. a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis
    Synonym(s): viomycin, Viocin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
      almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as
      a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
      {Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U.
      Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}.
  
      {Elm beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles
            (esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves
            of the elm.
  
      {Elm borer} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles of
            which the larv[91] bore into the wood or under the bark of
            the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}).
  
      {Elm butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
            leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta
            comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}.
  
      {Elm moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
            which the larv[91] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
            {Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm).
  
      {Elm sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}).
            The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
            feeds on the leaves of the elm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
      1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
  
                     As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
            turtle; painted bunting.
  
      {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly
            ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors,
  
      {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
            ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually
            bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
            {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
            is common in meadows.
  
      {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}.
  
      {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
            {Thistle butterfly}.
  
      {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater
            tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow
            markings beneath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanessian \Van*es"si*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A vanessa.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanish \Van"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vanished}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Vanishing}.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF.
      envanir, esvanir, esvanu[8b]r, F. s'[82]vanouir; fr. L. vanus
      empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See
      {Vain}, and cf. {Evanescent},{-ish}.]
      1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of
            sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the
            sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight
            of spectators on land.
  
                     The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer.
  
                     Go; vanish into air; away!                  --Shak.
  
                     The champions vanished from their posts with the
                     speed of lightning.                           --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among
                     realities.                                          --Hawthorne.
  
      2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. [bd]All these
            delights will vanish.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
      a. & n. from {Vanish}, v.
  
      {Vanishing fraction} (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the
            form [frac00] for a particular value of the variable which
            enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
            common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
            becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
            --Math. Dict.
  
      {Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
            of any original plane and picture; one of the lines
            converging to the vanishing point.
  
      {Vanishing point} (Persp.), the point to which all parallel
            lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
            --Gwilt.
  
      {Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
            portion of a syllable. --Rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
      a. & n. from {Vanish}, v.
  
      {Vanishing fraction} (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the
            form [frac00] for a particular value of the variable which
            enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
            common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
            becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
            --Math. Dict.
  
      {Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
            of any original plane and picture; one of the lines
            converging to the vanishing point.
  
      {Vanishing point} (Persp.), the point to which all parallel
            lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
            --Gwilt.
  
      {Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
            portion of a syllable. --Rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
      a. & n. from {Vanish}, v.
  
      {Vanishing fraction} (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the
            form [frac00] for a particular value of the variable which
            enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
            common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
            becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
            --Math. Dict.
  
      {Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
            of any original plane and picture; one of the lines
            converging to the vanishing point.
  
      {Vanishing point} (Persp.), the point to which all parallel
            lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
            --Gwilt.
  
      {Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
            portion of a syllable. --Rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
      a. & n. from {Vanish}, v.
  
      {Vanishing fraction} (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the
            form [frac00] for a particular value of the variable which
            enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
            common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
            becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
            --Math. Dict.
  
      {Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
            of any original plane and picture; one of the lines
            converging to the vanishing point.
  
      {Vanishing point} (Persp.), the point to which all parallel
            lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
            --Gwilt.
  
      {Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
            portion of a syllable. --Rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
      a. & n. from {Vanish}, v.
  
      {Vanishing fraction} (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the
            form [frac00] for a particular value of the variable which
            enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
            common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
            becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
            --Math. Dict.
  
      {Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
            of any original plane and picture; one of the lines
            converging to the vanishing point.
  
      {Vanishing point} (Persp.), the point to which all parallel
            lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
            --Gwilt.
  
      {Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
            portion of a syllable. --Rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanishment \Van"ish*ment\, n.
      A vanishing. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vena \[d8]Ve"na\, n.; pl. {Ven[91]}. [L. See {Vein}.]
      A vein.
  
      {Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[91] cav[91]}. [L., literally, hollow
            vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins
            connected directly with the heart.
  
      {Vena contracta}. [L., literally, contracted vein.]
            (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and
            near the orifice from which it issues.
  
      {Vena port[91]}; pl. {Ven[92] port[91]}. [L., literally, vein
            of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver.
            See under {Portal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vengeance \Venge"ance\, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge,
      L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a
      claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of
      uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say.
      See {Diction}, and cf. {Avenge}, {Revenge}, {Vindicate}.]
      1. Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an
            offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate
            or unrestrained revenge.
  
                     To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. --Deut.
                                                                              xxxii. 35.
  
                     To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. --Milton.
  
      2. Harm; mischief. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {What a vengeance}, [or] {What the vengeance}, what! --
            emphatically. [Obs.] [bd]But what a vengeance makes thee
            fly![b8] --Hudibras. [bd]What the vengeance! Could he not
            speak 'em fair?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {With a vengeance}, with great violence; as, to strike with a
            vengeance. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vengeancely \Venge"ance*ly\, adv.
      Extremely; excessively. [Obs.] [bd]He loves that
      vengeancely.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vengement \Venge"ment\, n. [OF. vengement.]
      Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson,
      venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the
      chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin
      to OHG. weidin[?]n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide
      pasturage. Cf. {Gain} to acquire, {Venation}.]
      1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
  
      2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the
            chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of
            the deer kind exclusively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venous \Ven"ous\, a. [L. venosus, from vena a vein. See {Vein}.]
      1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the
            venous circulation of the blood.
  
      2. Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if
            contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish
            color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so
            as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; --
            said of the blood, and opposed to arterial.
  
      3. Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf.
  
      {Venous leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having vessels branching, or
            variously divided, over its surface.
  
      {Venous hum} (Med.), a humming sound, or bruit, heard during
            auscultation of the veins of the neck in an[91]mia.
  
      {Venous pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse, or rhythmic
            contraction, sometimes seen in a vein, as in the neck,
            when there is an obstruction to the passage of blood from
            the auricles to the ventricles, or when there is an
            abnormal rigidity in the walls of the greater vessels.
            There is normally no pulse in a vein.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hum \Hum\, n.
      1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly
            revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
  
                     The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. --Shak.
  
      2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as:
            (a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc.,
                  heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
  
                           But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men.
                                                                              --Byron.
            (b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. --Macaulay.
  
      3. An imposition or hoax.
  
      4. [Cf. {Hem}, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or
            murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from
            embarrassment, affectation, etc.
  
                     THese shrugs, these hums and ha's.      --Shak.
  
      5. [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of
            strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Venous hum}. See under {Venous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quahog \Qua"hog\, Quahaug \Qua"haug\, n. [Abbrev. fr.
      Narragansett Indian poqua[96]hock.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An American market clam ({Venus mercenaria}). It is sold in
      large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also
      {round clam}, and {hard clam}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as
               {Venus Mortoni} of the Gulf of Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clam \Clam\, n. [Cf. {Clamp}, {Clam}, v. t., {Clammy}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially
            those that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria}),
            the quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria}), the sea
            clam or hen clam ({Spisula solidissima}), and other
            species of the United States. The name is said to have
            been given originally to the {Tridacna gigas}, a huge East
            Indian bivalve.
  
                     You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or
                     cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,
                     or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John
                                                                              Smith (1616).
  
                     Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
                     coclke; it lieth under the sand.         --Wood (1634).
  
      2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
  
      3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
  
      {Blood clam}. See under {Blood}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quahog \Qua"hog\, Quahaug \Qua"haug\, n. [Abbrev. fr.
      Narragansett Indian poqua[96]hock.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An American market clam ({Venus mercenaria}). It is sold in
      large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also
      {round clam}, and {hard clam}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as
               {Venus Mortoni} of the Gulf of Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the
      planet Venus.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,
            beauty or love deified.
  
      2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the
            sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of
            the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about
            67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its
            sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was
            called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star,
            {Hesperus}.
  
      3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from
            the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror
            being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
            [Archaic]
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
            shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many
            of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful
            frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.
            Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,
            are valued for food.
  
      {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because
            the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for
            water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.
            Also called {Venus's bath}.
  
      {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,
            hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of
            the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,
            siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to
            form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent
            anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands
            erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called
            also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}.
  
      {Venus's comb}.
            (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It
                  has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender
                  spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar
                  spines covering the body of the shell. Called also
                  {Venus's shell}.
  
      {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped
            gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the
            West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or
            a mixture of the two.
  
      {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2.
  
      {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very
            delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum
            Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to
            the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.
            in Appendix.
  
      {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern
            ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and
            shining stem and branches.
  
      {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular
            crystals of rutile.
  
      {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus
            {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called
            {lady's looking-glass}.
  
      {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of
            {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or
            white flowers.
  
      {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See
            under {Quaker}.
  
      {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above.
           
  
      {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie.
            (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above.
            (c) Same as {Venus}, 4.
  
      {Venus's slipper}.
            (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See
                  {Lady's slipper}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus
                  {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the
      planet Venus.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,
            beauty or love deified.
  
      2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the
            sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of
            the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about
            67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its
            sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was
            called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star,
            {Hesperus}.
  
      3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from
            the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror
            being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
            [Archaic]
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
            shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many
            of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful
            frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.
            Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,
            are valued for food.
  
      {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because
            the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for
            water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.
            Also called {Venus's bath}.
  
      {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,
            hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of
            the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,
            siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to
            form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent
            anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands
            erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called
            also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}.
  
      {Venus's comb}.
            (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It
                  has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender
                  spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar
                  spines covering the body of the shell. Called also
                  {Venus's shell}.
  
      {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped
            gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the
            West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or
            a mixture of the two.
  
      {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2.
  
      {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very
            delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum
            Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to
            the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.
            in Appendix.
  
      {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern
            ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and
            shining stem and branches.
  
      {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular
            crystals of rutile.
  
      {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus
            {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called
            {lady's looking-glass}.
  
      {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of
            {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or
            white flowers.
  
      {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See
            under {Quaker}.
  
      {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above.
           
  
      {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie.
            (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above.
            (c) Same as {Venus}, 4.
  
      {Venus's slipper}.
            (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See
                  {Lady's slipper}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus
                  {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr.
      L. pervinca.] (Bot.)
      A trailing herb of the genus {Vinca}.
  
      Note: The common perwinkle ({Vinca minor}) has opposite
               evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in
               their axils. In America it is often miscalled {myrtle}.
               See under {Myrtle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vincentian \Vin*cen"tian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him.
      [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vincentian \Vin*cen"tian\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
      (a) Same as {Lazarist}.
      (b) A member of certain charitable sisterhoods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomic nut \Vom"ic nut`\ [Cf. F. noix vomique.]
      Same as {Nux vomica}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomicine \Vom"i*cine\, n. [From nux vomica.] (Chem.)
      See {Brucine}.

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   Van Zandt County, TX (county, FIPS 467)
      Location: 32.55797 N, 95.83524 W
      Population (1990): 37944 (17013 housing units)
      Area: 2198.4 sq km (land), 27.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vansant, VA (CDP, FIPS 80608)
      Location: 37.23061 N, 82.08965 W
      Population (1990): 1187 (507 housing units)
      Area: 16.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24656

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vanzant, MO
      Zip code(s): 65768

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vienna Center, OH (CDP, FIPS 80066)
      Location: 41.25506 N, 80.67709 W
      Population (1990): 1067 (382 housing units)
      Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vincennes, IN (city, FIPS 79208)
      Location: 38.67616 N, 87.51110 W
      Population (1990): 19859 (8350 housing units)
      Area: 16.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47591

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vincent, AL (town, FIPS 79008)
      Location: 33.38561 N, 86.40994 W
      Population (1990): 1767 (676 housing units)
      Area: 48.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35178
   Vincent, CA (CDP, FIPS 82814)
      Location: 34.09855 N, 117.92350 W
      Population (1990): 13713 (3862 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Vincent, IA (city, FIPS 81075)
      Location: 42.59126 N, 94.01792 W
      Population (1990): 185 (77 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50594
   Vincent, KY
      Zip code(s): 41386
   Vincent, OH
      Zip code(s): 45784

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vinson, OK
      Zip code(s): 73571

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VM/CMS
  
      {Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System}
  
  
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