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   variolation
         n 1: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person
               with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has
               smallpox [syn: {variolation}, {variolization}]

English Dictionary: varlet by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
varlet
n
  1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet]
  2. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
    Synonym(s): page, varlet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very loudly
adv
  1. a direction in music; to be played very loudly [syn: fortissimo, very loudly]
    Antonym(s): pianissimo, very softly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very low density lipoprotein
n
  1. large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL
    Synonym(s): very low density lipoprotein, VLDL
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viral delivery vector
n
  1. a transducing vector that uses a retrovirus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virility
n
  1. the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
  2. the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
    Synonym(s): manfulness, manliness, virility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virility drug
n
  1. drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction
    Synonym(s): virility drug, anti-impotence drug
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variolation \Va`ri*o*la"tion\, n. (Med.)
      Inoculation with smallpox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variolite \Va"ri*o*lite\, n. [L. varius various + -lite: cf. F.
      variolite.] (Geol.)
      A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish
      spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variolitic \Va`ri*o*lit"ic\, a. [From {Variola}.]
      1. Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.
  
      2. (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\ (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F.
      variolo[8b]de.] (Med.)
      Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called
      varioloid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\, n. [Cf. F. variolo[8b]de. See
      {Varioloid}, a.] (Med.)
      The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or
      vaccination.
  
      Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and
               this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits
               the salutary effects of previous vaccination or
               inoculation. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varlet \Var"let\, n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young
      man, young noble, dim of vassal. See {Vassal}, and cf.
      {Valet}.]
      1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet;
            a footman. [Obs.] --Spenser. Tusser.
  
      2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an
            impudent varlet.
  
                     What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! --Shak.
  
      3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the
            knave, or jack. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varletry \Var"let*ry\, n. [Cf. OF. valeterie the young unmarried
      nobles.]
      The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
  
               Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting
               varletry Of censuring Rome.                     --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whip-tom-kelly \Whip"-tom`-kel"ly\, n. [So called in imitation
      of its notes.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A vireo ({Vireo altiloquus}) native of the West Indies and
      Florida; -- called also {black-whiskered vireo}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virility \Vi*ril"i*ty\, n. [L. virilitas: cf. F. virilit[82].]
      The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood;
      manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
      [bd]Virility of visage.[b8] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viroled \Vi*roled"\, a. (Her.)
      Furnished with a virole or viroles; -- said of a horn or a
      bugle when the rings are of different tincture from the rest
      of the horn.
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