vascular
         adj 1: of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and
                  circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular
                  bundle" [ant: {avascular}]

English Dictionary: vascular plant	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular bundle n a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem Synonym(s): vascular bundle, vascular strand, fibrovascular bundle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular hemophilia n a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding Synonym(s): von Willebrand's disease, angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular plant n green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms Synonym(s): vascular plant, tracheophyte
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular ray n a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles Synonym(s): vascular ray, medullary ray
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular spider n a dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiate Synonym(s): spider angioma, spider nevus, vascular spider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular strand n a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem Synonym(s): vascular bundle, vascular strand, fibrovascular bundle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular structure n a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular system n the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascular tissue n tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascularisation n the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries Synonym(s): vascularization, vascularisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascularise v become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" Synonym(s): vascularize, vascularise make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" Synonym(s): vascularize, vascularise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascularity n the property being vascular; "a prominent vascularity"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascularization n the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries Synonym(s): vascularization, vascularisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vascularize v become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" Synonym(s): vascularize, vascularise make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" Synonym(s): vascularize, vascularise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vehicular adj of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles; "vehicular traffic"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vehicular traffic n the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality Synonym(s): vehicular traffic, vehicle traffic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
visual area n the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus Synonym(s): visual area, visual cortex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
visual range n distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vocal organ n any of the organs involved in speech production [syn: speech organ, vocal organ, organ of speech]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascular \Vas"cu*lar\, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of       vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.]       1. (Biol.)             (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential                   part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically                   (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts,                   or tubes, for the circulation of sap.             (b) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement                   of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals,                   including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals,                   etc.             (c) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and                   vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants,             that is, the ph[91]nogamous plants, all of which are             vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a             large extent are cellular only.          {Vascular plants} (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular             tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher             cryptogamous plants, or those of the class {Pteridophyta}.             Cf. {Cellular plants}, {Cellular}.          {Vascular system} (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and             woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.          {Vascular tissue} (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of             ducts, or sap tubes.          {Water vascular system} (Zo[94]l.), a system of vessels in             annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates,             containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not             of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they             contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others             yellow, or whitish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascular \Vas"cu*lar\, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of       vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.]       1. (Biol.)             (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential                   part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically                   (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts,                   or tubes, for the circulation of sap.             (b) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement                   of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals,                   including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals,                   etc.             (c) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and                   vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants,             that is, the ph[91]nogamous plants, all of which are             vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a             large extent are cellular only.          {Vascular plants} (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular             tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher             cryptogamous plants, or those of the class {Pteridophyta}.             Cf. {Cellular plants}, {Cellular}.          {Vascular system} (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and             woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.          {Vascular tissue} (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of             ducts, or sap tubes.          {Water vascular system} (Zo[94]l.), a system of vessels in             annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates,             containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not             of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they             contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others             yellow, or whitish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascular \Vas"cu*lar\, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of       vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.]       1. (Biol.)             (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential                   part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically                   (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts,                   or tubes, for the circulation of sap.             (b) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement                   of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals,                   including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals,                   etc.             (c) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and                   vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants,             that is, the ph[91]nogamous plants, all of which are             vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a             large extent are cellular only.          {Vascular plants} (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular             tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher             cryptogamous plants, or those of the class {Pteridophyta}.             Cf. {Cellular plants}, {Cellular}.          {Vascular system} (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and             woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.          {Vascular tissue} (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of             ducts, or sap tubes.          {Water vascular system} (Zo[94]l.), a system of vessels in             annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates,             containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not             of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they             contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others             yellow, or whitish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascular \Vas"cu*lar\, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of       vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.]       1. (Biol.)             (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential                   part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically                   (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts,                   or tubes, for the circulation of sap.             (b) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement                   of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals,                   including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals,                   etc.             (c) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and                   vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants,             that is, the ph[91]nogamous plants, all of which are             vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a             large extent are cellular only.          {Vascular plants} (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular             tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher             cryptogamous plants, or those of the class {Pteridophyta}.             Cf. {Cellular plants}, {Cellular}.          {Vascular system} (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and             woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.          {Vascular tissue} (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of             ducts, or sap tubes.          {Water vascular system} (Zo[94]l.), a system of vessels in             annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates,             containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not             of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they             contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others             yellow, or whitish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascularity \Vas`cu*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Vascularities}. (Biol.)       The quality or state of being vascular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vascularity \Vas`cu*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Vascularities}. (Biol.)       The quality or state of being vascular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vassalry \Vas"sal*ry\, n.       The body of vassals. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehicular \Ve*hic"u*lar\, a. [L. vehicularis: cf. F.       v[82]hiculaire.]       Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a       vehicular contrivance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehiculary \Ve*hic"u*la*ry\, a.       Vehicular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F.       vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]       1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of             papilionaceous flowers.          {Vexilary [91]stivation} (Bot.), a mode of [91]stivation in             which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the             other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F.       vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]       1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of             papilionaceous flowers.          {Vexilary [91]stivation} (Bot.), a mode of [91]stivation in             which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the             other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, n. [L. vexillarius: cf. F.       vexillaire.]       A standard bearer. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexillar \Vex"il*lar\, Vexillary \Vex"il*la*ry\, [Cf. F.       vexillaire, L. vexillarius a standard bearer.]       1. Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.          2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of             papilionaceous flowers.          {Vexilary [91]stivation} (Bot.), a mode of [91]stivation in             which one large upper petal folds over, and covers, the             other smaller petals, as in most papilionaceous plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visual \Vis"u*al\, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight:       cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.]       1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the             instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.                         The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray.                                                                               --Milton.          2. That can be seen; visible. [R.]          {Visual angle}. (Opt.) See under {Angle}.          {Visual cone} (Persp.), a cone whose vertex is at the point             of sight, or the eye.          {Visual plane}, any plane passing through the point of sight.                      {Visual point}, the point at which the visual rays unite; the             position of the eye.          {Visual purple} (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a             purplish red color, contained in the retina of human eyes             and in the eyes of most animals. It is quickly bleached by             light, passing through the colors, red, orange, and             yellow, and then disappearing. Also called {rhodopsin},             and {vision purple}. See {Optography}.          {Visual ray}, a line from the eye, or point of sight.          {Visual white} (Physiol.), the final product in the action of             light on visual purple. It is reconverted into visual             purple by the regenerating action of the choroidal             epithelium.          {Visual yellow} (Physiol.), a product intermediate between             visual purple and visual white, formed in the             photochemical action of light on visual purple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resonance \Res"o*nance\ (r?z"?-nans), n. [Cf. F. r[82]sonance,       L. resonantia an echo.]       1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being             resonant.          2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound,             either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the             walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct             echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies,             as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.          {Pulmonary resonance} (Med.), the sound heard on percussing             over the lungs.          {Vocal resonance} (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear             when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocule \Voc"ule\, n. [L. vocula, dim. of vox, vocis, voice.]       (Phon.)       A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that       heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b. --Rush.       -- {Voc"u*lar}, a.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VisualWorks          A modern commercial implementation of the       {Smalltalk} programming language.   VisualWorks descends       directly from the original {Smalltalk-80} by {Xerox PARC} and       was originally developed (for some time under the name       Objectworks\Smalltalk) by {ParcPlace Systems}.   VisualWorks       relies on {dynamic translation} as its {virtual machine}       technology.          {VisualWorks Wiki (http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/VisualWorks)}.          (2003-05-15)