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   valet parking
         n 1: a service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport
               etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an
               attendant parks and retrieves it

English Dictionary: vault of heaven by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vault of heaven
n
  1. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
    Synonym(s): celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viola da braccio
n
  1. a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violative
adj
  1. violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
    Synonym(s): offensive, violative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet family
n
  1. a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
    Synonym(s): Violaceae, family Violaceae, violet family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-black
adj
  1. of black tinged with violet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-blue
adj
  1. of blue tinged with lavender [syn: lilac-blue, {violet- blue}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-flowered
adj
  1. having a violet color [syn: violet-colored, {violet- coloured}, violet-flowered]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-flowered petunia
n
  1. herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to rose-red flowers
    Synonym(s): violet-flowered petunia, Petunia integrifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-pink
adj
  1. of pink tinged with lavender [syn: lilac-pink, lavender-pink, violet-pink]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violet-purple
adj
  1. light violet and dark purple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vladivostok
n
  1. a seaport in the Asian part of Russia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volte-face
n
  1. a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"
    Synonym(s): about-face, volte-face, reversal, policy change
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valued \Val"ued\, a.
      Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor;
      a valued friend.
  
      {Valued policy}. See under {Policy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valued policy \Val"ued pol"i*cy\ (Fire Insurance)
      A policy in which the value of the goods, property, or
      interest insured is specified; -- opposed to {open policy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n. [F. police; cf. Pr. polissia, Sp.
      p[a2]lizia, It. p[a2]lizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
      pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal), in LL.
      also, seal; or cf. LL. politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L.
      polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. [?] having many
      folds or leaves; [?] many + [?] fold, leaf, from [?] to fold;
      or cf. LL. apodixa a receipt.]
      1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
  
      2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance
            is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms
            and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify
            another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils,
            or risks to which his person or property may be exposed.
            See {Insurance}.
  
      3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be
            drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
  
      {Interest policy}, a policy that shows by its form that the
            assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter
            insured.
  
      {Open policy}, one in which the value of the goods or
            property insured is not mentioned.
  
      {Policy book}, a book to contain a record of insurance
            policies.
  
      {Policy holder}, one to whom an insurance policy has been
            granted.
  
      {Policy shop}, a gambling place where one may bet on the
            numbers which will be drawn in lotteries.
  
      {Valued policy}, one in which the value of the goods,
            property, or interest insured is specified.
  
      {Wager policy}, a policy that shows on the face of it that
            the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded
            on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in
            anything insured.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valued-policy law \Valued-policy law\ (Fire Insurance)
      A law requiring insurance companies to pay to the insured, in
      case of total loss, the full amount of the insurance,
      regardless of the actual value of the property at the time of
      the loss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veiled plate \Veiled plate\ (Photog.)
      A fogged plate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veltfare \Velt"fare\, n. [See {Fieldfare}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Violative \Vi"o*la*tive\, a.
      Violating, or tending to violate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Violet-tip \Vi"o*let-tip"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A very handsome American butterfly ({Polygonia
      interrogationis}). Its wings are mottled with various shades
      of red and brown and have violet tips.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Volitable \Vol"i*ta*ble\, a.
      Volatilizable. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Volitive \Vol"i*tive\, a. [See {Volition}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the will; originating in the will;
            having the power to will. [bd]They not only perfect the
            intellectual faculty, but the volitive.[b8] --Sir M. Hale.
  
      2. (Gram.) Used in expressing a wish or permission as,
            volitive proposition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Voltaplast \Vol"ta*plast\, n. [Voltaic + Gr. [?] molded.]
      A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use
      electrotyping. --G. Francis.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Velda Village, MO (city, FIPS 75796)
      Location: 38.69400 N, 90.29405 W
      Population (1990): 1597 (639 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Velda Village Hills, MO (village, FIPS 75814)
      Location: 38.69230 N, 90.28687 W
      Population (1990): 1315 (477 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VLDB
  
      {Very Large DataBase}
  
      [How large?]
  
      (1996-12-21)
  
  
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