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   van de Velde
         n 1: Belgian architect (1863-1957) [syn: {van de Velde}, {Henri
               van de Velde}, {Henri Clemens van de Velde}]

English Dictionary: vendable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanity fair
n
  1. a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena diploica
n
  1. one of the veins serving the spongy part of the cranial bones
    Synonym(s): diploic vein, vena diploica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vena tibialis
n
  1. veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein [syn: tibial vein, vena tibialis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vendable
adj
  1. fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce" [syn: marketable, merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vendible
adj
  1. fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce" [syn: marketable, merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vomit up
v
  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
    Antonym(s): keep down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vomitive
n
  1. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanity box \Van"i*ty box\
      A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on
      a chain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small
      toilet articles for a woman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Van't Hoff's law \Van't Hoff's law\ [After J.H. van't Hoff,
      Dutch physical chemist.] (Phys. Chem.)
      The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of
      the two opposed interactions the endothermic is promoted by
      raising the temperature, the exothermic by lowering it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vantbrace \Vant"brace\, Vantbrass \Vant"brass\, n. [F. avant
      fore + bras arm: cf. F. brassard armor for the arm, brace,
      forearm. Cf. {Vambrace}.] (Anc. Armor)
      Armor for the arm; vambrace. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vantbrace \Vant"brace\, Vantbrass \Vant"brass\, n. [F. avant
      fore + bras arm: cf. F. brassard armor for the arm, brace,
      forearm. Cf. {Vambrace}.] (Anc. Armor)
      Armor for the arm; vambrace. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vauntful \Vaunt"ful\, a.
      Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful;
      vainglorious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendibility \Vend`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendible \Vend"i*ble\, a. [L. vendibilis: cf. OF. vendible, F.
      vendable.]
      Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.
  
               The regulating of prices of things vendible. --Bacon.
  
      Note: Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies
               proper or fit for market, according to the laws or
               customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such
               legal fitness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendible \Vend"i*ble\, n.
      Something to be sold, or offered for sale. --
      {Vend"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Vend"i*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendible \Vend"i*ble\, n.
      Something to be sold, or offered for sale. --
      {Vend"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Vend"i*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendible \Vend"i*ble\, n.
      Something to be sold, or offered for sale. --
      {Vend"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Vend"i*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit,
      cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but
      probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See
      {Fissure}, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
      1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid
            to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a
            volcanic vent.
  
                     Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak.
  
                     Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which
                     first should issue from the narrow vent. --Pope.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates
                  and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of
                  reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
            (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through
                  which fire is communicated to the powder of the
                  charge; touchhole.
            (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for
                  gases divided by the length of the same passage in
                  feet.
  
      3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
            privacy; outlet.
  
      4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
            publication; utterance.
  
                     Without the vent of words.                  --Milton.
  
                     Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To give vent to}, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour
            forth; as, to give vent to anger.
  
      {To take vent}, to escape; to be made public. [R.]
  
      {Vent feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anal, or crissal,
            feathers of a bird.
  
      {Vent field} (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
  
      {Vent piece}. (Gun.)
            (a) A bush. See 4th {Bush}, n., 2.
            (b) A breech block.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit,
      cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but
      probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See
      {Fissure}, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
      1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid
            to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a
            volcanic vent.
  
                     Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak.
  
                     Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which
                     first should issue from the narrow vent. --Pope.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates
                  and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of
                  reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
            (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through
                  which fire is communicated to the powder of the
                  charge; touchhole.
            (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for
                  gases divided by the length of the same passage in
                  feet.
  
      3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
            privacy; outlet.
  
      4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
            publication; utterance.
  
                     Without the vent of words.                  --Milton.
  
                     Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To give vent to}, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour
            forth; as, to give vent to anger.
  
      {To take vent}, to escape; to be made public. [R.]
  
      {Vent feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anal, or crissal,
            feathers of a bird.
  
      {Vent field} (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
  
      {Vent piece}. (Gun.)
            (a) A bush. See 4th {Bush}, n., 2.
            (b) A breech block.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit,
      cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but
      probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See
      {Fissure}, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
      1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid
            to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a
            volcanic vent.
  
                     Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak.
  
                     Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which
                     first should issue from the narrow vent. --Pope.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates
                  and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of
                  reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
            (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through
                  which fire is communicated to the powder of the
                  charge; touchhole.
            (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for
                  gases divided by the length of the same passage in
                  feet.
  
      3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
            privacy; outlet.
  
      4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
            publication; utterance.
  
                     Without the vent of words.                  --Milton.
  
                     Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To give vent to}, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour
            forth; as, to give vent to anger.
  
      {To take vent}, to escape; to be made public. [R.]
  
      {Vent feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anal, or crissal,
            feathers of a bird.
  
      {Vent field} (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
  
      {Vent piece}. (Gun.)
            (a) A bush. See 4th {Bush}, n., 2.
            (b) A breech block.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomitive \Vom"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. vomitif.]
      Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vandiver, AL
      Zip code(s): 35176
   Vandiver, MO (village, FIPS 75706)
      Location: 39.16128 N, 91.84876 W
      Population (1990): 75 (29 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vinita Park, MO (city, FIPS 76246)
      Location: 38.69002 N, 90.33966 W
      Population (1990): 2001 (875 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Vienna Definition Language
  
      (VDL) IBM Vienna Labs.   A language for formal, algebraic
      definition via operational semantics.   Used to specify the
      semantics of PL/I.   See also {VDM}.
  
      ["The Vienna Definition Language", P. Wegner, ACM Comp Surveys
      4(1):5-63 (Mar 1972)].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Vienna Definition Method
  
      {Vienna Development Method}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Vienna Development Method
  
      (VDM) A program development
      method based on formal specification using the {Vienna
      Development Method Specification Language} (VDM-SL).
  
      [Details?]
  
      [Is there such a thing as "Vienna Definition Method"?]
  
      (2000-11-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Vienna Development Method Specification Language
  
      (VDM-SL, Meta-IV) A
      model-oriented {specification language}, upon which the
      {Vienna Development Method} is based.   An {ISO} draft was
      released in April 1993.
  
      Version: BSI/VDM.
  
      {(ftp://gateway.dec.com/pub/vdmsl_standard)}.
  
      ["The Vienna Development Method: The Meta-Language",
      D. Bjorner et al eds, LNCS 61, Springer 1978].
  
      ["The VDM-SL Reference Guide", J. Dawes, Pitman 1991].
  
      ["Systematic Software Development Using VDM", C.B. Jones, P-H
      1989].
  
      (2000-11-02)
  
  
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