Vasco da Gamma
         n 1: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape
               of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on
               Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
               [syn: {da Gamma}, {Vasco da Gamma}, {Gamma}]

English Dictionary: vexatious	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vasotec n an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks Synonym(s): enalapril, Vasotec
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestige n an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" Synonym(s): trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestigial adj not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings" Synonym(s): vestigial, rudimentary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vexatious adj causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" Synonym(s): annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vexatious litigation n litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause; "he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by his enemies"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vexatiously adv in a vexatious manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vigdis Finnbogadottir n former president of Iceland; first woman to be democratically elected head of state (born in 1930) Synonym(s): Finnbogadottir, Vigdis Finnbogadottir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voiced sound n a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords Synonym(s): sonant, voiced sound
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowpea \Cow"pea`\, n. (Bot.)       A leguminous plant ({Vigna Sinensis}, syn. {V. Catjang})       found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is       extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for       fodder, and the seed is used as food for man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vachette clasp \Va`chette" clasp\ [Cf. F. vachette cowhide       leather used for ligatures.] (Veter.)       A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and       pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges       together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches,       one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a       cautery iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vast \Vast\, a. [Compar. {Vaster}; superl. {Vastest}.] [L.       vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See       {Waste}, and cf. {Devastate}.]       1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]                         The empty, vast, and wandering air.   --Shak.          2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in             bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast             mountains; the vast empire of Russia.                         Through the vast and boundless deep.   --Milton.          3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast             army; a vast sum of money.          4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.          Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetism \Veg"e*tism\, n.       Vegetal state or characteristic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetous \Veg"e*tous\, a. [L. vegetus. See {Vegete}.]       Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vesses \Ves"ses\, Vessets \Ves"sets\, n.       A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestigate \Ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [L. vestigatus, p. p. of       vestigare. See {Vestige}.]       To investigate. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. [F., from L. vestigium footprint, trace,       sign; the last part (-stigium) is probably akin to E. sty, v.       i. Cf. {Investigate}.]       The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep;       a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by       something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer       present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in       Palmyra; vestiges of former population.                   What vestiges of liberty or property have they left?                                                                               --Burke.                   Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth, but never                usurped her place.                                 --Landor.          Syn: Trace; mark; sign; token.          Usage: {Vestige}, {Trace}. These words agree in marking some                   indications of the past, but differ to some extent in                   their use and application. Vestige is used chiefly in                   a figurative sense, for the remains something long                   passed away; as, the vestiges of ancient times;                   vestiges of the creation. A trace is literally                   something drawn out in a line, and may be used in this                   its primary sense, or figuratively, to denote a sign                   or evidence left by something that has passed by, or                   ceased to exist. Vestige usually supposes some                   definite object of the past to be left behind; while a                   trace may be a mere indication that something has been                   present or is present; as, traces of former                   population; a trace of poison in a given substance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestige \Ves"tige\, n. (Biol.)       A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ       which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestigial \Ves*tig"i*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]       1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a             vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual             vexatious wars.[b8] --South.          2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.                         He leads a vexatious life.                  --Sir K.                                                                               Digby.          {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of             giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly},             adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]       1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a             vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual             vexatious wars.[b8] --South.          2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.                         He leads a vexatious life.                  --Sir K.                                                                               Digby.          {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of             giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly},             adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]       1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a             vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual             vexatious wars.[b8] --South.          2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.                         He leads a vexatious life.                  --Sir K.                                                                               Digby.          {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of             giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly},             adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]       1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a             vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. [bd]Continual             vexatious wars.[b8] --South.          2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.                         He leads a vexatious life.                  --Sir K.                                                                               Digby.          {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of             giving trouble, or without cause. -- {Vex*a"tious*ly},             adv. -- {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Viscacha \[d8]Vis*ca"cha\, d8Viz-cacha \[d8]Viz-ca"cha\, n.       [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large burrowing South American rodent ({Lagostomus       trichodactylus}) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger.       Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or       yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the       muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy       plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for       heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its       burrows. Called also {biscacha}, {bizcacha}, {vischacha},       {vishatscha}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. {Vistas}. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere,       p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See       {View}, {Vision}.]       A view; especially, a view through or between intervening       objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or       the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the       avenue.                   The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and                its alleys green.                                    --Thomson.                   In the groves of their academy, at the end of every                vista, you see nothing but the gallows.   --Burke.                   The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his                window.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voiced \Voiced\, a.       1. Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.          2. (Phon.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of             the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with             the glottis narrowed.          {Voiced stop}, {Voice stop} (Phon.), a stopped consonant made             with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are             closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VAX DOCUMENT          A document preparation system from {DEC}.