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   var
         n 1: a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the
               power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
               [syn: {volt-ampere}, {var}]

English Dictionary: viewer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
var.
n
  1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
    Synonym(s): form, variant, strain, var.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vara
n
  1. a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Varro
n
  1. Roman scholar (116-27 BC) [syn: Varro, {Marcus Terentius Varro}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vary
v
  1. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
    Synonym(s): change, alter, vary
  2. be at variance with; be out of line with
    Synonym(s): deviate, vary, diverge, depart
    Antonym(s): conform
  3. be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
  4. make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
    Synonym(s): vary, variegate, motley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veer
v
  1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
    Synonym(s): swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
  2. shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered"
    Antonym(s): back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veery
n
  1. tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song [syn: veery, Wilson's thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very
adv
  1. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
    Synonym(s): very, really, real, rattling
  2. precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"
adj
  1. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
  2. being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"
    Synonym(s): identical, selfsame(a), very(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viewer
n
  1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
    Synonym(s): spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
  2. an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vireo
n
  1. any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vower
n
  1. someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way; "young vowers of eternal love"; "there are many vowers of chastity but few who observe it"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voyeur
n
  1. a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
    Synonym(s): voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vair \Vair\, n. [F. vair, from OF. vair, a., L. varius various,
      variegated. See {Various}, and cf. {Menivel}.]
      The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century
      as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of
      that period in describing the costly dresses of kings,
      nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a
      series of small shields placed close together, and
      alternately white and blue. --Fairholt.
  
               No vair or ermine decked his garment.      --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Counter vair} (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the
            arrangement of the patches or figures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vairy \Vair"y\, a. [F. vair[82]. See {Vair}, n.] (Her.)
      Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See
      {Vair}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vare \Vare\, n. [Sp. vara staff, wand, L. vara forked pole.]
      A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.]
  
               His hand a vare of justice did uphold.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vare \Vare\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Vare widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a female or young male of the
            smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of
            the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vary \Va"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius
      various. See {Various}, and cf. {Variate}.]
      1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance,
            substance, position, or the like; to make different by a
            partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties,
            proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an
            attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
  
                     Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new
                     occasion appears?                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
            alternate.
  
                     Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their
                     love and hate.                                    --Waller.
  
                     We are to vary the customs according to the time and
                     country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
  
      3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
            another; to diversity; to variegate.
  
                     God hath varied their inclinations.   --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
                     God hath here Varied his bounty so with new
                     delights.                                          --Milton.
  
      4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
            under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
            {Variation}, 4.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vary \Va"ry\, v. i.
      1. To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a
            partial change; to become different; to be modified; as,
            colors vary in different lights.
  
                     That each from other differs, first confess; Next,
                     that he varies from himself no less.   --Pope.
  
      2. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as,
            the laws of France vary from those of England.
  
      3. To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one
            mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
  
                     While fear and anger, with alternate grace, Pant in
                     her breast, and vary in her face.      --Addison.
  
      4. To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as,
            to vary from the law, or from reason. -- Locke.
  
      5. To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men
            vary in opinion.
  
                     The rich jewel which we vary for.      --Webster
                                                                              (1623).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vary \Va"ry\, n.
      Alteration; change. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veer \Veer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Veered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Veering}.] [F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare;
      perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. {Vibrate});
      or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little
      bracelet (cf. {Ferrule}). Cf. {Environ}.]
      To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the
      west or north. [bd]His veering gait.[b8] --Wordsworth.
  
               And as he leads, the following navy veers. --Dryden.
  
               an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as
               passion or as interest may veer about.   --Burke.
  
      {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to vary the course or direction;
            -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward.
            The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veer \Veer\, v. t.
      To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to
      veer, or wear, a vessel.
  
      {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken
            alternately. --Totten.
  
      {To veer away} [or] {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and
            let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer
            out a rope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veery \Veer"y\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An American thrush ({Turdus fuscescens}) common in the
      Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown
      above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown.
      Called also {Wilson's thrush}.
  
               Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion.      --Thoreau.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verray \Ver"ray\, a.
      Very; true. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Very \Ver"y\, a. [Compar. {Verier}; superl. {Veriest}.] [OE.
      verai, verray, OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL.
      veracus, for L. verax true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin
      to OHG. & OS. w[be]r, G. wahr, D. waar; perhaps originally,
      that is or exists, and akin to E. was. Cf. {Aver}, v. t.,
      {Veracious}, {Verdict}, {Verity}.]
      True; real; actual; veritable.
  
               Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. --Gen. xxvii.
                                                                              21.
  
               He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
               that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
                                                                              --Prov. xvii.
                                                                              9.
  
               The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
               I looked on the consideration of public service or
               public ornament to be real and very justice. --Burke.
  
      Note: Very is sometimes used to make the word with which it
               is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by
               same, self-same, itself, and the like. [bd]The very
               hand, the very words.[b8] --Shak. [bd]The very rats
               instinctively have quit it.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Yea, there
               where very desolation dwells.[b8] --Milton. Very is
               used occasionally in the comparative degree, and more
               frequently in the superlative. [bd]Was not my lord the
               verier wag of the two?[b8] --Shak. [bd]The veriest
               hermit in the nation.[b8] --Pope. [bd]He had spoken the
               very truth, and transformed it into the veriest
               falsehood.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
      {Very Reverend}. See the Note under {Reverend}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Very \Ver"y\, adv.
      In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly;
      excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very
      bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he
      was very much hurt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Very's \Ver"y's\, [or] Very \Ver"y\, night signals \night
   signals\ . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system
      in 1877.] (Naut.)
      A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire
      are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting
      numbers having a code significance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viary \Vi"a*ry\, a. [L. viarius, fr. via a way, road.]
      Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viewer \View"er\, n.
      1. One who views or examines.
  
      2. (Law) A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or
            the like, and to report upon the same.
  
      3. The superintendent of a coal mine. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vire \Vire\, n. [OF. vire, fr. virer to turn. Cf. {Veer},
      {Vireton}.]
      An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the
      crossbow. Cf. {Vireton}. --Gower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vireo \Vir"e*o\, n. [L., a species of bird.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of American singing birds
      belonging to {Vireo} and allied genera of the family
      {Vireonid[91]}. In many of the species the back is greenish,
      or olive-colored. Called also {greenlet}.
  
      Note: In the Eastern United States the most common species
               are the white-eyed vireo ({Vireo Noveboracensis}), the
               redeyed vireo ({V. olivaceus}), the blue-headed, or
               solitary, vireo ({V. solitarius}), the warbling vireo
               ({V. gilvus}), and the yellow-throated vireo ({V.
               flavifrons}). All these are noted for the sweetness of
               their songs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vower \Vow"er\, n.
      One who makes a vow. --Bale.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vera, OK (town, FIPS 76950)
      Location: 36.44885 N, 95.88109 W
      Population (1990): 167 (76 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Vera, TX
      Zip code(s): 76383

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   var /veir/ or /var/ n.   Short for `variable'.   Compare {arg},
   {param}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   VR // [MUD] n.   On-line abbrev for {virtual reality}, as
   opposed to {RL}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VAR
  
      1. {Value Added Reseller} (or retailer).
  
      2. /veir/ or /var/ Short for "variable".   Compare {arg},
      {param}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   viewer
  
      A program to allow a file to be read (or played) but
      not changed.   Viewers are often freely distributable, even
      when the editor application is not.   This allows you to create
      files with the editor and make the viewer available to other
      users to view your files, e.g. on a {web site}.   Examples
      include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.
  
      (1997-08-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   VR
  
      {virtual reality}
  
  
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