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Valium n a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning Synonym(s): diazepam, Valium
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Valmy n the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery) Synonym(s): Valmy, battle of Valmy
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vellum n a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb
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velum n a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms Synonym(s): veil, velum a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking Synonym(s): soft palate, velum
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villain n a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately Synonym(s): villain, scoundrel the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction Synonym(s): villain, baddie
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villainy n the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior [syn: villainy, villainousness] a criminal or vicious act
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villein n (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord Synonym(s): serf, helot, villein
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villoma n a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass [syn: papilloma, villoma, papillary tumor, papillary tumour]
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Villon n French poet (flourished around 1460) [syn: Villon, Francois Villon]
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Vilna n the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania Synonym(s): Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital of Lithuania
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Vilno n the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania Synonym(s): Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital of Lithuania
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violin n bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow Synonym(s): violin, fiddle
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volume n the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" Synonym(s): bulk, mass, volume physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" Synonym(s): book, volume a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water" the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" Synonym(s): volume, loudness, intensity Antonym(s): softness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valonia \Va*lo"ni*a\, n. [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr.       balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an       acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.]       1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak ({Quercus macrolepis},             and {Q. vallonea}) found in Eastern Europe. It contains             abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and             dyers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vellum \Vel"lum\, n. [OE. velim, F. v[82]lin, fr. L. vitulinus       of a calf, fr. vitulus a calf. See {Veal}.]       A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and       rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and       for binding books.          {Vellum cloth}, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very             transparent, and used as a tracing cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vellumy \Vel"lum*y\, a.       Resembling vellum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veil \Veil\ (v[amac]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L.       velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to       bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship       on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.]       1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view,             and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen,             usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to             hide or protect the face.                         The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt.                                                                               xxvii. 51.                         She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her                      unadorn[82]d golden tresses wore.      --Milton.          2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.                         [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the                      so seeming Mistress Page.                  --Shak.          3. (Bot.)             (a) The calyptra of mosses.             (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a                   mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}.          4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's             veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.          5. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3.          {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a             veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to             become a nun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vilany \Vil"a*ny\, n.       Villainy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,       from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]       1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,             tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest             class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also             {villan}, and {villein}.]                         If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,                      and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his                      posterity also must do so, though accidentally they                      become noble.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that                is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[91]); and                villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of                their lord, and transferable from one to another.                --Blackstone.          2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]                         Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the                      blood of the gentleman in another, what difference                      shall there be proved?                        --Becon.          3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and             capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;             a knave; a rascal; a scamp.                         Like a villain with a smiling cheek.   --Shak.                         Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.                                                                               --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, a. [F. vilain.]       Villainous. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, v. t.       To debase; to degrade. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villainy \Vil"lain*y\, n.; pl. {Villainies}. [OE. vilanie, OF.       vilanie, vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See       {Villain}, n.] [Written also {villany}.]       1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous;             extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy             of the seducer. [bd]Lucre of vilanye.[b8] --Chaucer.                         The commendation is not in his wit, but in his                      villainy.                                          --Shak.          2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul             talk. [Archaic]                         He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life,                      unto no manner wight.                        --Chaucer.                         In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed                      villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men                      of coarsest education and employment. --Barrow.                         Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul                      and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than                      deeds.                                                --Trench.          3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.                         Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. --Dryden.                         That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called                      a slave trade. --John Wesley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,       from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]       1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,             tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest             class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also             {villan}, and {villein}.]                         If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,                      and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his                      posterity also must do so, though accidentally they                      become noble.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that                is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[91]); and                villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of                their lord, and transferable from one to another.                --Blackstone.          2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]                         Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the                      blood of the gentleman in another, what difference                      shall there be proved?                        --Becon.          3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and             capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;             a knave; a rascal; a scamp.                         Like a villain with a smiling cheek.   --Shak.                         Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.                                                                               --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villan \Vil"lan\, n.       A villain. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,       from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]       1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,             tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest             class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also             {villan}, and {villein}.]                         If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,                      and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his                      posterity also must do so, though accidentally they                      become noble.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that                is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[91]); and                villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of                their lord, and transferable from one to another.                --Blackstone.          2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]                         Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the                      blood of the gentleman in another, what difference                      shall there be proved?                        --Becon.          3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and             capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;             a knave; a rascal; a scamp.                         Like a villain with a smiling cheek.   --Shak.                         Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.                                                                               --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villan \Vil"lan\, n.       A villain. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villainy \Vil"lain*y\, n.; pl. {Villainies}. [OE. vilanie, OF.       vilanie, vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See       {Villain}, n.] [Written also {villany}.]       1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous;             extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy             of the seducer. [bd]Lucre of vilanye.[b8] --Chaucer.                         The commendation is not in his wit, but in his                      villainy.                                          --Shak.          2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul             talk. [Archaic]                         He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life,                      unto no manner wight.                        --Chaucer.                         In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed                      villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men                      of coarsest education and employment. --Barrow.                         Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul                      and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than                      deeds.                                                --Trench.          3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.                         Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. --Dryden.                         That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called                      a slave trade. --John Wesley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villany \Vil"lan*y\, n.       See {Villainy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villainy \Vil"lain*y\, n.; pl. {Villainies}. [OE. vilanie, OF.       vilanie, vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See       {Villain}, n.] [Written also {villany}.]       1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous;             extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy             of the seducer. [bd]Lucre of vilanye.[b8] --Chaucer.                         The commendation is not in his wit, but in his                      villainy.                                          --Shak.          2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul             talk. [Archaic]                         He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life,                      unto no manner wight.                        --Chaucer.                         In our modern language, it [foul language] is termed                      villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men                      of coarsest education and employment. --Barrow.                         Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul                      and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than                      deeds.                                                --Trench.          3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.                         Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. --Dryden.                         That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called                      a slave trade. --John Wesley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villany \Vil"lan*y\, n.       See {Villainy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,       from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]       1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,             tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest             class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also             {villan}, and {villein}.]                         If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,                      and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his                      posterity also must do so, though accidentally they                      become noble.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that                is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[91]); and                villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of                their lord, and transferable from one to another.                --Blackstone.          2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]                         Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the                      blood of the gentleman in another, what difference                      shall there be proved?                        --Becon.          3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and             capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;             a knave; a rascal; a scamp.                         Like a villain with a smiling cheek.   --Shak.                         Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.                                                                               --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villein \Vil"lein\, n. (Feudal Law)       See {Villain}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villain \Vil"lain\, n. [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus,       from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See {Villa}.]       1. (Feudal Law) One who holds lands by a base, or servile,             tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest             class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also             {villan}, and {villein}.]                         If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant,                      and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his                      posterity also must do so, though accidentally they                      become noble.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that                is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti gleb[91]); and                villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of                their lord, and transferable from one to another.                --Blackstone.          2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.]                         Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the                      blood of the gentleman in another, what difference                      shall there be proved?                        --Becon.          3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and             capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel;             a knave; a rascal; a scamp.                         Like a villain with a smiling cheek.   --Shak.                         Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.                                                                               --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Villein \Vil"lein\, n. (Feudal Law)       See {Villain}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violin \Vi`o*lin"\, n. [It. violino, dim. of viola. See {Viol}.]       (Mus.)       A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a       fiddle.          Note: The violin is distinguished for the brilliancy and                gayety, as well as the power and variety, of its tones,                and in the orchestra it is the leading and most                important instrument.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violine \Vi"o*line\, n. (Chem.)       (a) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature             and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from             the root and foliage of the violet ({Viola}).       (b) Mauve aniline. See under {Mauve}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mauve \Mauve\, n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the       similarity of the color to that of the petals of common       mallow, Malva sylvestris. See {Mallow}.]       A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.          {Mauve aniline} (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by             the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first             discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It             consists of the sulphate of mauve[8b]ne, and is a dark             brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a             beatiful purple color. Called also {aniline purple},             {violine}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violine \Vi"o*line\, n. (Chem.)       (a) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature             and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from             the root and foliage of the violet ({Viola}).       (b) Mauve aniline. See under {Mauve}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mauve \Mauve\, n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the       similarity of the color to that of the petals of common       mallow, Malva sylvestris. See {Mallow}.]       A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.          {Mauve aniline} (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by             the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first             discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It             consists of the sulphate of mauve[8b]ne, and is a dark             brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a             beatiful purple color. Called also {aniline purple},             {violine}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Violone \[d8]Vi`o*lo"ne\, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a       viol. See {Viol}.] (Mus.)       The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings       tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the       contrabasso; -- called also {double bass}. [Written also       {violono}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volume \Vol"ume\, n. [F., from L. volumen a roll of writing, a       book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See {Voluble}.]       1. A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping             or for use, after the manner of the ancients. [Obs.]                         The papyrus, and afterward the parchment, was joined                      together [by the ancients] to form one sheet, and                      then rolled upon a staff into a volume (volumen).                                                                               --Encyc. Brit.          2. Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together,             whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or             more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part             of an extended work which is bound up together in one             cover; as, a work in four volumes.                         An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value                      of its proportion to the set.            --Franklin.          4. Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll;             a turn; a convolution; a coil.                         So glides some trodden serpent on the grass, And                      long behind wounded volume trails.      --Dryden.                         Undulating billows rolling their silver volumes.                                                                               --W. Irving.          4. Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic             units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass;             bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of             gas.          5. (Mus.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or             tone.          {Atomic volume}, {Molecular volume} (Chem.), the ratio of the             atomic and molecular weights divided respectively by the             specific gravity of the substance in question.          {Specific volume} (Physics & Chem.), the quotient obtained by             dividing unity by the specific gravity; the reciprocal of             the specific gravity. It is equal (when the specific             gravity is referred to water at 4[deg] C. as a standard)             to the number of cubic centimeters occupied by one gram of             the substance.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vallonia, IN       Zip code(s): 47281
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Velma, OK (town, FIPS 76900)       Location: 34.45613 N, 97.66592 W       Population (1990): 661 (282 housing units)       Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vilonia, AR (town, FIPS 71960)       Location: 35.08401 N, 92.21124 W       Population (1990): 1133 (410 housing units)       Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72173
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Volin, SD (town, FIPS 67780)       Location: 42.95900 N, 97.18071 W       Population (1990): 175 (68 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57072
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VLAN          {Virtual Local Area Network}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VLM          1. {Very Large Memory}.          2. {Virtual Loadable Module}.          (1998-02-24)