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Vaccaria
n 1: cow-cockles [syn: {Vaccaria}, {genus Vaccaria}]

English Dictionary: vizor	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vagary n an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"
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Vajra n Indra's thunderbolt
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vaquero n local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) Synonym(s): vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo
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Vasari n Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn: Vasari, Giorgio Vasari]
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VCR n a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs Synonym(s): videocassette recorder, VCR
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vexer n someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) Synonym(s): tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer
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Viagra n virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men Synonym(s): sildenafil, sildenafil citrate, Viagra
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vicar n a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
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viceroy n governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign Synonym(s): viceroy, vicereine showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller Synonym(s): viceroy, Limenitis archippus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vigor n forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" Synonym(s): energy, vigor, vigour, zip active strength of body or mind Synonym(s): vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" Synonym(s): energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vigour n forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" Synonym(s): energy, vigor, vigour, zip active strength of body or mind Synonym(s): vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" Synonym(s): energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscera n internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" Synonym(s): viscera, entrails, innards
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visor n a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face Synonym(s): visor, vizor a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" Synonym(s): bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vizier n a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vizor n a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face Synonym(s): visor, vizor a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" Synonym(s): bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voicer n someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes a speaker who voices an opinion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voucher n someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement Synonym(s): voucher, verifier a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed Synonym(s): coupon, voucher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voussoir n wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voyager n a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccary \Vac"ca*ry\, n. [LL. vaccarium, from L. vacca cow. Cf. {Vachery}.] A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vachery \Vach"er*y\, n. [F. vacherie, from vache a cow, L. vacca. Cf. {Vaccary}.] 1. An inclosure for cows. 2. A dairy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Prompt. Parv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vagary \Va*ga"ry\, n.; pl. {Vagaries}. [L. vagari to stroll about. See {Vague}.] 1. A wandering or strolling. [Obs.] 2. Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. [bd]The vagaries of a child.[b8] --Spectator. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[amac]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[amac]g"[etil]r); superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v. i.] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] [bd]To set upon the vague villains.[b8] --Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. {Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}. Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vague \Vague\ (v[amac]g), a. [Compar. {Vaguer} (v[amac]g"[etil]r); superl. {Vaguest}.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See {Vague}, v. i.] 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] [bd]To set upon the vague villains.[b8] --Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. {Vague year}. See {Sothiac year}, under {Sothiac}. Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8O94gonium \[d8]O`[94]go"nium\, n.; pl. L. {O[94]gonia}, E. {O[94]goniums}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an egg + [?] offspring.] (Bot.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing o[94]spheres, as in the rockweeds ({Fucus}), and the orders {Vaucherie[91]} and {Peronospore[91]}.
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Vexer \Vex"er\, n. One who vexes or troubles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicar \Vic"ar\, n. [OE. vicar, viker, vicair, F. vicaire, fr. L. vicarius. See {Vicarious}.] 1. One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy. [R.] 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice. Note: The distinction between a parson [or rector] and vicar is this: The parson has, for the most part, the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; but a vicar has generally an appropriator over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom he is in fact perpetual curate with a standing salary. --Burrill. {Apostolic vicar}, [or] {Vicar apostolic}. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A bishop to whom the Roman pontiff delegates a portion of his jurisdiction. (b) Any ecclesiastic acting under a papal brief, commissioned to exercise episcopal authority. (c) A titular bishop in a country where there is no episcopal see, or where the succession has been interrupted. {Vicar forane}. [Cf. LL. foraneus situated outside of the episcopal city, rural. See {Vicar}, and {Foreign}.] (R. C. Ch.) A dignitary or parish priest appointed by a bishop to exercise a limited jurisdiction in a particular town or district of a diocese. --Addis & Arnold. {Vicar-general}. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) The deputy of the Archbishop of Canterbury or York, in whose court the bishops of the province are confirmed. --Encyc. Brit. (b) (R. C. Ch.) An assistant to a bishop in the discharge of his official functions. {Vicar of Jesus Christ} (R. C. Ch.), the pope as representing Christ on earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicary \Vic"ar*y\, n. [L. vicarius.] A vicar. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viceroy \Vice"roy\, n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See {Vice}, prep. and Royal.] 1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and handsome American butterfly ({Basilarchia, [or] Limenitis, archippus}). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larv[91] feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigor \Vig"or\, n. [OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See {Vegetable}, {Vigil}.] 1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. The vigor of this arm was never vain. --Dryden. 2. Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor. 3. Strength; efficacy; potency. But in the fruithful earth . . . His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. --Milton. Note: Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigor \Vig"or\, v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.] --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[8a]re, fr. OF. vis. See {Visage}, {Vision}.] [Written also {visar}, {visard}, {vizard}, and {vizor}.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. 2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. [bd]My very visor began to assume life.[b8] --Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Viscus \[d8]Vis"cus\, n.; pl. {Viscera}. [L., perhaps akin to E. viscid.] (Anat.) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[c6]r, waz[c6]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[8a]re, fr. OF. vis. See {Visage}, {Vision}.] [Written also {visar}, {visard}, {vizard}, and {vizor}.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. 2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. [bd]My very visor began to assume life.[b8] --Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[c6]r, waz[c6]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[c6]r, waz[c6]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[c6]r, waz[c6]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizir \Vi*zir"\, n. See {Vizier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizier \Viz"ier\, n. [Ar. wez[c6]r, waz[c6]r, properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from wazara to bear a burden: cf. F. vizir, visir. Cf. {Alguazil}.] A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [Written also {visier}, {vizir}, and {vizer}.] {Grand vizier}, the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also {vizier-azem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizir \Vi*zir"\, n. See {Vizier}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[8a]re, fr. OF. vis. See {Visage}, {Vision}.] [Written also {visar}, {visard}, {vizard}, and {vizor}.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. 2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. [bd]My very visor began to assume life.[b8] --Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizor \Viz"or\, n. See {Visor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[8a]re, fr. OF. vis. See {Visage}, {Vision}.] [Written also {visar}, {visard}, {vizard}, and {vizor}.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. 2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. [bd]My very visor began to assume life.[b8] --Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vizor \Viz"or\, n. See {Visor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voucher \Vouch"er\, n. 1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything. Will his vouchers vouch him no more? --Shak. The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation. --Spectator. 2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts. 3. (Law) (a) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands. (b) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouchor \Vouch/or\, n. (Law) Same as {Voucher}, 3 (b) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voyager \Voy"a*ger\, n. [Cf. F. voyager traveling.] One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.
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Vacherie, LA Zip code(s): 70090
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Vassar, KS Zip code(s): 66543 Vassar, MI (city, FIPS 81840) Location: 43.37153 N, 83.57868 W Population (1990): 2559 (1047 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48768
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Vickery, OH Zip code(s): 43464
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VCR {Video Cassette Recorder}