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   Valkyrie
         n 1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose
               heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

English Dictionary: vulgarize by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valley girl
n
  1. a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valsartan
n
  1. an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure
    Synonym(s): valsartan, Diovan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veal cordon bleu
n
  1. thin slices of veal stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Velcro
n
  1. nylon fabric used as a fastening
v
  1. fasten with Velcro; "velcro the belt"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
velociraptor
n
  1. small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
villager
n
  1. one who has lived in a village most of their life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viola cornuta
n
  1. European viola with an unusually long corolla spur [syn: horned violet, tufted pansy, Viola cornuta]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Volga River
n
  1. a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
    Synonym(s): Volga, Volga River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgar
adj
  1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
    Synonym(s): coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
  2. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
    Synonym(s): common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
  3. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
    Synonym(s): common, vernacular, vulgar
  4. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
    Synonym(s): crude, earthy, gross, vulgar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vulgar Latin
n
  1. nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarian
n
  1. a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarisation
n
  1. the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: vulgarization, vulgarisation]
  2. the act of making something attractive to the general public
    Synonym(s): popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarise
v
  1. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
    Synonym(s): popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
  2. debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
    Synonym(s): vulgarise, vulgarize
  3. act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
    Synonym(s): vulgarize, vulgarise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgariser
n
  1. someone who makes something vulgar [syn: vulgarizer, vulgariser]
  2. someone who makes attractive to the general public
    Synonym(s): popularizer, populariser, vulgarizer, vulgariser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarism
n
  1. an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word]
  2. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
    Synonym(s): coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarity
n
  1. the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarization
n
  1. the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: vulgarization, vulgarisation]
  2. the act of making something attractive to the general public
    Synonym(s): popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarize
v
  1. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
    Synonym(s): popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
  2. debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
    Synonym(s): vulgarise, vulgarize
  3. act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
    Synonym(s): vulgarize, vulgarise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarizer
n
  1. someone who makes something vulgar [syn: vulgarizer, vulgariser]
  2. someone who makes attractive to the general public
    Synonym(s): popularizer, populariser, vulgarizer, vulgariser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarly
adv
  1. in a smutty manner
    Synonym(s): smuttily, vulgarly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brant-fox \Brant"-fox`\, n. [For brand-fox; cf. G. brandfuchs,
      Sw. bradr[84]f. So called from its yellowish brown and
      somewhat black color. See {Brand}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A kind of fox found in Sweden ({Vulpes alopex}), smaller than
      the common fox ({V. vulgaris}), but probably a variety of it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs,
      OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox
      fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes},
            family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V.
            vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V.
            fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and
            the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are
            well-known species.
  
      Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the
               American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the
               cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of
               the same species, of less value. The common foxes of
               Europe and America are very similar; both are
               celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild
               birds, poultry, and various small animals.
  
                        Subtle as the fox for prey.            --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also
            {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}.
  
      4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]
  
                     We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.
  
      5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar;
            -- used for seizings or mats.
  
      6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the
            blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]
  
                     Thou diest on point of fox.               --Shak.
  
      7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs,
            formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin;
            -- called also {Outagamies}.
  
      {Fox and geese}.
            (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others
                  as they run one goal to another.
            (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for
                  them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the
                  geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle
                  of the board, endeavors to break through the line of
                  the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.
  
      {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus
            {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and
            the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the
            species are more than four feet across the outspread
            wings. See {Fruit bat}.
  
      {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.
           
  
      {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox.
  
      {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.
           
  
      {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American
            grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the
            origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord},
            {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis
            vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the
            {Catawba}.
  
      {Fox hunter}.
            (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.
            (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.
  
      {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher
            shark}, under {Thrasher}.
  
      {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep.
  
      {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow
            ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its
            reddish color.
  
      {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel
            ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern
            States the black variety prevails; farther north the
            fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is
            more common.
  
      {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of
            terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes,
            and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired
            varieties.
  
      {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few
            steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot,
            or a trot into a walk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valkyria \Val*kyr"i*a\, n. [Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS.
      w[91]lcyrie); valr the slain + kj[omac]sa to choose. See
      {Valhalla}, and {Choose}.] (Scand. Myth.)
      One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
      beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who
      were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of
      heroes in Valhalla. [Written also {Valkyr}, and {Walkyr}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valkyria \Val*kyr"i*a\, n. [Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS.
      w[91]lcyrie); valr the slain + kj[omac]sa to choose. See
      {Valhalla}, and {Choose}.] (Scand. Myth.)
      One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
      beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who
      were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of
      heroes in Valhalla. [Written also {Valkyr}, and {Walkyr}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Valkyrian \Val*kyr"i*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle.
      [bd]Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns.[b8] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Villager \Vil"la*ger\, n.
      An inhabitant of a village.
  
               Brutus had rather be a villager Than to repute himself
               a son of Rome Under these hard condition. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Villagery \Vil"lage*ry\, n.
      Villages; a district of villages. [Obs.] [bd]The maidens of
      the villagery.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Violaquercitrin \Vi`o*la*quer"cit*rin\, n. (Chem.)
      A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy
      ({Viola tricolor}), and decomposing into glucose and
      quercitrin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgar \Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
      the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf.
      {Divulge}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
            common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
            vernacular. [bd]As common as any the most vulgar thing to
            sense. [b8] -- Shak.
  
                     Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
                     praise.                                             --Milton.
  
                     It might be more useful to the English reader . . .
                     to write in our vulgar language.         --Bp. Fell.
  
                     The mechanical process of multiplying books had
                     brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue
                     within the reach of every class.         --Bancroft.
  
      2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as
            distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
            to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
            hence, sometimes, of little or no value. [bd]Like the
            vulgar sort of market men.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
                     life.                                                --Addison.
  
                     In reading an account of a battle, we follow the
                     hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
                     the vulgar heaps of slaughter.            --Rambler.
  
      3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
            also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
            coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
            manners.
  
                     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
  
      {Vulgar fraction}. (Arith.) See under {Fraction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgar \Vul"gar\, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
      1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
  
                     These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman.
  
      2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgar \Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
      the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf.
      {Divulge}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
            common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
            vernacular. [bd]As common as any the most vulgar thing to
            sense. [b8] -- Shak.
  
                     Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
                     praise.                                             --Milton.
  
                     It might be more useful to the English reader . . .
                     to write in our vulgar language.         --Bp. Fell.
  
                     The mechanical process of multiplying books had
                     brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue
                     within the reach of every class.         --Bancroft.
  
      2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as
            distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
            to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
            hence, sometimes, of little or no value. [bd]Like the
            vulgar sort of market men.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
                     life.                                                --Addison.
  
                     In reading an account of a battle, we follow the
                     hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
                     the vulgar heaps of slaughter.            --Rambler.
  
      3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
            also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
            coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
            manners.
  
                     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
  
      {Vulgar fraction}. (Arith.) See under {Fraction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarian \Vul*ga"ri*an\, n.
      A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also
      adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarism \Vul"gar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarisme.]
      1. Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
  
      2. A vulgar phrase or expression.
  
                     A fastidious taste will find offense in the
                     occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call
                     [bd]slang,[b8] which not a few of our writers seem
                     to have affected.                              --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarity \Vul*gar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarit[82], L. vulgaritas
      the multitude.]
      1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of
            life; the state of the lower classes of society. --Sir T.
            Browne.
  
      2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence
            of refinement; coarseness.
  
                     The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of
                     Bartholomew Fair.                              --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarization \Vul`gar*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Vulgarized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulgarizing}.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL.
      vulgarizare.]
      To make vulgar, or common.
  
               Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.         --V. Knox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Vulgarized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulgarizing}.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL.
      vulgarizare.]
      To make vulgar, or common.
  
               Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.         --V. Knox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Vulgarized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulgarizing}.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL.
      vulgarizare.]
      To make vulgar, or common.
  
               Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.         --V. Knox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarly \Vul"gar*ly\, adv.
      In a vulgar manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarness \Vul"gar*ness\, n.
      The quality of being vulgar.

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   Valle Crucis, NC
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   Valley Green, PA (CDP, FIPS 79638)
      Location: 40.15719 N, 76.79297 W
      Population (1990): 3017 (1072 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Location: 40.09123 N, 80.57071 W
      Population (1990): 569 (225 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26060

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   Villa Grove, CO
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      Location: 39.86364 N, 88.15954 W
      Population (1990): 2734 (1076 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61956

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