vainly
         adv 1: to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city
                  fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: {vainly},
                  {in vain}]

English Dictionary: vainly	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanilla adj flavored with vanilla extract; "he liked vanilla ice cream" plain and without any extras or adornments; "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version" n any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) Synonym(s): vanilla, vanilla extract a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veinal adj relating to the veins of plants; "leaves affected with veinal mosaic"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venal adj capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" Synonym(s): corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venally adv in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend" Synonym(s): dishonestly, venally, deceitfully Antonym(s): aboveboard, honestly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venial adj warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn: minor, venial] easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" Synonym(s): excusable, forgivable, venial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venula n a minute vein continuous with a capillary [syn: venule, venula, capillary vein]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venule n a minute vein continuous with a capillary [syn: venule, venula, capillary vein]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vinyl n a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene [syn: vinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical] shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vainly \Vain"ly\, adv.       In a vain manner; in vain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanilla \Va*nil"la\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. vainilla, dim. of Sp.       vaina a sheath, a pod, L. vagina; because its grains, or       seeds, are contained in little pods.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of             tropical America.          2. The long podlike capsules of {Vanilla planifolia}, and {V.             claviculata}, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable             odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from             them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules,             extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.          Note: As a medicine, vanilla is supposed to possess powers                analogous to valerian, while, at the same time, it is                far more grateful.          {Cuban vanilla}, a sweet-scented West Indian composite shrub             ({Eupatorium Dalea}).          {Vanilla bean}, the long capsule of the vanilla plant.          {Vanilla grass}. Same as {Holy grass}, under {Holy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veinal \Vein"al\, a.       Pertaining to veins; venous. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venal \Ve"nal\, a. [L. vena a vein.]       Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venal \Ve"nal\, a. [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr. [?]       price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. v[82]nal.]       Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other       valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held       for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as,       venal services. [bd] Paid court to venal beauties.[b8]       --Macaulay.                   The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.                                                                               --Burke.          Syn: Mercenary; hireling; vendible.          Usage: {Venal}, {Mercenary}. One is mercenary who is either                   actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a                   mercenary judge, etc.), or is governed by a sordid                   love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a                   mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and                   supposes either an actual purchase, or a readiness to                   be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in                   the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot                   played ingeniously on the latter word in his                   celebrated saying, [bd] My pen is venal that it may                   not be mercenary,[b8] meaning that he wrote books, and                   sold them to the publishers, in order to avoid the                   necessity of being the hireling of any political                   party.                               Thus needy wits a vile revenue made, And verse                            became a mercenary trade.            --Dryden.                               This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse                            This, from no venal or ungrateful muse. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venally \Ve"nal*ly\, adv.       In a venal manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venial \Ve"ni*al\, a. [OF. venial, F. v[82]niel, L. venialis,       from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin       to venerari to venerate. See {Venerate}.]       1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable;             pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.                         So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. --Shak.          2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] [bd]Permitting him the while             venial discourse unblamed.[b8] --Milton.          {Venial sin} (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does             not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or             deadly, sins. -- {Ve"ni*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ve"ni*al*ness},             n. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venial \Ve"ni*al\, a. [OF. venial, F. v[82]niel, L. venialis,       from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin       to venerari to venerate. See {Venerate}.]       1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable;             pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.                         So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. --Shak.          2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] [bd]Permitting him the while             venial discourse unblamed.[b8] --Milton.          {Venial sin} (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does             not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or             deadly, sins. -- {Ve"ni*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ve"ni*al*ness},             n. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venule \Ven"ule\, n. [L. venula, dim. from vena vein.]       A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zo[94]l.), one of the       small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vineal \Vi"ne*al\, a. [L. vinealis.]       Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines. [R.] --Sir T.       Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vinyl \Vi"nyl\, n. [L. vinum wine + -yl.] (Chem.)       The hypothetical radical {C2H3}, regarded as the       characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of       unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are       homologous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethenyl \Eth"e*nyl\, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.)       (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C}.       (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series,             {CH2:CH}; -- called also {vinyl}. See {Vinyl}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vinyl \Vi"nyl\, n. [L. vinum wine + -yl.] (Chem.)       The hypothetical radical {C2H3}, regarded as the       characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of       unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are       homologous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethenyl \Eth"e*nyl\, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.)       (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C}.       (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series,             {CH2:CH}; -- called also {vinyl}. See {Vinyl}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vanlue, OH (village, FIPS 79534)       Location: 40.97642 N, 83.48179 W       Population (1990): 373 (138 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 45890
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vine Hill, CA (CDP, FIPS 82842)       Location: 38.01601 N, 122.09150 W       Population (1990): 3214 (1163 housing units)       Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
vanilla adj.   [from the default flavor of ice cream in the    U.S.]   Ordinary {flavor}, standard.   When used of food, very often    does not mean that the food is flavored with vanilla extract!   For    example, `vanilla wonton soup' means ordinary wonton soup, as    opposed to hot-and-sour wonton soup.   Applied to hardware and    software, as in "Vanilla Version 7 Unix can't run on a vanilla    11/34."   Also used to orthogonalize chip nomenclature; for instance,    a 74V00 means what TI calls a 7400, as distinct from a 74LS00, etc.    This word differs from {canonical} in that the latter means    `default', whereas vanilla simply means `ordinary'.   For example,    when hackers go on a {great-wall}, hot-and-sour soup is the    {canonical} soup to get (because that is what most of them usually    order) even though it isn't the vanilla (wonton) soup.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vanilla          1. (Default flavour of ice cream in the US) Ordinary       {flavour}, standard.   When used of food, very often does not       mean that the food is flavoured with vanilla extract!   For       example, "vanilla wonton soup" means ordinary wonton soup, as       opposed to hot-and-sour wonton soup.   Applied to hardware and       software, as in "Vanilla {Version 7} {Unix} can't run on a       vanilla {PDP 11}/34."   Also used to orthogonalise chip       nomenclature; for instance, a 74V00 means what TI calls a       7400, as distinct from a 74LS00, etc.   This word differs from       {canonical} in that the latter means "default", whereas       vanilla simply means "ordinary".   For example, when hackers go       to a chinese restaurant, hot-and-sour wonton soup is the       {canonical} wonton soup to get (because that is what most of       them usually order) even though it isn't the vanilla wonton       soup.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-11-04)          2. {Snobol4} by {Catspaw, Inc.} for {MS-DOS}.          {(ftp://cs.arizona.edu/snobol4/vanilla.arc)}.          (1992-02-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
VML          VODAK Model Language.   Language for an extensible       {object-oriented database}.          ["Object-Oriented Modeling for Hypermedia Systems Using the       Object-Oriented VODAK Model Language (VML)" Wolfgang Klas et       al, in Object-Oriented Database Management Systems, NATO ASI       Series, Springer 1993].          E-mail: .