vacant
         adj 1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
         2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never
            vacant"

English Dictionary: Vicenta	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacant lot n a lot on which there are no permanent buildings [syn: vacant lot, building site]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacantly adv in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaccinate v perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" Synonym(s): immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaccinated adj having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: immunized, immunised, vaccinated]
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vaccinating n the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating" Synonym(s): inoculating, vaccinating
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vaccination n taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease Synonym(s): inoculation, vaccination the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaccinator n a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases Synonym(s): inoculator, vaccinator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacuum tube n electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope Synonym(s): tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaginitis n inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)
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vasomotor adj relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vicente Lopez n an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires
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vicinity n a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" Synonym(s): vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vicomte de Chateaubriand n French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848) Synonym(s): Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand
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Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps n French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894) Synonym(s): Lesseps, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vignette n a brief literary description Synonym(s): sketch, vignette a photograph whose edges shade off gradually a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
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viscometer n a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity [syn: viscometer, viscosimeter]
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viscometric adj of or relating to the measurement of viscosity [syn: viscometric, viscosimetric]
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viscometry n the measurement of viscosity [syn: viscometry, viscosimetry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Visconti n Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) [syn: Visconti, {Luchino Visconti}, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscount n (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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Viscount Nelson n English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805) Synonym(s): Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelson
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Viscount Northcliffe n British newspaper publisher (1865-1922) [syn: Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe]
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Viscount St. Albans n English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) Synonym(s): Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscountcy n the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess Synonym(s): viscountcy, viscounty the title of a viscount
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscountess n a wife or widow of a viscount a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
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Viscountess Astor n British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964) Synonym(s): Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscounty n the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess Synonym(s): viscountcy, viscounty the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vision defect n impairment of the sense of sight [syn: visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacant \Va"cant\, a. [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of       vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have       leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to       E. void. Cf. {Evacuate}, {Void}, a.]       1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant             room.                         Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.                                                                               --Shak.                         Being of those virtues vacant.            --Shak.                         There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has                      one vacant chair.                              --Longfellow.          2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied;             disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.                         Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of                      those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs                      of the world.                                    --Dr. H. More.                         There was not a minute of the day which he left                      vacant.                                             --Bp. Fell.          3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or             officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.                         Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use                      and wearing.                                       --Shak.          4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or             reflection; as, a vacant mind.                         The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.                         When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or             occupier; as, a vacant estate. --Bouvier.          {Vacant succession} (Law), one that is claimed by no person,             or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known             heirs to it have renounced it. --Burrill.          Syn: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged;                unincumbered; uncrowded; idle.          Usage: {Vacant}, {Empty}. A thing is empty when there is                   nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle.                   Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled,                   or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant                   seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we                   speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the                   absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected                   there.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacant \Va"cant\, a. [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of       vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have       leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to       E. void. Cf. {Evacuate}, {Void}, a.]       1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant             room.                         Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.                                                                               --Shak.                         Being of those virtues vacant.            --Shak.                         There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has                      one vacant chair.                              --Longfellow.          2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied;             disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.                         Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of                      those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs                      of the world.                                    --Dr. H. More.                         There was not a minute of the day which he left                      vacant.                                             --Bp. Fell.          3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or             officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.                         Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use                      and wearing.                                       --Shak.          4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or             reflection; as, a vacant mind.                         The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.                         When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or             occupier; as, a vacant estate. --Bouvier.          {Vacant succession} (Law), one that is claimed by no person,             or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known             heirs to it have renounced it. --Burrill.          Syn: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged;                unincumbered; uncrowded; idle.          Usage: {Vacant}, {Empty}. A thing is empty when there is                   nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle.                   Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled,                   or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant                   seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we                   speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the                   absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected                   there.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacantly \Va"cant*ly\, adv.       In a vacant manner; inanely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.]       To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called       vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.]       To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called       vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.]       To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called       vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccination \Vac`ci*na"tion\, n.       The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with       the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of       smallpox. Cf. {Inoculation}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaccinator \Vac"ci*na`tor\, n.       One who, or that which, vaccinates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacuometer \Vac`u*om"e*ter\, n. [Vacuum + -meter.] (Physics)       (a) An instrument for the comparison of barometers.       (b) An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure             below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the             condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of             air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury,             or 13 pounds per square inch.          {Vacuum brake}, a kind of continuous brake operated by             exhausting the air from some appliance under each car, and             so causing the pressure of the atmosphere to apply the             brakes.          {Vacuum pan} (Technol.), a kind of large closed metallic             retort used in sugar making for boiling down sirup. It is             so connected with an exhausting apparatus that a partial             vacuum is formed within. This allows the evaporation and             concentration to take place at a lower atmospheric             pressure and hence also at a lower temperature, which             largely obviates the danger of burning the sugar, and             shortens the process.          {Vacuum pump}. Same as {Pulsometer}, 1.          {Vacuum tube} (Phys.), a glass tube provided with platinum             electrodes and exhausted, for the passage of the             electrical discharge; a Geissler tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vagient \Va"gi*ent\, a. [L. vagiens, p. pr. of vagire to cry       like a young child.]       Crying like a child. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaginate \Vag"i*nate\, Vaginated \Vag"i*na`ted\, a. [See       {Vagina}.]       Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem,       or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaginate \Vag"i*nate\, Vaginated \Vag"i*na`ted\, a. [See       {Vagina}.]       Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem,       or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vasomotor \Vas`o*mo"tor\, a. [L. vas a vessel + motor that which       moves fr. movere to move.] (Physiol.)       Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor       mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves       distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.          {Vasomotor center}, the chief dominating or general center             which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial             system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the             medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the             working of which afferent impulses are changed into             efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation             or constriction of the blood vessels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vasomotor \Vas`o*mo"tor\, a. [L. vas a vessel + motor that which       moves fr. movere to move.] (Physiol.)       Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor       mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves       distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.          {Vasomotor center}, the chief dominating or general center             which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial             system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the             medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the             working of which afferent impulses are changed into             efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation             or constriction of the blood vessels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus       neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village;       akin to Gr. [?] a house, Skr. v[?][?]a a house, vi[?] to       enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit[82]. Cf. {Diocese},       {Economy}, {Parish}, {Vicinage}, {Wick} a village.]       1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote;             nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the             estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.                         A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.                                                                               --Jer. Taylor.          2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent             to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.             [bd]The vicinity of the sun.[b8] --Bentley.          Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See {Neighborhood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See       {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law)       Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.          {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}.          {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff,             or county, court.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See       {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law)       Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.          {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}.          {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff,             or county, court.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng.       Law)       Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called       also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay       rent to the king.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See       {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law)       Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.          {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}.          {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff,             or county, court.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng.       Law)       Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called       also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay       rent to the king.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See       {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law)       Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.          {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}.          {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff,             or county, court.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng.       Law)       Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called       also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay       rent to the king.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicount \Vi"count\, n.       See {Viscount}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigintivirate \Vi`gin*tiv"i*rate\, n. [L. vigintiviratus, fr.       vigintiviri; viginti twenty + vir a man.]       The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of       government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri.       [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t.       To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or       edge insensibly fading away.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a       vine. See {Vine}, and cf. {Vinette}.]       1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and             tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.          2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches             or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or             printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by             extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as             such pictures are often without a definite bounding line,             any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like,             which vanishes gradually at the edge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, n.       A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a       small or dainty kind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vignetter \Vi*gnett"er\, n.       1. A device used by photographers in printing vignettes,             consisting of a screen of paper or glass with a central             aperture the edges of which become opaque by intensible             gradations.          2. A maker of vignettes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscount \Vis"count`\, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte,       F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see {Vice}, a.) + comes a       companion, LL., a count. See {Count}.]       1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place             of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.          2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl             and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of             nobility. See {Peer}, n., 3. [Eng.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscountcy \Vis"count`cy\, n.       The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. --Sir B. Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscountess \Vis"count`ess\, n. [F. vicomtesse, LL.       vicecomitissa.]       The wife of a viscount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscountship \Vis"count`ship\, Viscounty \Vis"count`y\, n. [F.       vicomt[82].]       The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscountship \Vis"count`ship\, Viscounty \Vis"count`y\, n. [F.       vicomt[82].]       The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visioned \Vi"sioned\, a.       Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in       visions. [R.] --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vision \Vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visioned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Visioning}.]       To see in a vision; to dream.                   For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no                fancied specters haunt.                           --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
voice-net n.   Hackish way of referring to the telephone system,    analogizing it to a digital network.   Usenet {sig block}s not    uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice:" or    "Voice-Net:" header; common variants of this are "Voicenet" and    "V-Net".   Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vacuum tube          {electron tube}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
voice-net          Hackish way of referring to the {plain old telephone system},       comparing it to a digital {network}.   {Usenet} {sig block}s       sometimes include the sender's telephone number next to a       "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; variants of this are       "Voicenet" and "V-Net".          Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-02-16)