v
1: being one more than four [syn: {five}, {5}] n 1: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated bet...
V neck
1: the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V
V sign
1: a sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers
V-1
1: a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb [syn: {buzz bomb}, {robot bomb}, {flying bomb}, {doodlebug}]
V-8 juice
1: brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices
V-day
1: the day of a victory [syn: {Victory Day}]
V-E Day
1: the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II [syn: {8 May 1945}]
V-J Day
1: the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II [syn: {15 August 1945}]
v-shaped
1: shaped in the form of the letter V
V.P.
1: an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances [syn: {vice president}]
VA
1: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War [syn: {Virginia}, {Old Dominion}, {Old Dominion State}] 2: the United ...
vac
1: informal term for vacation
vacancy
1: being unoccupied 2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: {void}, {emptiness}, {vacuum}]
vacancy rate
1: the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time
vacant
1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind" 2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"
vacant lot
1: a lot on which there are no permanent buildings [syn: {building site}]
vacantly
1: in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"
vacate
1: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: {resign}, {renoun...
vacation
1: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" [syn: {holiday}] 2: the act of making something legall...
vacation home
1: a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation
vacation spot
1: an area where many people go for recreation [syn: {resort area}, {playground}]
vacationer
1: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: {vacationist}]
vacationist
1: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: {vacationer}]
Vaccaria
1: cow-cockles [syn: {genus Vaccaria}]
Vaccaria hispanica
1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn: {cowherb}, {cow cockle}, {Vacca...
Vaccaria pyramidata
1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn: {cowherb}, {cow cockle}, {Vacca...
vaccina
1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: {vaccinia}, {v...
vaccinate
1: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: {immunize}, {immunise}, {inoculate}]
vaccinated
1: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease [syn: {immunized}, {immunised}]
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vaccinating
1: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating" [syn: {inoculating}]
vaccination
1: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: {inoculation}] 2: the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine
vaccinator
1: a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases [syn: {inoculator}]
vaccine
1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: {vaccinum}]
vaccinee
1: a patient who has been vaccinated
vaccinia
1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: {vaccina}, {va...
vaccinia gangrenosa
1: a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion [syn: {progressive vaccinia}]
Vaccinium
1: evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries [syn: {genus Vaccinium}]
Vaccinium angustifolium
1: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries [syn: {low-bush blueberry}, {low blueberry}, {Vaccinium pennsylvanicu...
Vaccinium arboreum
1: shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries [syn: {farkleberry}, {sparkleberry}]
Vaccinium ashei
1: shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry [syn: {rabbiteye blueberry}, {rabbit-eye blueberry}, {rabbiteye}]
Vaccinium caespitosum
1: low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries [syn: {dwarf bilberry}, {dwarf blueberry}]
Vaccinium corymbosum
1: high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries [syn: {high-bush blueberry}, {tall bilb...
Vaccinium myrsinites
1: shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit [syn: {evergreen blueberry}]
Vaccinium ovatum
1: stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements [syn: {evergreen huckleberry}]
Vaccinium oxycoccus
1: small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere [syn: {European cranberry}, {small cranberry}]
Vaccinium pallidum
1: low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries [syn: {dryland blueberry}, {dryland berry}]
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
1: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries [syn: {low-bush blueberry}, {low blueberry}, {Vaccinium angustifolium...
Vaccinium scoparium
1: shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries [syn: {grouseberry}, {grouse-berry}, {grouse whortleberry}]
Vaccinium stamineum
1: small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer [syn: {deerberry}, {squaw huckleberry}]
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
1: low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries [syn: {cowberry}, {mountain cranberry}, {lingonberry}, {lingenberry}, {lingberry}, {fox...
vaccinum
1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: {vaccine}]
Vachel Lindsay
1: United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931) [syn: {Lindsay}, {Nicholas Vachel Lindsay}]
vacillant
1: uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillating}, {wavering}]
vacillate
1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: {hover}, {vibrate}, {oscillate}] 2: m...
vacillating
1: uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {wavering}]
vacillation
1: indecision in speech or action [syn: {hesitation}, {wavering}] 2: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: {swing}, {swinging}]
vacillator
1: one who hesitates (uaually out of fear) [syn: {waverer}, {hesitator}, {hesitater}]
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