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1: a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field

1: German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827) [syn: {Beethoven}, {Ludwig van Beethoven}]

1: a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles i...

1: 8th President of the United States (1782-1862) [syn: {Martin Van Buren}, {President Van Buren}]

1: United States physicist (1901-1967) [syn: {Robert Van de Graaff}, {Robert Jemison Van de Graaff}]

1: electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity [syn: {electrostatic generator}, {electrostatic machine}, {Wimshurst machine}]

1: Belgian architect (1863-1957) [syn: {Henri van de Velde}, {Henri Clemens van de Velde}]

1: relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles

1: Dutch physicist (1837-1923) [syn: {Johannes van der Waals}, {Johannes Diderik van der Waals}]

1: United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950) [syn: {Carl Van Doren}, {Carl Clinton Van Doren}]

1: Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) [syn: {Vandyke}, {Anthony Vandyke}, {Sir Anthony Vandyke}]

1: Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) [syn: {Eyck}, {Jan van Eyck}]

1: Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890) [syn: {Vincent van Gogh}, {Gogh}]

1: United States physicist (1899-1980) [syn: {John Van Vleck}, {John Hasbrouck Van Vleck}]

1: United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963) [syn: {Brooks}]

1: a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium

1: any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts [syn: {vanadium pentoxide}]

1: a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium

1: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite [syn: {V}, {atomic number 23}]

1: any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts [syn: {vanadic acid}]

1: steel alloyed with vanadium for greater strength and high-temperature stability

1: English architect (1664-1726) [syn: {John Vanbrugh}, {Sir John Vanbrigh}]

1: an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections [syn: {vancomycin}]

1: an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections [syn: {Vancocin}]

1: English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798) [syn: {George Vancouver}] 2: a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from P...

1: an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America

1: any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes

1: famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers [syn: {blue orchid}]

1: someone who willfully destroys or defaces property 2: a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455

1: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park" [syn: {vandalize}]

1: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others [syn: {hooliganism}, {malicious mischief}]

1: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park" [syn: {vandalise}]

1: United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) [syn: {Cornelius Vanderbilt}, {Commodore Vanderbilt}]

1: Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) [syn: {Van Dyck}, {Anthony Vandyke}, {Sir Anthony Vandyke}] 2: a short pointed beard (named after Anthony Vandyke) [syn: {vandyke beard}]

1: a short pointed beard (named after Anthony Vandyke) [syn: {vandyke}]

1: a moderate brown color

1: flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water [syn: {blade}] 2: mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind [syn: {weathervane}...

1: (of an arrow) equipped with feathers [syn: {fledged}]

1: Eurasian lapwings [syn: {genus Vanellus}]

1: a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden [syn: {Lake Vanern}]

1: painted beauty and red admiral [syn: {genus Vanessa}]

1: of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings [syn: {red admiral}]

1: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) [syn: {Bell}, {Vanessa Stephen}]

1: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) [syn: {Bell}, {Vanessa Bell}]

1: American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots [syn: {painted beauty}]

1: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: {van}] 2: any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) ...

1: an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was re...

1: tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit [syn: {genus Vangueria}]

1: small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit [syn: {wild medlar}, {wild medlar tree}, {medlar}]

1: shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit [syn: {Spanish tamarind}]

1: 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 2: a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macer...

1: long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring

1: a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) [syn: {vanilla}]

1: Ice cream flavored with vanilla extract

1: climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America [syn: {Vanilla planifolia}]

1: climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America [syn: {vanilla orchid}]

1: sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs

1: a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings

1: (Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir

1: get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: {disappear}, {go away}] [ant: {appear}] 2: become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when da...