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1: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles [syn: {candlenut}, {Aleurites moluccana}] 2: small Asiatic tree...

1: having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: {stained}]

1: someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish

1: Roman scholar (116-27 BC) [syn: {Marcus Terentius Varro}]

1: a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University 2: a team representing a college or university [syn: {first team}]

1: an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports" [syn: {letter}]

1: a sock worn for athletic events [syn: {athletic sock}, {sweat sock}]

1: in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired ...

1: turned inward; especially of a deformity in which part of a limb is twisted toward the center of the body; "varus deformities of the hand" [ant: {valgus}]

1: make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's sel...

1: marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: {variable}]

1: large large-footed North American hare; white in winter [syn: {snowshoe hare}, {snowshoe rabbit}, {Lepus americanus}]

1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: {vessel}] [also: {vasa} (pl)]

1: a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct [syn: {ductus deferens}]

{vas}

1: several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach [syn: {short gastric artery}, {arteria gastrica breves}]

1: the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis

1: any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein

1: French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997) [syn: {Viktor Vasarely}]

1: Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn: {Giorgio Vasari}]

1: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) [syn: {da Gamma}, {Gamma}]

1: Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) [syn: {Balboa}]

{vasculum}

1: of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular bundle" [ant: {avascular}]

1: a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem [syn: {vascular strand}, {fibrovascular bundle}]

1: a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal ...

1: green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms [syn: {tracheophyte}]

1: a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles [syn: {medullary ray}]

1: a dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiate [syn: {spider angioma}, {spider nevus}]

1: a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem [syn: {vascular bundle}, {fibrovascular bundle}]

1: a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels

1: the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant

1: tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants

1: the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries [syn: {vascularization}]

1: become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" [syn: {vascularize}] 2: make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" [syn: {vascularize}]

1: the property being vascular; "a prominent vascularity"

1: the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries [syn: {vascularisation}]

1: become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized" [syn: {vascularise}] 2: make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" [syn: {vascularise}]

1: inflammation of a blood vessel

1: an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

1: scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals [syn: {leather flower}, {vase-fine}, {Clematis viorna}]

1: scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals [syn: {leather flower}, {vase vine}, {Clematis viorna}]

1: remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" [syn: {vasectomize}]

1: remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" [syn: {vasectomise}]

1: surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible

1: a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly

1: having the form of a cylinder or tube [syn: {cylindrical}, {tube-shaped}, {tubelike}]

1: Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950) [syn: {Nijinsky}, {Waslaw Nijinsky}]

1: decrease in the diameter of blood vessels

1: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases...

1: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases...

1: dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)

1: a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels [syn: {vasodilator}]

1: a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels [syn: {vasodilative}]

1: a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men [syn: {phentolamine}]

1: relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate

1: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flo...

1: any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)

1: surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens [syn: {vasotomy}]

1: an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks [syn: {enalapril}]