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Vacancy RatenounMWEthe percentage of all rental units, for instance, rooms in a hotel, that are unoccupied or not rented at a given timeverified
Vacuum ChambernounMWEa chamber from which nearly all matter, especially air, has been removedverified
Vacuum TubenounMWEan electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelopeverified
Vade MecumnounMWEa concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or locationverified
Vaginal ArterynounMWEa branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectumverified
Vagus NervenounMWEa mixed nerve that supplies most of the abdomen of animals, including the lungs, heart, and stomachverified
Valance BoardnounMWEa decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casingverified
Valence ElectronnounMWEan electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form moleculesverified
Valet ParkingnounMWEa service provided, whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves itverified
Valid Data ElementnounMWEA payload, an associated data string, or a nonce that satisfies the restrictions of the formatting function.verified
Valley FevernounMWEan infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodulesverified
Valley OaknounMWEtall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acornsverified
Valley White OaknounMWEa tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acornsverified
Valuation AccountnounMWEa reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assetsverified
Valuation ReservenounMWEa reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assetsverified
Value JudgementnounMWEan assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessedverified
Value JudgmentnounMWEan assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessedverified
Value OrientationnounMWEthe principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social groupverified
Value Sensitive DesignnounMWEa theoretically grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and systematic manner throughout the design process.verified
Value-Added TaxnounMWEa tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of productionverified
Valve-In-Head EnginenounMWEan internal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder headverified
Vampire BatnounMWEany of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their bloodverified
Vanadium SteelnounMWEsteel alloyed with vanadium for greater strength and high-temperature stabilityverified
Vanishing PointnounMWEthe appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines convergeverified
Vapor BathnounMWEa place where one sweats in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold showerverified
Vapor LocknounMWEa stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles, especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetorverified
Vapour BathnounMWEa place where one sweats in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold showerverified
Vapour LocknounMWEa stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles, especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetorverified
Varicella Zoster VirusnounMWEthe member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpoxverified
Varietal WinenounMWEa wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grapeverified
Variola MajornounMWEa highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scarsverified
Variola Major VirusnounMWEa type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percentverified
Variola Minor VirusnounMWEa type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percentverified
Variola VaccinanounMWEa local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpoxverified
Variorum EditionnounMWEan edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editorsverified
Varnish TreenounMWEsmall Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtainedverified
Vas DeferensnounMWEa duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ductverified
Vasa EfferentianounMWEthe several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymisverified
Vascular BundlenounMWEa unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloemverified
Vascular SpidernounMWEa dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiateverified
Vascular StrandnounMWEa unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloemverified
Vascular SystemnounMWEthe vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plantverified
Vascular TissuenounMWEtissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plantsverified
Vase VinenounMWEa scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepalsverified
Vat ColornounMWEa water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the materialverified
Vat DyenounMWEa water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the materialverified
Veal ParmesannounMWEsauteed veal cutlet in a breadcrumb-and-cheese coating served with tomato sauceverified
Veal ParmigiananounMWEsauteed veal cutlet in a breadcrumb-and-cheese coating served with tomato sauceverified
Vector AlgebranounMWEthe part of algebra that deals with the theory of vectors and vector spacesverified
Vegetable MarrownounMWEany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshverified
Vegetable OysternounMWEa Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible rootverified
Vegetable SheepnounMWEcushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairsverified