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Villagernounone who has lived in a village most of their life or one who currently lives in a villageverified
Vinenouna plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surfaceverified
Vine CactusnounMWEa desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowersverified
Vine MaplenounMWEa small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thicketsverified
Vinegarnounsour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservativeverified
Vinegar EelnounMWEminute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegarverified
Vinegar TreenounMWEdeciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berriesverified
Vinegar WormnounMWEa minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegarverified
Vinegarroonnouna large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmedverified
Vinyl EthernounMWEa colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anestheticverified
Vinyl PolymernounMWEa thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl groupverified
Vinyl ResinnounMWEa thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl groupverified
Viola Da GambanounMWEa viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the celloverified
Violent StormnounMWEa weather condition with winds 64-72 knots – or 11 on the Beaufort scale – and precipitation, thunder, and lightningverified
Violet SuksdorfianounMWEa slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowersverified
Violet Wood SorrelnounMWEa perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowersverified
Viper's GrassnounMWEa perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrotsverified
Viral Haemorrhagic FevernounMWEa group of illnesses caused by a viral infection, usually restricted to a specific geographic areaverified
Viral Hemorrhagic FevernounMWEa group of illnesses caused by a viral infection, usually restricted to a specific geographic areaverified
Virganounlight wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground, especially when the lower air is low in humidityverified
Virgin's BowernounMWEa common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowersverified
Virgulenouna punctuation mark used to separate related items of information, also known as a slashverified
Virilisationnounthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female, usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunctionverified
Virilismnounthe development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female or prematurely in a young boyverified
Virilizationnounthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female, usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunctionverified
Virinonounin microbiology, a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous systemverified
Virtual local area networknounMWELogical segmentation of a LAN into different broadcast domains Scope Note: A VLAN is set up by configuring ports on a switch, so devices attached to these ports may communicate as if they were attached to the same physical network segment, although the devices are located on different LAN segments. A VLAN is based on logical rather than physical connections.Network
Virtual local area network (VLAN)nounMWELogical segmentation of a LAN into different broadcast domains.Network
Virtual MachinenounMWESoftware that allows a single host to run one or more guest operating systems.System