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Vanadyl
n.
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The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds.
Van-courier
n.
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One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
Vandal
n.
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One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.
Vandal
n.
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Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature.
Vandal
a.
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Alt. of Vandalic
Vandalic
a.
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Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
Vandalism
n.
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The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.
Vandyke
a.
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Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
Vandyke
n.
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A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
Vandyke
v. t.
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fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
Vane
n.
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A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
Vane
n.
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Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
Vane
n.
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The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Vane
n.
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One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Vanessa
n.
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Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
Vanessian
n.
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A vanessa.
Vanfess
n.
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A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.
Vang
n.
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A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
Vanglo
n.
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Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.
Vanguard
n.
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The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
Vanilla
n.
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A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.
Vanilla
n.
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The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
Vanillate
n.
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A salt of vanillic acid.
Vanillic
a.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.
Vanillin
n.
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A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.
Vanilloes
n. pl.
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An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.
Vanillyl
n.
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The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.
Vaniloquence
n.
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Vain or foolish talk.
Vanished
imp. & p. p.
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of Vanish
Vanishing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Vanish