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volume |
Noun
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a relative amount |
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ventilator |
Noun
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a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
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ventilator |
Noun
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a device such as a fan that introduces fresh air or expels foul air |
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ventail |
Noun
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a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck |
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vitrine |
Noun
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a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
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violoncello |
Noun
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a large stringed instrument |
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vesture |
Noun
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a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
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vesture |
Noun
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something that covers or cloaks like a garment |
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vesture |
Verb
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to provide or cover with a cloak |
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volute spring |
Noun
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a spring in the shape of a coil |
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vanishing cream |
Noun
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a cream used cosmetically for softening and cleaning the skin |
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voider |
Noun
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a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried |
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voider |
Noun
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a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate |
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voider |
Noun
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a person who defecates |
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voider |
Noun
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an official who can invalidate or nullify |
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valance |
Noun
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a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
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valance board |
Noun
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a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
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vanity |
Noun
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low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup |
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vanity |
Noun
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the trait of being unduly vain and conceited |
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vanity |
Noun
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the quality of being valueless or futile |
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vanity |
Noun
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feelings of excessive pride |
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vinyl ether |
Noun
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a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic |
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veneer |
Noun
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an ornamental coating to an object consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood |
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veneer |
Verb
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to cover with veneer |
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vomitive |
Noun
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a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting |
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vertical flute |
Noun
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a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece |
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vulcanized fiber |
Noun
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a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth |
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viewfinder |
Noun
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an optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
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view finder |
Noun
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an optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
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veiling |
Noun
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a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave |
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veil |
Noun
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a garment that covers the head and face |
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veil |
Noun
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a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
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veil |
Noun
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the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) |
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veil |
Noun
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a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms |
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veil |
Verb
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make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
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veil |
Verb
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to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
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voodoo |
Noun
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a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers |
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voodoo |
Noun
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a religious cult found chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti |
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voodoo |
Noun
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followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities |
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voodoo |
Verb
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to bewitch by or as if by a voodoo |
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vodoun |
Noun
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a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers |
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vodoun |
Noun
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a religious cult found chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti |
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vodoun |
Noun
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followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities |
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vodoun |
Verb
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to bewitch by or as if by a voodoo |
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vernacular art |
Noun
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a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists |
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vicarage |
Noun
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an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector |
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vial |
Noun
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a small bottle that contains a drug, especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle |
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voltage divider |
Noun
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resistors connected in series across a voltage source |
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vibrating reed |
Noun
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a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it |
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verso |
Noun
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the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design |