small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
varnish tree
Noun
large tree native to southeastern Asia
velvet sumac
Noun
a deciduous 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 berries
violet suksdorfia
Noun
a slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers
viper's bugloss
Noun
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers
vinegarweed
Noun
an aromatic plant of western United States
vervain sage
Noun
a Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena
veronica
Noun
any plant of the genus Veronica
verbena family
Noun
family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
verbena
Noun
any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
vervain
Noun
any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
valerian
Noun
a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
viscid mushroom
Noun
one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan
vine
Noun
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
vascular plant
Noun
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
vascular tissue
Noun
tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
vascular bundle
Noun
a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular strand
Noun
a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular ray
Noun
a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles
vinifera
Noun
a common European grape cultivated in many varieties
variegated horsetail
Noun
northern North America
vigorish
Noun
a percentage of winnings, loot or profit taken by an operator or gangster
vigorish
Noun
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
vig
Noun
a percentage of winnings, loot or profit taken by an operator or gangster
vig
Noun
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
venture capital
Noun
wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises
VAT
Noun
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
value-added tax
Noun
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
valuation reserve
Noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
valuation account
Noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
voting trust
Noun
an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees
voting stock
Noun
shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights
visible balance
Noun
the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise
voiding
Noun
the bodily process of discharging waste matter
virilization
Noun
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female, usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction
virilization
Noun
the normal development of male sexual characteristics in a male
virilisation
Noun
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female, usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction
virilisation
Noun
the normal development of male sexual characteristics in a male
virgin birth
Noun
human conception without fertilization by a man
vapor
Noun
the process of becoming a vapor
vapor
Noun
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
vapour
Noun
the process of becoming a vapor
vapour
Noun
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
vascularization
Noun
the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vascularisation
Noun
the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vesiculation
Noun
the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vesication
Noun
the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vicious cycle
Noun
a situation in which one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
vinification
Noun
the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine