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<A NAME="veteransday">
<B>Veterans Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a legal holiday observed on November 11, the anniversary of the end of World War I, to honor all United States veterans. From 1971 to 1978 it was celebrated on the fourth Monday in October. Until 1954 it was called <I>Armistice Day.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="veterinarian">
<B>veterinarian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a doctor or surgeon who treats animals; doctor of veterinary medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="veterinary">
<B>veterinary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-naries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having something to do with the medical or surgical treatment of animals. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=veterinarian.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="veterinarymedicine">
<B>veterinary medicine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and medical or surgical treatment of diseases and injuries in animals, especially in domestic animals. </DL>
<A NAME="veth">
<B>veth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fricative form of <I>beth,</I> the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. </DL>
<A NAME="vetiver">
<B>vetiver, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fibrous aromatic roots of an East Indian grass grown in the tropics and the southern United States. They are made into mats and screens and yield vetiver oil; cuscus. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plant itself. </DL>
<A NAME="vetiveroil">
<B>vetiver oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fragrant oil derived from vetiver, used in making perfumes and soaps. </DL>
<A NAME="veto">
<B>veto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toes,</B> adjective, verb, <B>-toed,</B> <B>-toing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the right or power of a president or governor to reject bills passed by a lawmaking body. <BR> <I>Ex. The President has the power of veto over bills passed in Congress.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the right or power of one branch or part of a government to forbid or prevent an action of another branch or part. <DD><B> 3. </B>the right or power of any one member of an official body to prevent some action proposed by that body, especially in the United Nations Security Council. <BR> <I>Ex. a categorical demand for a veto-ridden three-man administrative control council (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the use of any such rights or powers. <BR> <I>Ex. The governor's veto kept the bill from becoming a law.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a statement of the reasons for disapproval of a bill passed by the legislature. <DD><B> 6. </B>any power or right to prevent action through prohibition. <DD><B> 7. </B>a refusal of consent; prohibition. <BR> <I>Ex. Our plan met with three vetoes--from Father, Mother, and our teacher.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with a veto. <BR> <I>Ex. veto power.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to reject (a legislative measure) by a veto. <BR> <I>Ex. The President has vetoed two bills during this session of Congress.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to inhibit or prevent some action proposed by a group or council. <DD><B> 3. </B>to refuse to consent to. <BR> <I>Ex. My parents vetoed my plan to buy a motorcycle.</I> noun <B>vetoer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vettura">
<B>vettura, </B>noun, pl. <B>-re.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of four-wheeled carriage used in Italy. </DL>
<A NAME="vetturino">
<B>vetturino, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ni.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in Italy: <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who lets out or drives a vettura. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=vettura.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vex">
<B>vex, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to anger by trifles; annoy; provoke. <BR> <I>Ex. The child's rude remarks vexed his father.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to harass by aggression or interference with peace or quiet. <BR> <I>Ex. With such compelling cause to grieve As vexes the household peace (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to worry; distress deeply; trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. Uncertainty as to the justice of his decision vexed the judge.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to disturb by causing movement or commotion; agitate. <BR> <I>Ex. Cape Hatteras is much vexed by storms.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to discuss or debate at excessive length. <DD><B> 6. </B>to subject to or affect with pain or suffering. <BR> <I>Ex. to vex the slave with torture.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to feel annoyed, unhappy, or distressed. </DL>
<A NAME="vexation">
<B>vexation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of vexing or fact of being vexed. <BR> <I>Ex. His face showed his vexation at the delay.</I> (SYN) irritation, exasperation, annoyance, chagrin. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing that vexes. <BR> <I>Ex. Rain on Saturday was a vexation to the children.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vexatious">
<B>vexatious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>vexing; annoying. <BR> <I>Ex. a vexatious interruption of an interesting conversation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) brought with insufficient grounds for the purpose of causing trouble to the defendant. <BR> <I>Ex. a vexatious action.</I> adv. <B>vexatiously.</B> noun <B>vexatiousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vexed">
<B>vexed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>annoyed; irritated; distressed. <DD><B> 2. </B>kept in a disturbed or unquiet state; troubled; harassed. <BR> <I>Ex. the vexed affair of Northern Ireland.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>subjected to physical force or strain; tossed about; agitated. <BR> <I>Ex. the vexed waters of the lake.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vexedly">
<B>vexedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with vexation; with a sense of annoyance or vexation. </DL>
<B>vexed question,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a question causing difficulty and debate. <BR> <I>Ex. The situation of little magazines is so bound up with vexed questions of cultural economics and with wider questions about writing in modern societies that little can be said about it (Peter Levi).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vexil">
<B>vexil, </B>noun. <B>=vexillum.</B></DL>
<A NAME="vexilla">
<B>vexilla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>vexillum.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vexillar">
<B>vexillar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Botany, Zoology.) of or having to do with the vexillum. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in ancient Rome) of or having to do with an ensign or standard. </DL>
<A NAME="vexillary">
<B>vexillary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-laries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Biology.) of or having to do with a vexillum. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with an ensign or standard. <DD><I>noun </I> in ancient Rome: <DD><B> a. </B>one of the oldest class of army veterans serving under a special standard. <DD><B> b. </B>a standardbearer. </DL>
<A NAME="vexillaryestivation">
<B>vexillary estivation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a mode of estivation in which the exterior petal, as in the case of the vexillum, is largest and encloses and folds over the other petals. </DL>
<A NAME="vexillate">
<B>vexillate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) having a vexillum or vexilla. </DL>
<A NAME="vexillologist">
<B>vexillologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies flags. </DL>
<A NAME="vexillology">
<B>vexillology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of flags. <BR> <I>Ex. Vexillology is not normally a very vexed subject. It concerns the design, making and history of flags (Daily Telegraph).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vexillum">
<B>vexillum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a square flag or banner carried by ancient Roman troops. <DD><B> 2. </B>a body of troops grouped under such a flag or banner. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Botany.) the large upper external petal of a papilionaceous flower. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Zoology.) the web or vane of a feather. </DL>
<A NAME="vexing">
<B>vexing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that vexes; annoying. <BR> <I>Ex. It is vexing to wait long for anyone.</I> adv. <B>vexingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vext">
<B>vext, </B>adjective. <B>=vexed.</B></DL>
<A NAME="vf">
<B>v.f.</B> or <B>VF</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>video frequency. <DD><B> 2. </B>voice frequency. </DL>
<A NAME="vfo">
<B>VFO</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> variable frequency oscillator. </DL>
<A NAME="vforce">
<B>V force,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a British airborne patrol for defense and warning against nuclear attack. <BR> <I>Ex. The V force ... at its maximum was believed to have numbered about 180 aircraft (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vfr">
<B>VFR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> visual flight rules. </DL>
<A NAME="vfw">
<B>VFW</B> (no periods) or <B>V.F.W.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Veterans of Foreign Wars (an association of veterans of the U.S. armed forces who have taken part in wars in foreign countries). </DL>
<A NAME="vg">
<B>v.g.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> for example (Latin, <I>verbi gratia</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="vg">
<B>V.G.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> vicar-general. </DL>
<A NAME="vgirl">
<B>V-girl, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a girl or woman who follows or consorts with servicemen in wartime; a wartime camp follower. </DL>
<A NAME="vhf">
<B>VHF</B> (no periods), <B>V.H.F.,</B> or <B>vhf</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> very high frequency (of or having to do with the electromagnetic spectrum between 30 and 300 megahertz, especially with reference to radio and television transmission and reception). </DL>
<B>via, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> by way of; by a route that passes through or over. <BR> <I>Ex. We are going from New York to California via the Panama Canal.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="viability">
<B>viability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the ability to keep alive; quality or condition of being viable. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Many in Seoul ... asked whether it should not be accepted that economic viability without unification was impossible (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) the ability to live in certain conditions of environment, such as climatic or geographical conditions. </DL>
<A NAME="viable">
<B>viable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>able to keep alive. <BR> <I>Ex. a viable animal or plant.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>fit to live in; livable. <BR> <I>Ex. a viable community. Only controlled disarmament can make a viable world in the nuclear age (Stuart Chase).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) that can work or be put to use; workable. <BR> <I>Ex. a viable program, a viable economy.</I> (SYN) vigorous, active. <DD><B> 4. </B>sufficiently developed to maintain life outside the uterus. <BR> <I>Ex. a viable infant.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Botany.) capable of living and growing. <BR> <I>Ex. a viable spore or seed.</I> </DL>
