von Neumann
— Noun
– English
~ United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
von Neumann machine
— Noun
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~ any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues
von Braun
— Noun
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~ United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
von Sternberg
— Noun
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~ United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969)
von Bismarck
— Noun
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~ German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
vonnegut
— Noun
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~ United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)
voodoo
— Noun
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~ (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities
voodoo
— Noun
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~ a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
voodoo
— Noun
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~ a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
voodoo
— Verb
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~ bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
voodooism
— Noun
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~ a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
voracious
— Adjective
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~ excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
voracious
— Adjective
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~ devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
voraciously
— Adverb
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~ in an eagerly voracious manner; "she reads voraciously"