vulture
— Noun
– English
~ someone who attacks in search of booty
vulture
— Noun
– English
~ any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
vulturine
— Adjective
– English
~ living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
vulturous
— Adjective
– English
~ living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
vulva
— Noun
– English
~ external parts of the female genitalia
vulval
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the vulva
vulvar slit
— Noun
– English
~ the fissure between the labia majora
vulvar
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the vulva
vulvectomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical removal of part or all of the vulva
vulvitis
— Noun
– English
~ inflammation of the vulva
vulvovaginitis
— Noun
– English
~ inflammation of the vulva and the vagina
VX gas
— Noun
– English
~ a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release; "VX gas is one of those things we wish we could disinvent"
van der Waal's forces
— Noun
– English
~ relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles
van der Waals
— Noun
– English
~ Dutch physicist (1837-1923)
Virginia Wade
— Noun
– English
~ English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
— Noun
– English
~ Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
Vietnam War
— Noun
– English
~ a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States