vacuum aspiration
— Noun
– English
~ a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
vacuum tube
— Noun
– English
~ electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
vacuum gage
— Noun
– English
~ a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
vacuum
— Noun
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~ an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
vacuum bottle
— Noun
– English
~ flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures
vacuum
— Noun
– English
~ a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum-clean
— Verb
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~ clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"
vacuum
— Verb
– English
~ clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"
vade mecum
— Noun
– English
~ a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Vaduz
— Noun
– English
~ the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein
vagabond
— Noun
– English
~ a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
vagabond
— Noun
– English
~ anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
vagabond
— Verb
– English
~ move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
vagabond
— Adjective
– English
~ wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
vagabond
— Adjective
– English
~ continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
vagabondage
— Noun
– English
~ travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
vagal
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the vagus nerve
vagary
— Noun
– English
~ an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"
vagile
— Adjective
– English
~ having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals"
vagina
— Noun
– English
~ the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus"