vigil
— Noun
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~ a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
vigil candle
— Noun
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~ a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church
vigil light
— Noun
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~ a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church
vigilance committee
— Noun
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~ a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist
vigilance
— Noun
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~ vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"
vigilance
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~ the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
vigilance man
— Noun
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~ member of a vigilance committee
vigilante
— Noun
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~ member of a vigilance committee
vigilantism
— Noun
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~ the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
vigna
— Noun
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~ genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna unguiculata
— Noun
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~ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Vigna caracalla
— Noun
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~ perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna radiata
— Noun
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~ erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna sinensis
— Noun
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~ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Vigna aconitifolia
— Noun
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~ East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna angularis
— Noun
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~ bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
Vigna sesquipedalis
— Noun
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~ South American bean having very long succulent pods
vignette
— Noun
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~ a brief literary description
vignette
— Noun
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~ a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)