Urban VIII
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~ Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)
viii
— Noun
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~ the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
viii
— Adjective
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~ being one more than seven
Innocent VIII
— Noun
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~ Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492)
Edward VIII
— Noun
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~ King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
factor VIII
— Noun
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~ a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
Henry VIII
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~ son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
Boniface VIII
— Noun
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~ pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)
Viking
— Noun
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~ any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
Viktor Korchnoi
— Noun
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~ Russian chess master (born in 1931)
vile
— Adjective
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~ morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
vile
— Adjective
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~ causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
vilely
— Adverb
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~ in a vile manner; "his vilely spelt and illiterate letters"
vileness
— Noun
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~ the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
vileness
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~ the quality of being wicked
Vilfredo Pareto
— Noun
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~ Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923)