Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
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~ German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
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~ German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
Carl von Linne
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~ Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)
Kurt Vonnegut
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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)
vonnegut
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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"