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Validation
- noun - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
Vaporation
- - The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.
Vapulation
- - The act of beating or whipping.
Vaticanism
- - The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.
Vaticanist
- - One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
Vegetality
- - The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable.
Vegetarian
- noun - eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
Vegetating
- verb - engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
- establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
- grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
- grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
- lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
- propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
Vegetation
- noun - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
- an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
- inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
- the process of growth in plants
Vegetative
- adjective - (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
- composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
- of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
- relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"