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Vermeer
- noun - Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
Vernier
- noun - a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
- French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
Vestlet
- - Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
Vetches
- noun - any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
Vetiver
- - An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.
Viander
- - A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host.
Vibices
- - More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.
Vieques
- noun - a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy
Vilayet
- - One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.