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Vectors
- noun - (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
Vecture
- - The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
Viceman
- - A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
Vicenza
- unknown - City in northeastern Italy
Viceroy
- noun - governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
- showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
Vicinal
- adjective - belonging to or limited to a vicinity
Vicious
- adjective - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
- having the nature of vice
- marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
Vicomte
- unknown - a French viscount