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variance
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noun
  1. The act of varying or the state of being variable
  2. A difference between what is expected and what happens
  3. The state of differing or being in conflict
  4. A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
  5. (statistics) The second central moment in probability
VC
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initialism
  1. Victoria Cross. (Medal presented to members of the British and Commonweath armed forces for bravery under enemy fire.)
  2. venture capitalist
veto
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noun
  1. A political right to disapprove of and thereby stop the process of a decision, a law, etc.
  2. An invocation of that right.
verb (veto, es)
  1. (transitive) To use a veto
    1. Noun, veto against.
vicegeral
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adjective
  1. Pertaining to a vicegerent or vicegerency
vicegerency
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noun (vicegerenc, ies)
  1. The office or position of a vicegerent
  2. The area ruled by a vicegerent
vicegerent
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noun
  1. The official administrative deputy of a ruler or head of state; viceregent
vice president
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noun vice-, vice president (abbreviation VP)
  1. A deputy to a president, often empower, empowered to assume the position of president on his death or absence
  2. An executive in a business in charge of a department or branch
viceregal
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adjective
  1. Pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty
  2. Pertaining to a viceregent or viceregency
vicereine
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noun
  1. The wife of a viceroy.
  2. A woman who is a viceroy.
viceroy
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noun
  1. The governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign.
  2. An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), named because it is similar, but smaller than a monarch.
viceroyalty
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noun (viceroyalt, ies)
  1. The office or term of service of a viceroy
  2. The place governed by a viceroy
viewer
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noun
  1. Someone that views some spectacle; an onlooker or spectator
  2. Someone who watches television
  3. Any optical device used to view photographic slides
  4. (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file of digital images; an image viewer or file viewer
vilayet
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noun
  1. One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
village
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noun
  1. a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
adjective
  1. of or pertaining to a village or small town
Visa
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proper noun
  1. a credit card company
vista
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noun
  1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening.
  2. A site offering such a view.
void
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noun
  1. An empty space; a vacuum.
Nobody had crossed the since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
verb (transitive)
  1. To make invalid or worthless.
He voided the check and returned it.
  1. (medicine) To empty.
one"s bowels
adjective
  1. Having lost all legal validity
null and void
Vote
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proper noun (Votes)
  1. A person from Votia or of Votic descent.
voter
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noun
  1. One who votes.
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