value-added tax |
a sales tax paid on the value added to products and services at each stage of manufacturing and distribution. |
valued |
highly esteemed. [2 definitions] |
value judgment |
an estimate, usu. subjective, of the worth of a person, object, event, or the like, esp. when such an estimate is not called for. |
valueless |
of no value; worthless; useless. |
valvate |
having a valve, valves, or valvelike parts. [2 definitions] |
valve |
any device for controlling the flow of a fluid or gas, esp. a movable part that can close or constrict a passageway, such as a stopcock. [5 definitions] |
valveless |
combined form of valve. |
valve trombone |
a trombone that has three or four valves instead of a slide. |
valvular |
having, functioning like, or resembling a valve. [2 definitions] |
vamp1 |
in a shoe, the upper portion covering the instep and often the toes. [7 definitions] |
vamp2 |
a woman who is considered to be one that seduces men, esp. in order to exploit them. [2 definitions] |
vampire |
a legendary being, often said to be a revived corpse, that preys on people in order to suck out their blood. [3 definitions] |
vampire bat |
any of various Central and South American bats that feed on the blood of vertebrates, esp. of stock animals. [2 definitions] |
vampirism |
belief in vampires. [2 definitions] |
van1 |
the foremost part or division of a movement or force, esp. a military force; forefront; vanguard. |
van2 |
a vehicle similar to a car but with a higher ceiling and with greater capacity behind the front seats for goods, equipment, or people. A van usually has a sliding door on one side and may or may not have windows in the rear. |
vanadium |
a chemical element that has twenty-three protons in each nucleus and that occurs in a variety of compounds, or in pure form as a bright white, lustrous, ductile solid metal used in some alloys. (symbol: V) |
vanadium steel |
a steel alloy that contains vanadium to harden and strengthen it. |
Van Allen belt |
either of two belts that encircle the earth within its magnetic field, in which electrically charged particles, captured from the solar wind, are trapped. [2 definitions] |
vancomycin |
an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections. |
vandal |
a person who purposely destroys, defaces, or damages property. [3 definitions] |