vicegerent |
a person appointed, usu. by a ruler, to exercise the ruler's power and authority; deputy. [2 definitions] |
vicennial |
happening every twenty years. [2 definitions] |
vice president |
an officer ranking directly below a president and assuming duties and authority in the president's absence or inability to perform. [3 definitions] |
viceregal |
of or pertaining to a viceroy. |
vice-regent |
a regent's deputy. |
viceroy |
the appointed governor of a colony, country, or province, who serves as the representative of the sovereign. [2 definitions] |
vice squad |
a police division assigned to enforce laws governing prostitution, gambling, narcotics, and other forms of vice. |
vice versa |
with the order, esp. preceding order, reversed; conversely. |
vichyssoise |
a cream of potato soup flavored with leeks and onions and usu. served chilled. |
Vichy water |
a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, France, sometimes used in treating gout and digestive diseases. [2 definitions] |
vicinage |
a region or district near or around a place; vicinity. [3 definitions] |
vicinity |
an area or district near or around a particular spot; somewhere nearby. [3 definitions] |
vicious |
given to or characterized by violence or cruelty; savage; fierce. [3 definitions] |
vicious circle |
a situation in which the solution to a problem gives rise to another, which can be worse or may bring back the first with greater complications, thereby increasing the difficulty of solving any of them. [2 definitions] |
vicissitude |
(usu. pl.) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. [3 definitions] |
victim |
someone who is harmed physically or emotionally by a person or group of people, or by circumstance. [3 definitions] |
victimize |
to make a victim of. [2 definitions] |
victimless |
lacking any victim or injured party, as certain crimes. |
victimless crime |
a crime, such as gambling, that involves no obvious victim. |
victor |
one who wins a contest, battle, argument, or the like, esp. one who defeats an enemy in armed struggle; winner. |
Victoria |
the seaport capital of Hong Kong. [4 definitions] |