V The letter V is the twenty-second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is pronounced vee .
	V sign The V sign is a hand gesture in which the first and second fingers are raised and parted, whilst the remaining fingers are clenched. Originally considered a "Victory" sign, it can also carry connotations of "Peace" and "Defiance." In some areas the gesture is considered vulgar. In the UK, if the hand is held out with the palm towards the person performing the gesture, this is considered to be insulting, similar in severity to the insulting gesture commonly known as "the finger".
	V-Day V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations.It was founded by feminist writer and author of The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler.
	Vác V?c (, approximately "vats"), is a city in Pest (county) county in Hungary with approximately 33,000 inhabitants. The town is occasionally known in Hungarian language by the archaic names Vacz and Vacs.
	Vaccinium Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae including the cranberry, blueberry, lingonberry or whortleberry, bilberry, and huckleberry. The genus contains about 450 species, which are found mostly in the cooler areas of the Northern Hemisphere, although there are tropical species from as widely separated areas as Madagascar and Hawai'i.
	Vaccinium vitis-idaea Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a small evergreen shrub in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bears edible fruit. It is seldom cultivated but the fruit are commonly collected from the wild. The native habitat is the circumboreal forests of northern Eurasia and North America, extending from temperate into subarctic climates.
	Václav Havel Vclav Havel, List of honorary British Knights, Order of Canada, is a Czech people writer and dramatist. He was the last List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic.
	Vacuole Vacuoles are cell membrane-bounded compartments within some eukaryote cell that can serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage functions. Vacuoles and their contents are considered to be distinct from the cytoplasm, and are classified as Ergastic substances according to some authors .
	Vacuum A vacuum is a volume of space that is substansively empty of matter, so that gaseous pressure is much less than standard atmospheric pressure. The root of the word vacuum is the Latin adjective vacuus which means "empty," but space can never be perfectly empty. A perfect vacuum, known as "free space", with a gaseous pressure of absolute zero is a philosophical concept with no physical reality, not least because quantum theory predicts that no volume of space is perfectly empty in this way.
	Vacuum chamber A vacuum chamber is a rigid enclosure from which air and other gases are removed by a vacuum pump. The resulting low pressure, commonly referred to as a vacuum, allows researchers to conduct physical experiments or to test mechanical devices which must operate in outer space.
	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from carpeted floors. Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a domestic vacuum cleaner for cleaning. The dirt is collected by a filtering system or a cyclonic separation for later disposal.
	Vacuum flask A vacuum flask is a vessel designed to provide thermal insulation. It was invented by the Scotland James Dewar, while working as a scientist at Oxford University in 1892. In form, a vacuum flask is a glass, metal, or plastic bottle, with a double-layer construction.
	Vacuum pump A vacuum pump is a pump that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum.
	Vacuum tube In electronics, a vacuum tube or valve is a device generally used to amplifier, or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an vacuum space. For most purposes, the vacuum tube has been replaced by the much smaller and less expensive transistor, either as a discrete semiconductor devices or in an integrated circuit.
	Vaduz Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein. It is the seat of the Landtag of Liechtenstein. The town has about inhabitants, most of whom are Roman Catholic Church, and is located along the Rhine. Its cathedral is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop.
	Vagina The vagina, is the cylinder tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the oviduct.
	Vaishnavism Vaishnavism is one of the principal divisions of Hinduism. Its adherents worship Vishnu as the supreme God or one of his avatars and are principally monotheistic whilst also incorporating elements which could be described as panentheistic in nature. Bhaktas, or worshipers of Vishnu are called Vaishnavites, an English term that originated from Vaishnava in Sanskrit, which is the Vriddhi form of Vishnu).
	Vajra Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond and refers to a symbol important to both Buddhism and Hinduism, but is particularly important in Buddhism. The equivalent word in Tibetan language is dorje, which is also a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan.
	Valence electron In chemistry, valence electrons are the electrons located within the outermost energy level of an atom. These electrons participate in chemical reactions. Elements with a full outer shell are very unreactive. Elements with an almost full or almost empty outer shell, such as the alkali metals and halogens, tend to be very reactive.
	Valenciennes Valenciennes is a town and commune in France in northern France in the Nord dpartement in France on the Scheldt river. While the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded. As of 1999, the commune has a population of 41,278 while the metropolitan area numbers 399,677.
	Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, is a retired Soviet Union astronaut and was the first woman to fly in outer space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963. She was born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast.
	Valentine's Day Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day falls on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending greeting card, often anonymously. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine.
	Valeriana Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Valerianaceae. It includes a number of species of which the best known is the valerian Valeriana officinalis. Some species are native to Europe, others to North America. It is often used as a way to sleep better.
	Valerianaceae The Valerianaceae, or Valerian Family, is in order Dipsacales. The genera of this family along with some species follow: * Centranthus * Fedia * Nardostachys * Patrinia * Plectritis * Valeriana* Valerianella Category:Dipsacales
	Valeric acid Valeric acid, or pentanoic acid, is a straight chain alkyl carboxylic acid with the chemical formula carbonhydrogen3(carbonhydrogen2)3carbonoxygenoxygenhydrogen. Like other low molecular weight carboxylic acids, it has a very unpleasant odor.
	Valhalla Valhalla is Odin's hall in Norse mythology, the home for those slain gloriously in battle who are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the valkyries. The main gate is called Valgrind, which is described in Grmnisml as a "sacred gate", behind which are the "holy doors" and "there are few who can tell the manner by which it is locked".
	Valine Valine is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids. Nutrition, valine is also an essential amino acid. It is named after the plant Valerian . In sickle-cell disease, it substitutes for the hydrophilic amino acid glutamic acid in hemoglobin: Because valine is hydrophobic, the hemoglobin does not fold correctly.
	Valkyrie In Norse mythology the valkyries are dsir, minor female deities, who serve Odin. The valkyries' purpose was to choose the most heroic of those who had died in battle and to carry them off to Valhalla where they became einherjar. This was necessary because Odin needed warriors to fight at his side at the preordained battle at the end of the world, Ragnarok.
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	Valley A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles to hundreds or even thousands of square miles in area. It is typically a low-lying area of Landscape, surrounded by higher areas such as mountains or hills. It can also be seen as a path between two mountains, or a Depression in a single mountain.
	Valley girl In the United States, Valley girl, or "Val", is a term coined for boys and girls in the 1970s, originally referring to affluent young women living in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California. The term morphed in the 1980s and 1990s to represent a more widespread and cartoonish stereotype of young women —typically characterized by a "ditzy" or "airheaded" personality, and unapologetically "spoiled" behavior that showed more interest in shopping, personal appearance, and popular
	Valley Oak The Valley oak is the largest of North american oaks and arguably the most majestic of its genus. It ranges over the hot interior valleys of California and mature specimens may attain an age of up to 600 years. This deciduous oak requires year around access to groundwater; its grand stature was noted by early settler and today makes an attractive addition to the California landscape.
	Valparaíso Valparaso is arguably the most important Chilean seaport and cultural center. It is located in central Chile, in the Valparaso Region and hosts the National Congress of Chile. Built upon dozens of steep hillsides overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Valparaso boasts a labyrinth of streets and alleyways and embodies a rich architectural and cultural legacy.
	Valproic acid Valproic acid is a chemical compound that has found clinical use as an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer medication, primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It is also used to treat migraine headache headaches and schizophrenia.
	Valve A valve is a device that regulates the flow of fluids by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are used in a variety of applications including industrial, military, commercial, residential, transportation. Some valves are driven by pressure only, they are mainly used for safety purposes in Steam engines and domestic heating or cooking appliances.
	Vampire Vampires are mythology or folklore creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood . They are also the frequent subject of film and fiction, albeit fictional vampires have acquired a set of traits distinct from those of folkloric vampires .
	Vampire bat Vampire bats are bats that feed on blood. There are only three bat species that feed on blood: The Common Vampire Bat, the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, and the White-winged Vampire Bat. All three species are native to the Americas, ranging from Mexico to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.
	Van A van is a vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground. It can either be a specially designed vehicle or be based on a saloon/sedan car, the latter type often including derivatives with open backs .
	Van de Graaff generator ||- |A Van de Graaff generator is an Electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal globe. The potential differences achieved in modern Van de Graaff generators can reach 5 megavolts. Applications for these high voltage generators include driving X-ray tubes, accelerating electrons to sterilize food and process materials, and Particle accelerator protons for nuclear physics experiments.
	Vanadinite Vanadinite is a mineral with the formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl, lead chlorovanadate. It is part of a series with two other minerals: pyromorphite3Cl) and mimetite3Cl). It has hexagonal crystals, usually prismatic but the crystals are often skeletal or cavernous and it may be found in crusts.
	Vancomycin Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacterium. It has traditionally been reserved as a drug of "last resort", used only after treatment with other antibiotics had failed, although the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms means that it is increasingly being displaced from this role by linezolid and the carbapenems.
	Vancouver Vancouver is a List of cities in Canada in the Provinces of Canada of British Columbia. It is the largest metropolitan centre in western Canada and the List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada in the country. Vancouver is one of the cities of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and of the larger geographic region commonly known as the Lower Mainland of B.C.
	Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is located off Canada's Pacific Ocean coast and is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 460 km long and up to 80 km wide. The largest island on the western side of the Americas at 1 E10 m square kilometers , it is the list of islands by area, List of Canadian islands by area and List of Canadian islands by population.
	Vandalism Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure or symbol against the will of the owner/governing body. Historically, it has been justified by painter Gustave Courbet as destruction of monuments symbolizing "war and conquest". Therefore, it can be done as an expression of contempt, creativity, or both.
	Vandals The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Vandals may have given their name to the region of Andalusia, which according to one of several theories of its etymology was originally Vandalusia , in the south of present day Spain, where they temporarily settled before pushing on to Africa.
	Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell, was an England painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.
	Vanilla Vanilla is a flavoring, in its pure form known as vanillin, derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla . The name came from the Spanish language word "vainilla", diminutive form of "vaina" , which is in turn derived from Latin "vagina". ge:Vanilla plantation in wood dsc00190.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A vanilla plantation in a wood on Runion Island]]
	Vanillin Vanillin, methyl vanillin, or 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, is an organic compound with the molecular formula C8H8O3. Its functional groups include aldehyde, ether, and alcohol. It is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean.
	Vanished Vanished is an hour-long American television drama series produced by Twentieth Century Fox, based in Atlanta, Georgia. It premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox Broadcasting Company. It currently airs on Mondays at 9:00 PM. The program, in serial format, starts with the sudden disappearance of a Georgia senator's wife, which quickly appears to form part of a wider conspiracy.
	Vanisher The Vanisher is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain of the Marvel Universe, who is an opponent of the X-Men. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in X-Men #2.
	Vanishing Point Vanishing Point is a 1971 road movie starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, and an Alpine White 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with the mighty 440/375 HP engine. Vanishing Point is notable for its scenery from filming locations across the American Southwest and its social commentary on the post-Woodstock Festival mood in the United States.
	Vanity Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. In some religious teachings vanity is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for sake of one's own
	Vanity Fair Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satire society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848.
	Vannevar Bush Vannevar Bush was an United States engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and the idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. His name is pronounced Van-NEE-var as in "receiver" .
	Vanua Levu Vanua Levu, formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 km² and a population of some 130,000.
	Vanuatu Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesia island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 kilometre east of Australia, 500 km north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands.
	Vapor Vapor or vapour is the gaseous state of matter that is a solid or liquid at normal room temperature. Although vapor and gas are frequently used interchangeably, vapor refers to a gas phase in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium with identical matter in a liquid or solid state below its boiling point, or at least capable of forming solid or liquid at the temperature of the vapor.
	Vaporizer A vaporizer is a device commonly used to release psychoactive drug compounds from plant material, most commonly cannabis, although it can also be used for tobacco or to release certain therapeutic compounds from herbs and other plants. For medical or recreational cannabis users, vaporizing is an alternative to cannabis smoking.
	Varan is a reptilian daikaiju that was first featured in the unsucessful 1958 Toho film Varan the Unbelievable. Varan the Unbelievable was originally going to be a television show to be broadcast in the United States, but the project was abandoned and the film was completed for the Japanese market.
	Vardenafil Vardenafil is a PDE5 inhibitor used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. It can assist men with this disorder in achieving and maintaining an erection during sexual activity. It is commonly marketed under the trade name Levitra.
	Varese Varese is a city in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Varese.
	Variable Star Variable Star is a 2006 novel written by Spider Robinson based on a lengthy 1955 novel outline by the late Robert A. Heinlein. In 2004, Spider Robinson pronounced himself "overjoyed" to begin working on expanding the outline and it has now been published. A recent posting on Robinson's official website says "Based on an outline Robert created in November 1955, it will be his 53rd book, and my 33rd..."
	Varicella zoster virus The varicella zoster virus, also known as human herpes virus 3, is one of the eight Herpesviridae known to affect humans. Primary VZV infection results in chickenpox, which may rarely result in complications including VZV encephalitis or pneumonia. Even when clinical symptoms of varicella have resolved, VZV remains dormant in the nervous system of the host in the trigeminal nerve and dorsal root ganglion.
	Varicocele Varicocele is an abnormal enlargment of the veins in the scrotum draining the testicles. The testicular blood vessels originate in the abdomen and course down through the inguinal canal as part of the spermatic cord on their way to the testis. Up-ward flow of blood in the veins is ensured by small one-way valves that prevent backflow.
	Varicose veins Varicose veins are veins on the Human leg which are large, twisted, and ropelike, and can cause pain, swelling, or itching. They are an extreme form of telangiectasia, or spider veins. Varicose veins result due to insufficiency of the valves in the communicating veins. These are veins which link the superficial and deep veins of the lower limb.
	Variform Variform is a demo by the demogroup Kewlers. It was released in 2002 at the Assembly demo party, and even though it only placed 3rd in the competition, it became one of the most widely acclaimed demos ever, winning three Scene.org#Awards the following year.
	Variometer The term Variometer also refers to a type of tunable electrical transformer
	Varna Varna is the third largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 345,371. It is the capital of Varna Province and an important seaport in the eastern part of the country, located on the Black Sea coast close to Lake Varna. The city was named Stalin after the Soviet Union leader for a brief period from 1949 to 1956.
	Vas Vas is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
	Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco N??ez de Balboa (1475–January 15, 1519) was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.