A wife sending a short message to her husband:
It was just said on the news that they found a hideous corpse with a hollow head, a cigar among ugly rotten teeth and a bottle of liquor in his hand. I"m worried about you! Please, give me a ring...
- not mentally active; showing no interest. vacantly adv. [latin: related to *vacate]
- possession n. Ownership of an unoccupied house etc.
VACATE
v. (-ting) leave vacant, cease to occupy (a house, post, etc.). [latin vaco be empty]
VACUUM
brake n. Brake worked by the exhaustion of air.
- cleaner n. Machine for removing dust etc. By suction. vacuum-clean v.
- flask n. Vessel with a double wall enclosing a vacuum, ensuring that the contents remain hot or cold.
- tube n. Tube with a near-vacuum for the free passage of electric current.
- —n. (pl. -s or -cua) 1 space entirely devoid of matter.
- space or vessel from which all or some of the air has been pumped out.
- absence of the normal or previous content, activities, etc.
- (pl. -s) colloq. Vacuum cleaner. —v. Colloq. Clean with a vacuum cleaner. [latin vacuus empty]
VAGARY
n. (pl. -ies) caprice, whim. [latin vagor wander]
VAGINA
n. (pl. -s or -nae) canal from the uterus to the vulva in female mammals. vaginal adj. [latin, = sheath]
VALISE
n. Us small portmanteau. [french from italian]
VALIUM
n. Propr. Drug diazepam used as a tranquillizer. [origin uncertain]
VALLEY
n. (pl. -s) low area between hills, usu. With a stream or river flowing through it. [french: related to *vale]
VALOUR
n. (us valor) courage, esp. In battle. valorous adj. [latin valeo be strong]
VANDAL
n. Person who wilfully or maliciously damages property. vandalism n. [vandals, name of a germanic people that sacked rome and destroyed works of art in the 5th c.: latin from germanic]
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