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| valentine | A card send to a loved one on St. Valentine's Day. | Saint Valentine, 3rd century Christian martyred during the persecution of Christians by Claudius II. |
| vandal | Someone who intentionally defaces or destroys the propery of others. | The Vandals, a Germanic people who overran Gaul, Spain, North Africa and Rome in the 5th century. |
| venereal | Sexually transmitted. | Venus, the Roman goddess of love. |
| vernier | An auxiliary scale or measuring device for fine adjustments attached to a larger scale or device for making gross adjustments. | Pierre Vernier (1580-1637), a French mathematician. |
| vesta vestal |
Pure, chaste. | Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth. |
| Victorian | 1. A style of furniture and decorating characteristic of the era of English Queen Victoria. 2. Overly proper, prudish. | Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901), known for her austere life style and strict morality. |
| volcano | An opening in the earth through which molten lava issues or a mountain build up of lava. | Vulcan (Latin Volcanus), the Roman god of fire and metalworking. |
| volt | A unit of measurement of electrical current. | Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist who developed the first electric battery in 1800. |
| vulcanize vulcanise |
To strengthen rubber by applying heat and pressure. | Vulcan (Latin Volcanus), the Roman god of fire and metalworking. |
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