any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

the leading units moving at the head of an army

(Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

a camper equipped with living quarters

a truck with an enclosed cargo space

United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)

a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field

German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)

a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

8th President of the United States (1782-1862)

United States physicist (1901-1967)

electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity

Belgian architect (1863-1957)

relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles

Dutch physicist (1837-1923)

United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950)

Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)

Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)

Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)

United States physicist (1899-1980)

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium

any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts

a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium

a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts

steel alloyed with vanadium for greater strength and high-temperature stability

English architect (1664-1726)

an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections

an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections

English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)

a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon

a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city

an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America

any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes

famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers

someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455

destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)

a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)

a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)

a moderate brown color

mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind

a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it

flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft