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61Vanishing twin — The disappearance before birth of one twin. Of all twin pregnancies, 40% result in the birth of a single child. The other twin is lost. This is the vanishing twin phenomenon. A gene that influences the prenatal survival of dizygotic (non… …
62vanishing\ cream — noun A cosmetic cream for the skin that is used chiefly before face powder. Mrs. Jones spread vanishing cream on her face before applying her face powder …
63vanishing trick — /ˈvænəʃɪŋ trɪk/ (say vanuhshing trik) noun 1. a magician s conjuring trick in which someone seems to disappear and then reappear. –phrase 2. do a vanishing trick, Colloquial to make a sudden departure …
64Vanishing Hitchhiker, the — A common international *contemporary legend, first so named by American scholars in 1942; it became famous as the title story in Jan Brun vand s The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and their Meanings (1981). It has two basic forms …
65vanishing line — noun : one of the lines converging to a vanishing point in a pictorial perspective …
66vanishing trace — noun : a line containing the vanishing points of all systems of parallels in a picture in linear perspective …
67vanishing act — noun [singular] informal : an occurrence in which someone or something suddenly goes away or disappears He pulled a vanishing act [=he disappeared] when the check for the meal arrived …
68vanishing — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disappearing, going, fading; see evanescent , hazy 1 …
69vanishing — van·ish || vænɪʃ v. disappear, cease to exist …
70vanishing — noun 1. a sudden or mysterious disappearance • Derivationally related forms: ↑vanish • Hypernyms: ↑disappearance 2. a sudden disappearance from sight • Derivationally related forms: ↑vanish • Hype …
