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Vain (band) Vain is an American glam metal band from San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1986. As of 2018, the lineup consists of Davy Vain (lead vocals), Joel Proto (guitar), Ashley Mitchell (bass) and Tommy Rickard (drums). After recording a de ...

, an American glam metal band formed in 1986 *

Vain (horse) Vain (5 September 1966 – 25 December 1991) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two. He went on to become a ...

(1966–1991), an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse *

Vain Stakes The Vain Stakes is a Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three year old colts and geldings held under set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia annually in August. To ...

, an Australian Thoroughbred horse race *

Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN) is a condition that describes premalignant histological findings in the vagina characterized by dysplastic changes. The disorder is rare and generally has no symptoms. VAIN can be detected by the presenc ...

, a medical disorder *

Edvard August Vainio Edvard August Vainio (born Edvard Lang; 5 August 185314 May 1929) was a Finnish lichenology, lichenologist. His early works on the lichens of Lapland (Finland), Lapland, his three-volume monograph on the lichen genus ''Cladonia'', and, in part ...

(1853–1929), taxonomic author abbreviation Vain., Finnish lichenologist *

Vanity Vain Vanity Vain is the stage name of Linus Hoflund Mauritz, a Swedish drag performer who competed on ''Drag Race Sverige'' and on ''RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars''. Early life Mauritz was born in Linköping, Sweden. Career Vanity Vain compe ...

, Swedish drag queen * Vain, a fictional creature in ''

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'' is a series of ten high fantasy novels written by American author Stephen R. Donaldson. The series began as a trilogy, entitled ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever''. This was followed by ano ...

'' by Stephen Donaldson

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