| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vegetality | noun | The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable., The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2. |
| vegetarian | noun | One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk., Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet. |
| vegetating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vegetate |
| vegetation | noun | The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth., The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation., An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. |
| vegetative | adjective | Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating., Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil., Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal. |
| vehemently | adverb | In a vehement manner. |
| vehiculary | adjective | Vehicular. |
| vehiculate | verb t. & i. | To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle. |
| veliferous | adjective | Carrying or bearing sails. |
| velitation | noun | A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish. |
| velivolant | adjective | Flying with sails; passing under full sail. |
| vellicated | imp. & past participle | of Vellicate |
| velocipede | noun | A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle. |
| velocities | plural | of Velocity |
| velutinous | adjective | Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf. |
| velvetleaf | noun | A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein. |
| venatorial | adjective | Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic. |
| veneficial | adjective | Alt. of Veneficious |
| venerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Venerate |
| veneration | noun | The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations. |
| ventilated | imp. & past participle | of Ventilate |
| ventilator | noun | A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure. |
| ventricose | adjective | Alt. of Ventricous |
| ventricous | adjective | Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. |
| ventriculi | plural | of Ventriculus |
| verbalized | imp. & past participle | of Verbalize |
| verbenated | imp. & past participle | of Verbenate |
| verdingale | noun | See Farthingale. |
| veretillum | noun | Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal. |
| vergeboard | noun | The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard. |
| verifiable | adjective | Capable of being verified; confirmable. |
| vermeology | noun | A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology. |
| vermicelli | noun | The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni. |
| vermicious | adjective | Of or pertaining to worms; wormy. |
| vermicular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. |
| vermifugal | adjective | Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic. |
| vernacular | adjective | Belonging to the country of one’s birth; one’s own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; — now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language., The vernacular language; one’s mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality. |
| verrayment | adverb | Verily; truly. |
| versicolor | adjective | Alt. of Versicolored |
| versicular | adjective | Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing. |
| versifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Versify |
| versionist | noun | One who makes or favors a version; a translator. |
| vertebrata | noun pl. | One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia. |
| vertebrate | noun | One of the Vertebrata., Alt. of Vertebrated |
| vertically | adverb | In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically. |
| vertigines | plural | of Vertigo |
| vesicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Vesicate |
| vesication | noun | The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters. |
| vesicatory | adjective | Tending, or having power, to raise a blister., A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic. |
| vesiculata | noun pl. | The campanularian medusae. |
| vesiculate | adjective | Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular., To form vesicles in, as lava. |
| vesiculose | adjective | Alt. of Vesiculous |
| vesiculous | adjective | Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell. |
| vespertine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening., Blossoming in the evening. |
| vespilloes | plural | of Vespillo |
| vesselfuls | plural | of Vesselful |
| vestiarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments. |
| vestibular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule. |
| vestibulum | noun | A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. |
| veteranize | verb i. | To reenlist for service as a soldier. |
| veterinary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school. |