| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vedro | noun | A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons. |
| veery | noun | An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson’s thrush. |
| veiny | adjective | Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble. |
| velar | adjective | Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate., Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q. |
| velum | noun | Curtain or covering; — applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate., See Veil, n., 3 (b)., A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes)., A veil-like organ or part., The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae., A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa. |
| venae | plural | of Vena |
| venal | adjective | Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood., Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services. |
| vends | noun pl. | See Wends. |
| venew | noun | A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney. |
| veney | noun | A bout; a thrust; a venew. |
| venge | verb t. | To avenge; to punish; to revenge. |
| venom | noun | Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging., Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer., To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. |
| venue | noun | A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid., A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew. |
| venus | noun | The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified., One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus., The metal copper; — probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus., Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food. |
| verge | noun | A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean., The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge., The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king’s household had special jurisdiction; — so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore., A virgate; a yardland., A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent., A circumference; a circle; a ring., The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft., The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof., The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement., The edge or outside of a bed or border., A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre., The penis., The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix., To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach., To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. |
| verse | noun | A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules., Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry., A short division of any composition., A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses., One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments., A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part., A piece of poetry., To tell in verse, or poetry., To make verses; to versify. |
| verso | noun | The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; — opposed to recto. |
| verst | noun | A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet. |
| vertu | noun | Virtue; power. See Virtue., See Virtu. |
| verve | noun | Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy. |
| vespa | noun | A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets. |
| vesta | noun | One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it., An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807., A wax friction match. |
| vetch | noun | Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa. |
| vexed | imp. & past participle | of Vex, Annoyed; harassed; troubled., Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question. |
| vexer | noun | One who vexes or troubles. |
| vexil | noun | A vexillum. |