| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| veadar | noun | The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year. |
| vector | noun | Same as Radius vector., A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar. |
| veered | imp. & past participle | of Veer |
| vegete | adjective | Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. |
| vehmic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction. |
| veiled | imp. & past participle | of Veil, Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. |
| veined | imp. & past participle | of Vein, Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble., Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf. |
| veinal | adjective | Pertaining to veins; venous. |
| velate | adjective | Having a veil; veiled. |
| vellet | noun | Velvet. |
| vellon | noun | A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real. |
| vellum | noun | A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, — used as for writing upon, and for binding books. |
| velure | noun | Velvet. |
| velvet | noun | A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back., The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth., Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety., To pain velvet., To make like, or cover with, velvet. |
| venada | noun | The pudu. |
| venary | adjective | Of or, pertaining to hunting. |
| vended | imp. & past participle | of Vend |
| vendee | noun | The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; — the correlative of vendor. |
| vender | noun | One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor. |
| vendor | noun | A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee. |
| vendue | noun | A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction. |
| veneer | verb t. | To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively., A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense. |
| venene | adjective | Poisonous; venomous. |
| venery | noun | Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition., The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase. |
| venger | noun | An avenger. |
| venial | adjective | Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression., Allowed; permitted. |
| venite | noun | The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm. |
| venose | adjective | Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond. |
| venous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood., Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; — said of the blood, and opposed to arterial., Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf. |
| vented | imp. & past participle | of Vent |
| venter | noun | One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes., The belly; the abdomen; — sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera., The uterus, or womb., A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula., The lower part of the abdomen in insects., A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters. |
| venule | noun | A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects. |
| venust | adjective | Beautiful. |
| verbal | adjective | Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony., Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change., Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation., Abounding with words; verbose., Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix., A noun derived from a verb. |
| verify | verb t. | To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize., To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate., To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like., To maintain; to affirm; to support. |
| verdin | noun | A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; — called also goldtit. |
| verdit | noun | Verdict. |
| verdoy | adjective | Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; — said of a border. |
| verged | imp. & past participle | of Verge |
| verger | noun | One who carries a verge, or emblem of office., An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc., The official who takes care of the interior of a church building., A garden or orchard. |
| verily | adverb | In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly. |
| verine | noun | An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine. |
| verity | noun | The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality., That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality. |
| vermes | noun pl. | An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers., A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders. |
| vermil | noun | See Vermeil. |
| vermin | noun sing. & pl. | An animal, in general., A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc., Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings. |
| vernal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom., Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life. |
| verray | adjective | Very; true. |
| verrel | noun | See Ferrule. |
| versal | adjective | Universal. |
| versed | imp. & past participle | of Verse, Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced., Turned. |
| verser | noun | A versifier. |
| verset | noun | A verse. |
| versor | noun | The turning factor of a quaternion. |
| versus | preposition | Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; — chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs. |
| vertex | noun | A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex., The top, or crown, of the head., The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead., The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base. |
| vervel | noun | See Varvel. |
| vervet | noun | A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white. |
| vesica | noun | A bladder. |
| vesper | noun | The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening., Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells. |
| vessel | noun | A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc., A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel., Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy., Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc., A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct., To put into a vessel. |
| vesses | noun | Alt. of Vessets |
| vested | imp. & past participle | of Vest, Clothed; robed; wearing vestments., Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. |
| vestal | adjective | Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste., A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar., A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun. |
| vestry | noun | A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; — formerly called revestiary., A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; — so called because usually held in a vestry., A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns. |
| vetchy | adjective | Consisting of vetches or of pea straw., Abounding with vetches. |
| vetoes | plural | of Veto |
| vetoed | imp. & past participle | of Veto |
| vetust | adjective | Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old. |
| vexing | present participle & vb. noun | of Vex |