| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vection | noun | Vectitation. |
| vecture | noun | The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. |
| vedanta | noun | A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the “Anta,” or end or substance. |
| vedette | noun | A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. |
| veering | present participle & vb. noun | of Veer, Shifting. |
| vegetal | adjective | Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable., Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals., A vegetable. |
| vehicle | noun | That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land., That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy., A substance in which medicine is taken., Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. |
| veiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Veil, A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils. |
| veining | present participle & vb. noun | of Vein |
| veinlet | noun | A small vein. |
| veinous | adjective | Marked with veins; veined; veiny. |
| velaria | plural | of Velarium |
| velella | noun | Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella. |
| veliger | noun | Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming. |
| vellumy | adjective | Resembling vellum. |
| velours | noun | One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet. |
| velverd | noun | The veltfare. |
| velvety | adjective | Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate. |
| venally | adverb | In a venal manner. |
| venatic | adjective | Alt. of Venatical |
| vending | present participle & vb. noun | of Vend |
| vendace | noun | A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis. |
| venison | noun | Beasts of the chase., Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively. |
| venting | present participle & vb. noun | of Vent |
| ventage | noun | A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent. |
| ventail | noun | That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, — sometimes in the visor. |
| ventose | noun | A ventouse., Windy; flatulent., The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend/miaire. |
| ventrad | adverb | Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; — opposed to dorsad. |
| ventral | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; — opposed to dorsal., Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower., Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal. |
| ventro- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal. | |
| venture | noun | An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation., An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck., The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade., To hazard one’s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare., To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances., To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one’s person in a balloon., To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies., To confide in; to rely on; to trust. |
| ventuse | verb t. & i. | See Ventouse. |
| veranda | noun | An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. |
| verbena | noun | A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
| verbose | adjective | Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument. |
| verdant | adjective | Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn., Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. |
| verdict | noun | The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause., Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public. |
| verdine | noun | A commercial name for green aniline dye. |
| verdure | noun | Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June. |
| verging | present participle & vb. noun | of Verge |
| veritas | noun | The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau. |
| vermeil | noun | Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red., Silver gilt or gilt bronze., A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. |
| vermily | noun | Vermeil. |
| vermuth | noun | A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite. |
| vernage | noun | A kind of sweet wine from Italy. |
| vernant | adjective | Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. |
| vernate | verb i. | To become young again. |
| vernier | noun | A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. |
| vernile | adjective | Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious. |
| vernine | noun | An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance. |
| vernish | noun & verb | Varnish. |
| versant | adjective | Familiar; conversant., The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect. |
| versing | present participle & vb. noun | of Verse |
| versify | verb i. | To make verses., To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse., To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. |
| version | noun | A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning., A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion., The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language., A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament., An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair. |
| versual | adjective | Of or pertaining to a verse. |
| versute | adjective | Crafty; wily; cunning; artful. |
| vertigo | noun | Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness., Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture. |
| vervain | noun | Any plant of the genus Verbena. |
| vesbium | noun | A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631. |
| vesical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the bladder. |
| vesicle | noun | A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell., A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf., A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid., A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle., A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral., A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass. |
| vesico- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal. | |
| vespers | noun | One of the little hours of the Breviary., The evening song or service. |
| vessets | noun | A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth. |
| vesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Vest, Cloth for vests; a vest pattern. |
| vestige | noun | The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population. |
| vestlet | noun | Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name. |
| vesture | verb t. | A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope., The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre., Seizin; possession. |
| veteran | adjective | Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill., One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had. |
| vetiver | noun | An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus. |
| vetoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Veto |
| vetoist | noun | One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto. |
| vetture | plural | of Vettura |
| vettura | noun | An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach. |
| vexilla | plural | of Vexillum |