| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| vedantic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Vedas. |
| vegetate | verb i. | To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate., Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow., To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule. |
| vegetive | adjective | Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life., A vegetable. |
| vegetous | adjective | Vigorous; lively; active; vegete. |
| vehement | adjective | Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat., Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion. |
| vehicled | adjective | Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle. |
| veilless | adjective | Having no veil. |
| veinless | adjective | Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf. |
| velarium | noun | The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora. |
| velleity | noun | The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. |
| velocity | noun | Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light., Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed. |
| veltfare | noun | The fieldfare. |
| velutina | noun | Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera. |
| velveret | noun | A kind of velvet having cotton back. |
| venality | noun | The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official. |
| venantes | noun pl. | The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey. |
| venatica | noun | See Vinatico. |
| venation | noun | The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix., The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted. |
| vendetta | noun | A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman. |
| vendible | adjective | Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable., Something to be sold, or offered for sale. |
| veneered | imp. & past participle | of Veneer |
| venefice | noun | The act or practice of poisoning. |
| venemous | adjective | Venomous. |
| venenate | verb t. | To poison; to infect with poison., Poisoned. |
| venenose | adjective | Poisonous. |
| venerate | verb t. | To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders. |
| venereal | adjective | Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse., Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison., Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines., Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac., Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus., The venereal disease; syphilis. |
| venerean | adjective | Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal. |
| venerous | adjective | Venereous. |
| venetian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy., A native or inhabitant of Venice. |
| vengeful | adjective | Vindictive; retributive; revengeful. |
| veniable | adjective | Venial; pardonable. |
| venomous | adjective | Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous., Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects., Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer. |
| venosity | noun | The quality or state of being venous., A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is. |
| venthole | noun | A touchhole; a vent. |
| ventouse | noun | A cupping glass., To cup; to use a cupping glass. |
| ventured | imp. & past participle | of Venture |
| venturer | noun | One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer., A strumpet; a prostitute. |
| venulose | adjective | Full of venules, or small veins. |
| veracity | noun | The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity. |
| veratria | noun | Veratrine. |
| veratric | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum. |
| veratrol | noun | A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin. |
| veratrum | noun | A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities. |
| verbally | adverb | In a verbal manner; orally., Word for word; verbatim. |
| verbatim | adverb | Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it. |
| verbiage | noun | The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. |
| verdancy | noun | The quality or state of being verdant. |
| verderer | noun | Alt. of Verderor |
| verderor | noun | An officer who has the charge of the king’s forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses. |
| verditer | noun | Verdigris., Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite. |
| verdured | adjective | Covered with verdure. |
| verecund | adjective | Rashful; modest. |
| vergaloo | noun | See Virgalieu. |
| vergency | noun | The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach., The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. |
| vergette | adjective | Divided by pallets, or pales; paly., A small pale. |
| verifier | noun | One who, or that which, verifies. |
| verified | imp. & past participle | of Verify |
| verities | plural | of Verity |
| verjuice | noun | The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice., Tartness; sourness, as of disposition. |
| vermetid | noun | Any species of vermetus. |
| vermetus | noun | Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube. |
| verminly | adjective & adverb | Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin. |
| vernacle | noun | See Veronica, 1. |
| vernicle | noun | A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. |
| vernonin | noun | A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic. |
| veronese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy., A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona. |
| veronica | noun | A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle., A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell. |
| versable | adjective | Capable of being turned. |
| verseman | noun | Same as Versemonger. |
| versicle | noun | A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people. |
| verteber | noun | A vertebra. |
| vertebra | noun | One of the serial segments of the spinal column., One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran. |
| vertebre | noun | A vertebra. |
| vertexes | plural | of Vertex |
| vertices | plural | of Vertex |
| vertical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one., Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line., Vertical position; zenith., A vertical line, plane, or circle. |
| verticil | noun | A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. |
| verticle | noun | An axis; hinge; a turning point. |
| vertuous | adjective | Virtuous; powerful. |
| vesicant | noun | A vesicatory. |
| vesicate | verb t. | To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. |
| vesicula | noun | A vesicle. |
| vesperal | adjective | Vesper; evening. |
| vespiary | noun | A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind. |
| vespillo | noun | One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial. |
| vestales | noun pl. | A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies. |
| vestiary | noun | A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry., Pertaining to clothes, or vestments. |
| vestment | noun | A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress, any priestly garment. |
| vestries | plural | of Vestry |
| vestured | adjective | Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped. |
| vesuvian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples., Vesuvianite. |
| vesuvine | noun | A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; — called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc. |
| vexation | noun | The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation., The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction., A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. |
| vexillar | Alt. of Vexillary | |
| vexillum | noun | A flag or standard., A company of troops serving under one standard., A banner., The sign of the cross., The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard., The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane. |
| vexingly | adverb | In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate. |