Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |