vermiculite | (noun) any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure | - |
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vermifuge | (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic |
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vermilion | (noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge | Synonyms: orange red, scarlet |
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vermin | (noun) any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats | - |
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(noun) an irritating or obnoxious person | Synonyms: varmint |
vermis | (noun) the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres | Synonyms: vermis cerebelli |
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vermouth | (noun) any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks | - |
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vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
vernation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens | - |
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vernier | (noun) a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale | Synonyms: vernier scale |
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vernix | (noun) a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus | Synonyms: vernix caseosa |
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vernonia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue | Synonyms: ironweed |
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veronal | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea |
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veronica | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: speedwell |
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verruca | (noun) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus | Synonyms: wart |
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versant | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: mountainside |
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versatility | (noun) having a wide variety of skills | - |
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verse | (noun) a piece of poetry | Synonyms: rhyme |
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(noun) a line of metrical text | Synonyms: verse line |
(noun) literature in metrical form | Synonyms: poesy, poetry |
versicle | (noun) a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | - |
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versification | (noun) the art or practice of writing verse | - |
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(noun) the form or metrical composition of a poem | - |
(noun) a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text) | - |
versifier | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester |
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version | (noun) manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) | - |
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(noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: interpretation, reading |
(noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: edition, variant, variation |
(noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, rendering, translation |
(noun) an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint | - |
(noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form | Synonyms: adaptation |
verso | (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: reverse |
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(noun) left-hand page | - |
verst | (noun) a Russian unit of length (1.067 km) | - |
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vertebra | (noun) one of the bony segments of the spinal column | - |
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vertebrate | (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | Synonyms: craniate |
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vertex | (noun) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure | - |
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(noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, apex, peak |
vertical | (noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake | Synonyms: upright |
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(noun) something that is oriented vertically | - |
verticality | (noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: erectness, uprightness, verticalness |
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verticalness | (noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: erectness, uprightness, verticality |
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verticil | (noun) a whorl of leaves growing around a stem | - |
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verticilliosis | (noun) wilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium | - |
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verticillium | (noun) a fungus of the genus Verticillium | - |
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vertigo | (noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness |
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vertu | (noun) artistic quality | Synonyms: virtu |
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(noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: connoisseurship, virtu |
vervain | (noun) any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers | Synonyms: verbena |
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verve | (noun) an energetic style | Synonyms: vitality |
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vervet | (noun) South African monkey with black face and hands | Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet monkey |
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vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesicant | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
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vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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vesper | (noun) a late afternoon or evening worship service | - |
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vespers | (noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays | Synonyms: evensong |
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vespertilionid | (noun) a variety of carnivorous bat | Synonyms: vespertilian bat |
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vespid | (noun) mostly social nest-building wasps | Synonyms: vespid wasp |
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vessel | (noun) a craft designed for water transportation | Synonyms: watercraft |
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(noun) an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | - |
(noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vas |
vest | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, undershirt |
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(noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: waistcoat |
vestal | (noun) a chaste woman | - |
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vestibule | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby |
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(noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) | - |
vestige | (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, tincture, trace |
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vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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vestment | (noun) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | - |
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vestry | (noun) a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | Synonyms: sacristy |
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(noun) in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church | - |
vestryman | (noun) a man who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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vestrywoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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(noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
vesuvian | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvianite |
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vesuvianite | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvian |
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vet | (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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(noun) a person who has served in the armed forces | Synonyms: ex-serviceman, veteran |
vetch | (noun) any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants | - |
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vetchling | (noun) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | - |
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vetchworm | (noun) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | Synonyms: corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm |
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veteran | (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, warhorse |
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(noun) a person who has served in the armed forces | Synonyms: ex-serviceman, vet |
(noun) a serviceman who has seen considerable active service | Synonyms: veteran soldier |
veterancy | (noun) a state or condition of being a veteran | - |
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veterinarian | (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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veterinary | (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon |
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veto | (noun) a vote that blocks a decision | - |
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(noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) | - |
vexation | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, annoying, irritation |
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(noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, headache, worry |
(noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: annoyance, chafe |
(noun) the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: annoyance, botheration, irritation |
vexer | (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, tease, teaser |
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viability | (noun) (of living things) capable of normal growth and development | - |
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(noun) capable of being done in a practical and useful way | - |
viaduct | (noun) bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley | - |
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vial | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial |
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viand | (noun) a choice or delicious dish | - |
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viands | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: commissariat, provender, provisions, victuals |
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viatication | (noun) purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders | Synonyms: viaticus |
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viaticus | (noun) purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders | Synonyms: viatication |
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vibe | (noun) a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively | Synonyms: vibration |
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vibes | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibraharp, vibraphone |
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vibist | (noun) a musician who plays the vibraphone | Synonyms: vibraphonist |
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vibraharp | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraphone |
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vibrancy | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness |
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vibraphone | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraharp |
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vibraphonist | (noun) a musician who plays the vibraphone | Synonyms: vibist |
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vibration | (noun) the act of vibrating | Synonyms: quiver, quivering |
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(noun) a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively | Synonyms: vibe |
(noun) (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Synonyms: oscillation |
(noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling |
vibrato | (noun) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch | - |
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vibrator | (noun) mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage | - |
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(noun) a mechanical device that vibrates | - |
vibrio | (noun) curved rodlike motile bacterium | Synonyms: vibrion |
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vibrion | (noun) curved rodlike motile bacterium | Synonyms: vibrio |
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vibrissa | (noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | Synonyms: sensory hair, whisker |
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vicar | (noun) a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman | - |
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(noun) (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish | - |
(noun) (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel | - |
vicarage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: parsonage, rectory |
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vicariate | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicarship |
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vicarship | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicariate |
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vice | (noun) a specific form of evildoing | - |
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(noun) a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place | Synonyms: bench vise, vise |
(noun) moral weakness | Synonyms: frailty |
vicegerent | (noun) someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy | - |
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