| verdin | (noun) very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America | Synonyms: Auriparus flaviceps |
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| verdolagas | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly |
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| verdure | (noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation | Synonyms: greenness, verdancy |
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| (noun) green foliage | Synonyms: greenery |
| verge | (noun) a grass border along a road | - |
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| (noun) the limit beyond which something happens or changes | Synonyms: brink |
| (noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff | Synonyms: scepter, sceptre, wand |
| (noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: brink, threshold |
| verger | (noun) a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies | - |
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| verifiability | (noun) The state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability. | - |
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| verification | (noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: check, confirmation, substantiation |
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| (noun) (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement | - |
| verifier | (noun) someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement | Synonyms: voucher |
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| verisimilitude | (noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true | - |
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| verity | (noun) an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth | - |
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| (noun) conformity to reality or actuality | Synonyms: the true, trueness, truth |
| vermicelli | (noun) pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti | - |
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| vermicide | (noun) an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines) | - |
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| vermiculation | (noun) a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings | - |
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| (noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | Synonyms: peristalsis |
| 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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