| veal
|
(noun) meat from a calf |
Synonyms:
veau |
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| veau
|
(noun) meat from a calf |
Synonyms:
veal |
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| vector
|
(noun) a variable quantity that can be resolved into components |
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| (noun) a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction |
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| (noun) any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease |
Synonyms:
transmitter |
| (noun) (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell |
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| vedalia
|
(noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects |
Synonyms:
Rodolia cardinalis |
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| veer
|
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly |
Synonyms:
sheer,
slew,
slue,
swerve,
curve,
cut,
trend |
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| (verb) shift to a clockwise direction |
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| veering
|
(noun) the act of turning aside suddenly |
Synonyms:
swerve,
swerving |
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| veery
|
(noun) tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song |
Synonyms:
Hylocichla fuscescens,
Wilson's thrush |
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| veg
|
(noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
Synonyms:
vegetable,
veggie |
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| vegan
|
(noun) a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products; may also avoid using animal products (e.g. leather) |
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| vegetable
|
(noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
Synonyms:
veg,
veggie |
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| (noun) any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower |
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| vegetal
|
(adjective) (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes |
Synonyms:
vegetative |
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| (adjective) composed of vegetation or plants |
Synonyms:
vegetational,
vegetative |
| vegetarian
|
(noun) eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products |
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| vegetarianism
|
(noun) a diet excluding all meat and fish |
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| vegetate
|
(verb) lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind |
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| (verb) establish vegetation on |
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| (verb) produce vegetation |
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| (verb) grow like a plant |
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| (verb) grow or spread abnormally |
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| (verb) propagate asexually |
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| (verb) engage in passive relaxation |
Synonyms:
veg out |
| vegetation
|
(noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period |
Synonyms:
botany,
flora |
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| (noun) the process of growth in plants |
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| (noun) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) |
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| (noun) inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life |
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| vegetational
|
(adjective) composed of vegetation or plants |
Synonyms:
vegetal,
vegetative |
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| vegetative
|
(adjective) relating to involuntary bodily functions |
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| (adjective) (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes |
Synonyms:
vegetal |
| (adjective) composed of vegetation or plants |
Synonyms:
vegetal,
vegetational |
| (adjective) of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous |
Synonyms:
vegetive |
| vegetive
|
(adjective) of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous |
Synonyms:
vegetative |
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| veggie
|
(noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
Synonyms:
veg,
vegetable |
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| vehemence
|
(noun) intensity or forcefulness of expression |
Synonyms:
emphasis |
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| (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent |
Synonyms:
violence,
wildness,
ferocity,
fierceness,
furiousness,
fury |
| vehement
|
(adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid |
Synonyms:
violent,
fierce,
tearing,
trigger-happy |
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| (adjective) characterized by great force or energy |
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| vehemently
|
(adverb) in a vehement manner |
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| vehicle
|
(noun) a conveyance that transports people or objects |
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| (noun) a medium for the expression or achievement of something |
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| (noun) any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it |
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| (noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another |
Synonyms:
fomite |
| vehicular
|
(adjective) of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles |
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| veil
|
(verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
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| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
Synonyms:
obscure,
hide,
obliterate,
blot out |
| (noun) a garment that covers the head and face |
Synonyms:
head covering |
| (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms |
Synonyms:
velum |
| (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) |
Synonyms:
embryonic membrane,
caul |
| (noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl |
Synonyms:
humeral veil |
| veiled
|
(adjective) having or as if having a veil or concealing cover |
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| (adjective) muted or unclear |
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| veiling
|
(noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave |
Synonyms:
netting,
gauze |
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| vein
|
(noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart |
Synonyms:
vena,
venous blood vessel |
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| (noun) a distinctive style or manner |
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| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ |
Synonyms:
nervure |
| (noun) a layer of ore between layers of rock |
Synonyms:
mineral vein |
| (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect |
Synonyms:
nervure |
| (verb) make a veinlike pattern |
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| veinal
|
(adjective) relating to the veins of plants |
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| veined
|
(adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins |
Synonyms:
veinlike,
venose |
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| veinlike
|
(adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins |
Synonyms:
veined,
venose |
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| velar
|
(adjective) produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the velum |
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| (noun) a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate |
Synonyms:
velar consonant |
| velcro
|
(verb) fasten with Velcro |
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| veld
|
(noun) elevated open grassland in southern Africa |
Synonyms:
veldt |
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| veldt
|
(noun) elevated open grassland in southern Africa |
Synonyms:
veld |
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| velleity
|
(noun) a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain |
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| (noun) volition in its weakest form |
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| vellicate
|
(verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
Synonyms:
tickle,
titillate |
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| (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear |
Synonyms:
pinch |
| vellication
|
(noun) a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition |
Synonyms:
twitch,
twitching |
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| vellum
|
(noun) a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment |
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| (noun) fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb |
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| velocipede
|
(noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel |
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| (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals |
Synonyms:
tricycle,
trike |
| velociraptor
|
(noun) small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs |
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| velocity
|
(noun) distance travelled per unit time |
Synonyms:
speed |
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| velodrome
|
(noun) a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing |
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| velour
|
(noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet |
Synonyms:
velours |
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| velours
|
(noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet |
Synonyms:
velour |
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| veloute
|
(noun) white sauce made with stock instead of milk |
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| velum
|
(noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms |
Synonyms:
veil |
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| (noun) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking |
Synonyms:
soft palate |
| velvet
|
(noun) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back |
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| (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste |
Synonyms:
velvet-textured,
velvety |
| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface |
Synonyms:
velvety |
| velveteen
|
(noun) a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet |
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| velvetiness
|
(noun) Quality of velvet: velvety appearance, feeling, or taste. |
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| velvetleaf
|
(noun) arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States |
Synonyms:
velvet-leaf,
tree mallow,
Lavatera arborea |
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| (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States |
Synonyms:
Indian mallow,
velvet-leaf,
velvetweed,
China jute,
Abutilon theophrasti,
butter-print |
| velvetweed
|
(noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States |
Synonyms:
Indian mallow,
velvet-leaf,
velvetleaf,
China jute,
Abutilon theophrasti,
butter-print |
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| velvety
|
(adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste |
Synonyms:
velvet,
velvet-textured |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface |
Synonyms:
velvet |
| vena
|
(noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart |
Synonyms:
vein,
venous blood vessel |
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| venal
|
(adjective) capable of being corrupted |
Synonyms:
dishonest,
purchasable,
corruptible,
bribable |
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| venality
|
(noun) prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward |
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| venally
|
(adverb) in a corrupt and deceitful manner |
Synonyms:
deceitfully,
dishonestly |
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| venation
|
(noun) (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf |
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| (noun) (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal |
Synonyms:
venous blood system |
| vend
|
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place |
Synonyms:
pitch,
hawk,
huckster,
monger,
peddle |
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| vendable
|
(adjective) fit to be offered for sale |
Synonyms:
marketable,
merchantable,
sellable,
vendible |
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| vendee
|
(noun) a person who buys |
Synonyms:
purchaser,
emptor,
buyer |
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| vender
|
(noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
Synonyms:
marketer,
seller,
vendor,
trafficker |
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| vendetta
|
(noun) a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other |
Synonyms:
blood feud |
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| vendible
|
(adjective) fit to be offered for sale |
Synonyms:
marketable,
merchantable,
sellable,
vendable |
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| vending
|
(noun) the act of selling goods for a living |
Synonyms:
hawking,
peddling,
vendition |
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| vendition
|
(noun) the act of selling goods for a living |
Synonyms:
hawking,
peddling,
vending |
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| vendor
|
(noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
Synonyms:
marketer,
seller,
vender,
trafficker |
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| vendue
|
(noun) the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
Synonyms:
auction,
auction sale |
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| veneer
|
(noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood |
Synonyms:
veneering |
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| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building |
Synonyms:
facing |
| (verb) cover with veneer |
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| veneering
|
(noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood |
Synonyms:
veneer |
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| (noun) the act of applying veneer |
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| venerability
|
(noun) the quality of deserving veneration |
Synonyms:
venerableness |
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| venerable
|
(adjective) impressive by reason of age |
- |
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| (adjective) profoundly honored |
Synonyms:
revered,
august |
| venerableness
|
(noun) the quality of deserving veneration |
Synonyms:
venerability |
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| venerate
|
(verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of |
Synonyms:
revere,
reverence,
fear |
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| venerating
|
(adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration |
Synonyms:
respectful,
reverential |
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| veneration
|
(noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
Synonyms:
reverence,
awe,
fear |
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| (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God |
Synonyms:
devotion,
cultism |
| venerator
|
(noun) someone who regards with deep respect or reverence |
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| venereal
|
(adjective) of or relating to the external sex organs |
Synonyms:
genital |
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| venesect
|
(verb) practice venesection |
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| venesection
|
(noun) surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis |
Synonyms:
phlebotomy |
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| vengeance
|
(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life |
Synonyms:
retribution,
payback |
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| vengeful
|
(adjective) disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge |
Synonyms:
revengeful,
vindictive |
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| vengefully
|
(adverb) in a vindictive, revengeful manner |
Synonyms:
revengefully,
vindictively |
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| vengefulness
|
(noun) a malevolent desire for revenge |
Synonyms:
vindictiveness |
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| venial
|
(adjective) warranting only temporal punishment |
Synonyms:
minor |
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| (adjective) easily excused or forgiven |
Synonyms:
excusable,
forgivable |
| venipuncture
|
(noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye |
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| venire
|
(noun) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) |
Synonyms:
panel |
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| venison
|
(noun) meat from a deer used as food |
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| venogram
|
(noun) an X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium |
Synonyms:
phlebogram |
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| venography
|
(noun) roentgenographic examination of veins |
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| venom
|
(noun) toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions) |
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| (noun) feeling a need to see others suffer |
Synonyms:
malice,
spite,
spitefulness,
maliciousness |
| venomed
|
(adjective) full of malice or hate |
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| venomous
|
(adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom |
Synonyms:
deadly,
virulent |
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| (adjective) marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful |
Synonyms:
poisonous,
vicious |
| venomously
|
(adverb) in a very malevolent manner |
Synonyms:
poisonously |
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| venomousness
|
(noun) The property of being poisonous or envenomed; or of having a venom-producing gland. |
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| venose
|
(adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins |
Synonyms:
veined,
veinlike |
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| venous
|
(adjective) of or contained in or performing the function of the veins |
- |
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| vent
|
(noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air |
Synonyms:
vent-hole,
venthole,
blowhole |
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| (noun) external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate |
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| (noun) a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |
Synonyms:
volcano |
| (noun) a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket) |
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| (noun) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion |
Synonyms:
release,
outlet |
| (verb) give expression or utterance to |
Synonyms:
ventilate,
give vent |
| (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen |
Synonyms:
ventilate,
air,
air out |
| ventail
|
(noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck |
Synonyms:
camail,
aventail |
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| vented
|
(adjective) supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases |
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