| venter
|
(noun) a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance |
- |
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| (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis |
Synonyms:
belly,
stomach,
abdomen |
| (noun) the womb |
- |
| (noun) a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle) |
- |
| venthole
|
(noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air |
Synonyms:
vent,
vent-hole,
blowhole |
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| ventilate
|
(verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen |
Synonyms:
vent,
air,
air out |
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| (verb) expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage |
- |
| (verb) circulate through and freshen |
- |
| (verb) give expression or utterance to |
Synonyms:
vent,
give vent |
| (verb) furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape |
- |
| ventilated
|
(adjective) exposed to air |
- |
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| ventilation
|
(noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air |
Synonyms:
airing |
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| (noun) a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air |
Synonyms:
ventilating system,
ventilation system |
| (noun) free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest |
Synonyms:
public discussion |
| (noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
Synonyms:
respiration,
external respiration,
breathing |
| ventilator
|
(noun) a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air |
- |
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| (noun) a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Synonyms:
breathing apparatus,
breathing device,
breathing machine |
| ventilatory
|
(adjective) provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation |
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| venting
|
(noun) the act of venting |
Synonyms:
discharge |
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| ventral
|
(adjective) toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal) |
- |
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| (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism |
Synonyms:
adaxial |
| ventrally
|
(adverb) in a ventral location or direction |
- |
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| ventricle
|
(noun) one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid |
- |
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| (noun) a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
Synonyms:
heart ventricle |
| ventricose
|
(adjective) having a swelling on one side |
Synonyms:
ventricous |
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| ventricous
|
(adjective) having a swelling on one side |
Synonyms:
ventricose |
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| ventricular
|
(adjective) of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
- |
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| ventriculus
|
(noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
Synonyms:
gastric mill,
gizzard |
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| ventriloquism
|
(noun) the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) |
Synonyms:
ventriloquy |
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| ventriloquist
|
(noun) a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy |
- |
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| ventriloquy
|
(noun) the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) |
Synonyms:
ventriloquism |
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| venture
|
(noun) any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
- |
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| (noun) an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits |
Synonyms:
speculation |
| (noun) a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit |
- |
| (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers |
Synonyms:
embark |
| (verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
Synonyms:
guess,
pretend,
hazard |
| (verb) put at risk |
Synonyms:
stake,
jeopardize,
hazard,
adventure |
| venturer
|
(noun) a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) |
Synonyms:
merchant-venturer |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks |
Synonyms:
adventurer |
| venturesome
|
(adjective) disposed to venture or take risks |
Synonyms:
daring,
venturous,
audacious |
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| venturesomeness
|
(noun) the trait of being adventurous |
Synonyms:
adventurousness |
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| venturi
|
(noun) a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor) |
- |
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| venturous
|
(adjective) disposed to venture or take risks |
Synonyms:
daring,
venturesome,
audacious |
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| venue
|
(noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) |
Synonyms:
locale,
locus |
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| (noun) in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held |
- |
| venula
|
(noun) a minute vein continuous with a capillary |
Synonyms:
venule,
capillary vein |
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| venule
|
(noun) a minute vein continuous with a capillary |
Synonyms:
venula,
capillary vein |
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| veracious
|
(adjective) habitually speaking the truth |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) precisely accurate |
Synonyms:
right |
| veracity
|
(noun) unwillingness to tell lies |
- |
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| veranda
|
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) |
Synonyms:
gallery,
verandah |
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| verandah
|
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) |
Synonyms:
gallery,
veranda |
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| verapamil
|
(noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine |
Synonyms:
Isoptin,
Calan |
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| verb
|
(noun) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
- |
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| (noun) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence |
- |
| verbal
|
(adjective) of or relating to or formed from words in general |
- |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or formed from a verb |
- |
| (adjective) relating to or having facility in the use of words |
- |
| (adjective) tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
Synonyms:
prolix |
| (adjective) communicated in the form of words |
- |
| (adjective) expressed in spoken words |
- |
| verbalisation
|
(noun) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization |
Synonyms:
verbalization |
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| (noun) the activity of expressing something in words |
Synonyms:
verbalization |
| verbalise
|
(verb) be verbose |
Synonyms:
verbalize |
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| (verb) express in speech |
Synonyms:
utter,
verbalize,
mouth,
speak,
talk |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise |
Synonyms:
utter,
verbalize,
give tongue to,
express |
| (verb) convert into a verb |
Synonyms:
verbalize |
| verbalised
|
(adjective) communicated in words |
Synonyms:
uttered,
expressed,
verbalized,
voiced |
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| verbaliser
|
(noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) |
Synonyms:
speaker,
utterer,
verbalizer,
talker |
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| verbalism
|
(noun) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions |
Synonyms:
expression,
verbal expression |
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| (noun) overabundance of words |
Synonyms:
verbiage |
| verbalization
|
(noun) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization |
Synonyms:
verbalisation |
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| (noun) the activity of expressing something in words |
Synonyms:
verbalisation |
| verbalize
|
(verb) be verbose |
Synonyms:
verbalise |
|---|
| (verb) express in speech |
Synonyms:
utter,
verbalise,
mouth,
speak,
talk |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise |
Synonyms:
utter,
verbalise,
give tongue to,
express |
| (verb) convert into a verb |
Synonyms:
verbalise |
| verbalized
|
(adjective) communicated in words |
Synonyms:
uttered,
expressed,
verbalised,
voiced |
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| verbalizer
|
(noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) |
Synonyms:
speaker,
utterer,
verbaliser,
talker |
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| verbally
|
(adverb) as a verb |
- |
|---|
| (adverb) by means of language |
- |
| verbatim
|
(adverb) using exactly the same words |
Synonyms:
word for word |
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| (adjective) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker |
Synonyms:
direct |
| verbena
|
(noun) any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers |
Synonyms:
vervain |
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| verbiage
|
(noun) overabundance of words |
Synonyms:
verbalism |
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| (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words |
Synonyms:
phrasing,
diction,
phraseology,
wording,
choice of words |
| verbify
|
(verb) make into a verb |
- |
|---|
| verbolatry
|
(noun) the worship of words |
Synonyms:
grammatolatry,
word-worship |
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| verbose
|
(adjective) using or containing too many words |
Synonyms:
windy,
wordy,
tedious,
long-winded |
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| verbosely
|
(adverb) in a verbose manner |
Synonyms:
windily,
wordily,
long-windedly |
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| verboseness
|
(noun) an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
Synonyms:
verbosity |
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| verbosity
|
(noun) an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
Synonyms:
verboseness |
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| verboten
|
(adjective) excluded from use or mention |
Synonyms:
prohibited,
proscribed,
out,
forbidden,
taboo,
tabu |
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| verdancy
|
(noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation |
Synonyms:
verdure,
greenness |
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| verdant
|
(adjective) characterized by abundance of verdure |
- |
|---|
| verdict
|
(noun) (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment |
Synonyms:
finding of fact |
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| verdigris
|
(noun) a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment |
Synonyms:
cupric acetate |
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| (noun) a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time |
- |
| (verb) color verdigris |
- |
| 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:
Portulaca oleracea,
pussley,
pussly,
common purslane |
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| verdure
|
(noun) green foliage |
Synonyms:
greenery |
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| (noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation |
Synonyms:
greenness,
verdancy |
| verge
|
(verb) border on; come close to |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a region marking a boundary |
Synonyms:
brink,
threshold |
| (noun) the limit beyond which something happens or changes |
Synonyms:
brink |
| (noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff |
Synonyms:
wand,
scepter,
sceptre |
| (noun) a grass border along a road |
- |
| 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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| veridical
|
(adjective) coinciding with reality |
Synonyms:
real |
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| verifiability
|
(noun) The state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability. |
- |
|---|
| verifiable
|
(adjective) capable of being verified |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation |
Synonyms:
confirmable,
falsifiable |
| verification
|
(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
Synonyms:
substantiation,
check,
confirmation |
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| (noun) (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement |
- |
| verificatory
|
(adjective) serving to support or corroborate |
Synonyms:
substantiating,
substantiative,
validating,
validatory,
verifying,
collateral,
confirmative,
confirmatory,
confirming,
corroborative,
corroboratory |
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| verified
|
(adjective) proved to be true |
- |
|---|
| verifier
|
(noun) someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement |
Synonyms:
voucher |
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| verify
|
(verb) confirm the truth of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard |
Synonyms:
control |
| (verb) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) |
- |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Synonyms:
swear,
affirm,
assert,
swan,
aver,
avow |
| verifying
|
(adjective) serving to support or corroborate |
Synonyms:
substantiating,
substantiative,
validating,
validatory,
verificatory,
collateral,
confirmative,
confirmatory,
confirming,
corroborative,
corroboratory |
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| verily
|
(adverb) in truth; certainly |
- |
|---|
| verisimilar
|
(adjective) appearing to be true or real |
- |
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| verisimilitude
|
(noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true |
- |
|---|
| veritable
|
(adjective) often used as intensifiers |
Synonyms:
regular |
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| (adjective) not counterfeit or copied |
Synonyms:
unquestionable,
authentic,
bona fide |
| verity
|
(noun) conformity to reality or actuality |
Synonyms:
truth,
trueness,
the true |
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| (noun) an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth |
- |
| vermicelli
|
(noun) pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti |
- |
|---|
| vermicide
|
(noun) an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines) |
- |
|---|
| vermicular
|
(adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings |
Synonyms:
vermiculate,
vermiculated |
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| vermiculate
|
(adjective) infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms |
Synonyms:
worm-eaten,
wormy |
|---|
| (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings |
Synonyms:
vermicular,
vermiculated |
| (verb) decorate with wavy or winding lines |
- |
| vermiculated
|
(adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings |
Synonyms:
vermicular,
vermiculate |
|---|
| vermiculation
|
(noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along |
Synonyms:
peristalsis |
|---|
| (noun) a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings |
- |
| vermiculite
|
(noun) any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure |
- |
|---|
| vermiform
|
(adjective) resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical |
Synonyms:
worm-shaped |
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| vermifuge
|
(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms |
Synonyms:
helminthic,
anthelminthic,
anthelmintic |
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| vermilion
|
(verb) color vermilion |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color |
Synonyms:
vermillion,
Chinese-red,
cinnabar |
| (noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge |
Synonyms:
orange red,
scarlet |
| vermillion
|
(adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color |
Synonyms:
vermilion,
Chinese-red,
cinnabar |
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| vermin
|
(noun) an irritating or obnoxious person |
Synonyms:
varmint |
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| (noun) any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats |
- |
| verminous
|
(adjective) of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| vernacular
|
(adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |
Synonyms:
vulgar,
common |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
Synonyms:
jargon,
cant,
patois,
slang,
argot,
lingo |
| (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) |
- |
| vernal
|
(adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in spring |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh |
Synonyms:
young,
youthful |
| vernation
|
(noun) (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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:
diethylbarbituric acid,
diethylmalonylurea,
barbital,
barbitone |
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| veronica
|
(noun) any plant of the genus Veronica |
Synonyms:
speedwell |
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