verruca | (noun) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus | Synonyms: wart |
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verrucose | (adjective) (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts | Synonyms: wartlike, warty |
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versant | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: mountainside |
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versatile | (adjective) able to move freely in all directions | - |
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(adjective) competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another | - |
(adjective) changeable or inconstant | - |
(adjective) having great diversity or variety | Synonyms: various |
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 |
(verb) familiarize through thorough study or experience | - |
(verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, versify |
versed | (adjective) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience | Synonyms: intimate, knowledgeable |
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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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versify | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, verse |
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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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vertebral | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting vertebrae | - |
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vertebrate | (adjective) having a backbone or spinal column | - |
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(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 |
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 | (adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | Synonyms: perpendicular |
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(adjective) upright in position or posture | Synonyms: erect, upright |
(adjective) relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution | - |
(adjective) of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group) | - |
(noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake | Synonyms: upright |
(noun) something that is oriented vertically | - |
verticality | (noun) position at right angles to the horizon | Synonyms: erectness, uprightness, verticalness |
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vertically | (adverb) in a vertical direction | - |
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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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verticillate | (adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) | Synonyms: verticillated, whorled |
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verticillated | (adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) | Synonyms: verticillate, whorled |
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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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vertiginous | (adjective) having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling | Synonyms: dizzy, giddy, woozy |
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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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very | (adjective) precisely as stated | - |
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(adjective) being the exact same one; not any other: | Synonyms: identical, selfsame |
(adverb) used to give emphasis | Synonyms: rattling, real, really |
(adverb) precisely so | - |
vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesical | (adjective) of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder) | - |
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vesicant | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicant |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
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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vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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(verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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 |
(verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: robe |
(verb) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments | - |
(verb) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons | - |
(verb) become legally vested | - |
(verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, invest |
vestal | (adjective) of or relating to Vesta | - |
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(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
(noun) a chaste woman | - |
vested | (adjective) fixed and absolute and without contingency | - |
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vestiary | (adjective) relating to clothing (especially vestments) | - |
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vestibular | (adjective) relating to the sense of equilibrium | - |
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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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vestigial | (adjective) not fully developed in mature animals | Synonyms: rudimentary |
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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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vestmental | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a vestment | - |
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vestmented | (adjective) dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment | - |
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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 | - |
(verb) provide or cover with a cloak | - |
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 |
(verb) provide veterinary care for | - |
(verb) provide (a person) with medical care | - |
(verb) examine carefully | - |
(verb) work as a veterinarian | - |
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 | (adjective) rendered competent through trial and experience | Synonyms: seasoned |
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(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 |
(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 | (adjective) of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine | - |
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(noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon |
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) | - |
(verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe |
(verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, negative |
vex | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy |
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(verb) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation | - |
(verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up |
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile |
(verb) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress | Synonyms: worry |
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 |
vexatious | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexing |
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vexatiously | (adverb) in a vexatious manner | - |
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vexed | (adjective) causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed | - |
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(adjective) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | Synonyms: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered |
vexer | (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, tease, teaser |
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vexing | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious |
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(adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: exasperating, infuriating, maddening |