| velar | (adjective) of or relating to the velum | - |
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| (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') | - |
| (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) volition in its weakest form | - |
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| (noun) a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain | - |
| vellicate | (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | Synonyms: pinch |
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| (verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Synonyms: tickle, titillate |
| vellication | (noun) a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition | Synonyms: twitch, twitching |
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| vellum | (noun) fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb | - |
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| (noun) a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment | - |
| velocipede | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, trike |
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| (noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel | - |
| 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 muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking | Synonyms: soft palate |
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| (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: veil |
| velvet | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvety |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvety |
| (noun) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back | - |
| 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) 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: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetweed |
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| (noun) arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States | Synonyms: Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf |
| 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: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf |
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| velvety | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvet |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvet |