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- VENTILATORA device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
- VENTRALRelated to the abdomen or stomach.
- VENTRICLEAny small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- VENTRICULUSA digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.
- VENTRILOQUYVentriloquism.
- VENUSAny of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
- VERACIOUSTrue.
- VERACITYThe quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- VERBALOf or relating to words.
- VERBASCUMA mullein (of genus Verbascum)
- VERBATIMWord for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
- VERBICIDEThe destruction or elimination of a word.
- VERBOSITYThe excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
- VERDANTGreen in colour.
- VERECUNDmodest
- VERGEA rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such ten
- VERIDICveridical
- VERIDICALTrue.
- VERIFYTo substantiate or prove the truth of something.
- VERISMPresenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
- VERITABLETrue; genuine.
- VERITASTruth, particularly of a transcendent character.
- VERITYTruth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
- VERMALRelating to the vermis
- VERMEILBright scarlet, vermilion.
- VERMICIDEAny substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms
- VERMICULATETo decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
- VERMICULEA small worm or worm-like organism.
- VERMICULITEA hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.
- VERMICULOUSContaining, or full of, worms; resembling worms; wormy.
- VERMIFUGALTending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
- VERMIFUGEActing as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
- VERMILIONA vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
- VERMINAny of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
- VERMINATETo breed vermin.
- VERNALITIESThe quality of being vernal or spring-like.
- VERNALITYThe quality of being vernal or spring-like.
- VERNIXVernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
- VERNIXESVernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
- VERSANTExperienced, practiced.
- VERSATILECapable of doing many things competently.
- VERSEA poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- VERSICLEOne of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse, particularly in a hymn.
- VERSIFYto make or compose verses
- VERSIONA specific form or variation of something.
- VERSOThe back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from lef
- VERSUTEcrafty; wily; artful
- VERTA green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- VERTEXThe highest point, top or apex of something.
- VERTICALStanding, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
- VERTICILA whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis
- VERTIGINOUSHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
- VERTIGOA sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- VERTUThe fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
- VERTUSThe fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
- VESICAA bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
- VESICALPertaining to the urinary bladder.
- VESICANTCausing blistering to the skin.
- VESICLEA membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- VESICULASynonym of vesicle (small blister).
- VESPERThe bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
- VESPERTILIANof, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats.
- VESPERTINEOf or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening.
- VESPIARYA nest built by a social wasp species.
- VESPIDCharacteristic of the wasp family Vespidae.
- VESPINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of wasps.
- VESTALOf or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
- VESTIARYA dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house.
- VESTIBULEA small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- VESTIGEA mark left on the earth by a foot.
- VESTIGIALOf or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
- VESTIGIUMA vestige.
- VESTIMENTClothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical.
- VESTITUREThe hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.
- VESTMENTA robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
- VESTRYA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
- VESTUREA covering of, or like, clothing.
- VETCHAny of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
- VETERANA person with long experience of a particular activity.
- VETOA political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- VIABLEAble to live on its own (as for a newborn).
- VIADUCTA bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
- VIANDAn item of food.
- VIATICOf or pertaining to traveling or a journey.
- VIATICALSLife insurance policies which are sold at a discount to the face amount, or death benefit, of people who have been medically determined to have life expectancies of less than two y
- VIATICUMThe Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
- VIATORA wayfarer, traveler.
- VIBEXA narrow streak of subcutaneous extravasation of blood, often one of many in a patch of such streaks, which may be extensive.
- VIBRACULOIDCharacteristic of a vibraculum
- VIBRACULUMA long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa
- VIBRANCYThe quality of being vibrant.
- VIBRANTPulsing with energy or activity.
- VIBRATIONThe act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
- VIBURNUMAny of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
- VICARIn the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- VICARIANTOf, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
- VICARIOUSDelegated.
- VICARYObsolete form of vicar.
- VICEBad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
- VICEGERENTThe official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.