Vegetate (v. i.) To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
Vegetate (v. i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
Vegetate (v. i.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.
Vegetation (n.) The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Vegetation (n.) The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
Vegetation (n.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
Vegetative (a.) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
Vegetative (a.) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
Vegetative (a.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.
Vegete (a.) Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
Vegetive (a.) Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.
Vegetive (n.) A vegetable.
Vegeto-animal (a.) Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.
Vegetous (a.) Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
Vehemence (n.) The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.
Vehemence (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.
Vehemency (n.) Vehemence.
Vehement (a.) Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
Vehement (a.) Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
Vehemently (adv.) In a vehement manner.
Vehicle (n.) That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.
Vehicle (n.) That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.
Vehicle (n.) A substance in which medicine is taken.
Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.
Vehicled (a.) Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle.
Vehicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.
Vehiculary (a.) Vehicular.
Vehiculate (v. t. & i.) To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.
Vehiculation (n.) Movement of vehicles.
Vehiculatory (a.) Vehicular.
Vehmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
Veil (n.) The calyptra of mosses.
Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3.
Veiled (imp. & p. p.) of Veil
Veiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veil
Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.
Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
Veilless (a.) Having no veil.
Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
Vein (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
Vein (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
Veined (imp. & p. p.) of Vein
Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vein
Vein (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.
Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.
Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf.
Veinless (a.) Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf.
Veinlet (n.) A small vein.
Veinous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
Veinstone (n.) The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.
Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.
Velar (a.) Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
Velar (a.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.
Velaria (pl. ) of Velarium
Velarium (n.) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Velate (a.) Having a veil; veiled.
Vele (n.) A veil.
Velella (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.
Veliferous (a.) Carrying or bearing sails.
Veliger (n.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
Velivolant (a.) Flying with sails; passing under full sail.
Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
Vell (n.) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
Velleity (n.) The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
Vellet (n.) Velvet.
Vellicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vellicate
Vellicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vellicate
Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication.
Vellon (n.) A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real.
Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
Vellumy (a.) Resembling vellum.
Velocimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.
Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
Velecipedist (n.) One who rides on a velocipede.
Velocities (pl. ) of Velocity
Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.
Velocity (n.) Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed.
Velours (n.) One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.
Veltfare (n.) The fieldfare.
Vela (pl. ) of Velum
Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b).
Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).