Velum (n.) A veil-like organ or part.
Velum (n.) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
Velum (n.) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
Velure (n.) Velvet.
Velutina (n.) Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
Velutinous (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
Velverd (n.) The veltfare.
Velveret (n.) A kind of velvet having cotton back.
Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
Velvet (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
Velvet (v. i.) To pain velvet.
Velvet (v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Velvetbreast (n.) The goosander.
Velveteen (n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
Velveting (n.) The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
Velvetleaf (n.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.
Velvety (a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Venae (pl. ) of Vena
Vena (n.) A vein.
Venae cavae (pl. ) of Vena
VenAe portae (pl. ) of Vena
Venada (N.) The pudu.
Venal (a.) Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.
Venal (a.) Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.
Venality (n.) The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.
Venally (adv.) In a venal manner.
Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.
Venary (a.) Of or, pertaining to hunting.
Venatic (a.) Alt. of Venatical
Venatical (a.) Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting.
Venatica (n.) See Vinatico.
Venation (n.) The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.
Venation (n.) The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.
Venatorial (a.) Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.
Vended (imp. & p. p.) of Vend
Vending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vend
Vend (v. t.) To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
Vend (n.) The act of vending or selling; a sale.
Vend (n.) The total sales of coal from a colliery.
Vendace (n.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis.
Vendee (n.) The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor.
Vendemiaire (n.) The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.
Vender (n.) One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.
Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
Vendibility (n.) The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.
Vendible (a.) Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.
Vendible (n.) Something to be sold, or offered for sale.
Venditate (v. t.) To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon.
Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
Vendition (n.) The act of vending, or selling; sale.
Vendor (n.) A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.
Vends (n. pl.) See Wends.
Vendue (n.) A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction.
Veneered (imp. & p. p.) of Veneer
Veneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veneer
Veneer (v. t.) To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
Veneering (n.) The act or art of one who veneers.
Veneering (n.) Thin wood or other material used as a veneer.
Venefical (a.) Veneficial.
Venefice (n.) The act or practice of poisoning.
Veneficial (a.) Alt. of Veneficious
Veneficious (a.) Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.
Venemous (a.) Venomous.
Venenate (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison.
Venenate (a.) Poisoned.
Vennation (n.) The act of poisoning.
Vennation (n.) Poison; venom.
Venene (a.) Poisonous; venomous.
Venenose (a.) Poisonous.
Venerability (n.) The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness.
Venerable (a.) Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
Venerable (a.) Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.
Veneracea (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.
Venerated (imp. & p. p.) of Venerate
Venerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venerate
Venerate (v. t.) To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.
Veneration (n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.
Venerator (n.) One who venerates.
Venereal (a.) Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.
Venereal (a.) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
Venereal (a.) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
Venereal (a.) Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
Venereal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.
Venereal (n.) The venereal disease; syphilis.
Venerean (a.) Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal.
Venereous (a.) Venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac.
Venereous (a.) Lustful; lascivious; libidinous.
Venerous (a.) Venereous.
Venery (n.) Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
Venery (n.) The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.
Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Venetian (a.) Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
Venetian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Venice.
Venew (n.) A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.
Veney (n.) A bout; a thrust; a venew.
Venge (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
Vengeable (a.) Revengeful; deserving revenge.
Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.