Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.
Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.
Vermination (n.) A griping of the bowels.
Verminly (a. & adv.) Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin.
Verminous (a.) Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.
Verminous (a.) Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.
Verminously (adv.) In a verminous manner.
Vermiparous (a.) Producing or breeding worms.
Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.
Vermuth (n.) A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite.
Vernacle (n.) See Veronica, 1.
Vernacular (a.) Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
Vernacularism (n.) A vernacular idiom.
Vernacularization (n.) The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular.
Vernacularly (adv.) In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.
Vernaculous (a.) Vernacular.
Vernaculous (a.) Scoffing; scurrilous.
Vernage (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Italy.
Vernal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.
Vernal (a.) Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life.
Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
Vernate (v. i.) To become young again.
Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
Vernicle (n.) A Veronica. See Veronica, 1.
Vernicose (a.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
Vernier (n.) A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.
Vernile (a.) Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.
Vernility (n.) Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.
Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
Vernish (n. & v.) Varnish.
Vernonin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic.
Veronese (a.) Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy.
Veronese (n. sing. & pl.) A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona.
Veronica (n.) A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.
Veronica (n.) A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.
Verray (a.) Very; true.
Verrayment (adv.) Verily; truly.
Verrel (n.) See Ferrule.
Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches.
Verruciform (a.) Shaped like a wart or warts.
Verrucose (a.) Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.
Verrucous (a.) Verrucose.
Verruculose (a.) Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk.
Vers (n. sing. & pl.) A verse or verses. See Verse.
Versability (n.) The quality or state of being versable.
Versable (a.) Capable of being turned.
Versableness (n.) Versability.
Versal (a.) Universal.
Versant (a.) Familiar; conversant.
Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
Versatile (a.) Capable of being turned round.
Versatile (a.) Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
Versatile (a.) Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.
Versatile (a.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird.
Versatility (n.) The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.
Vers de societe () See Society verses, under Society.
Verse (n.) A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
Verse (n.) Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
Verse (n.) A short division of any composition.
Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
Verse (n.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Verse (n.) A piece of poetry.
Versed (imp. & p. p.) of Verse
Versing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verse
Verse (v. t.) To tell in verse, or poetry.
Verse (v. i.) To make verses; to versify.
Versed (a.) Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.
Versed (a.) Turned.
Verseman (n.) Same as Versemonger.
Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Verser (n.) A versifier.
Verset (n.) A verse.
Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people.
Versicolor (a.) Alt. of Versicolored
Versicolored (a.) Having various colors; changeable in color.
Versicular (a.) Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.
Versification (n.) The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
Versificator (n.) A versifier.
Versifier (n.) One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet.
Versifier (n.) One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.
Versified (imp. & p. p.) of Versify
Versifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Versify
Versify (v. i.) To make verses.
Versify (v. t.) To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
Versify (v. t.) To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms.
Version (n.) A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
Version (n.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
Version (n.) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
Version (n.) A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.
Version (n.) An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.
Versionist (n.) One who makes or favors a version; a translator.
Verso (n.) The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.
Versor (n.) The turning factor of a quaternion.
Verst (n.) A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.
Versual (a.) Of or pertaining to a verse.
Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
Versute (a.) Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.