verbify
1: make into a verb; "'mouse' has been verbified by computer users" [also: {verbified}]
verbolatry
1: worship of words [syn: {grammatolatry}, {word-worship}]
verbose
1: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were dela...
verbosely
1: in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely" [syn: {windily}, {long-windedly}, {wordily}]
verboseness
1: an expressive style that uses excessive words [syn: {verbosity}] [ant: {terseness}]
verbosity
1: an expressive style that uses excessive words [syn: {verboseness}] [ant: {terseness}]
verboten
1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: {forbidden}, {out(p)}, {prohibited}, {proscribed}, {taboo}, {tabu}]
verd antique
1: a dark green impure marble [syn: {verde antique}]
verdancy
1: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness}, {verdure}]
Verdandi
1: goddess of fate: Present [syn: {Verthandi}]
verdant
1: characterized by abundance of verdure
verde antique
1: a dark green impure marble [syn: {verd antique}]
Verdi
1: Italian operatic composer (1813-1901) [syn: {Giuseppe Verdi}, {Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi}]
Verdicchio
1: a variety of white wine grape grown in Italy 2: a dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes
verdict
1: (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: {finding of fact}]
verdigris
1: a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment [syn: {cupric acetate}] 2: a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time v...
verdin
1: very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America [syn: {Auriparus flaviceps}]
verdolagas
1: weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan [...
Verdun
1: a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped [syn: {battle of Verdun}]
verdure
1: green foliage [syn: {greenery}] 2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness}, {verdancy}]
Verey pistol
1: a pistol for firing Very-light flares [syn: {Very pistol}]
verge
1: a region marking a boundary [syn: {brink}, {threshold}] 2: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: {brink}] 3: a ceremonial ...
verger
1: a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
Vergil
1: a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC) [syn: {Virgil}, {Publius Vergilius Maro}]
veridical
1: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: {real}]
verifiable
1: capable of being verified; "a verifiable account of the incident" 2: capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation [syn: {confirmable}, {falsifiable}]
verification
1: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: {confirmation}, {check}, {...
verificatory
1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {val...
verifier
1: someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement [syn: {voucher}]
verify
1: confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" 2: verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experim...
verifying
1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {val...
verily
1: truly or confidentially; "I verily think so" 2: in truth; beyond doubt or question; "trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed"- Ps 37:3
verisimilar
1: appearing to be true or real; "a verisimilar tale"
verisimilitude
1: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
veritable
1: often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine" [syn: {regular(a)}, {veritable(a)}] 2: not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature...
verity
1: conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portr...
Verlaine
1: French symbolist poet (1844-1896) [syn: {Paul Verlaine}]
Vermeer
1: Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) [syn: {Jan Vermeer}, {Jan van der Meer}]
vermicelli
1: pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
vermicide
1: an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)
vermicular
1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermiculate}, {vermiculated}]
vermiculate
1: eaten (or as if eaten) by worms [syn: {worm-eaten}, {wormy}] 2: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermicular}, {vermiculated}] v : decorat...
vermiculated
1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermicular}, {vermiculate}]
vermiculation
1: the process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along [syn: {peristalsis}] [ant: {anastalsis}] 2: a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
vermiform
1: resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn: {worm-shaped}]
vermiform appendix
1: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: {appendix}, {vermiform process}, {cecal appendage}]
vermiform process
1: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: {appendix}, {vermiform appendix}, {cecal appendage}]
vermifuge
1: a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms [syn: {anthelmintic}, {anthelminthic}, {helminthic}]
vermilion
1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: {vermillion}, {cinnabar}, {Chinese-red}] n : a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge [syn: {scarlet}, {orange red}] v : co...
vermillion
1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: {vermilion}, {cinnabar}, {Chinese-red}]
vermillion flycatcher
1: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage [syn: {firebird}, {Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus}]
vermillion rockfish
1: a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {rasher}, {Sebastodes miniatus}]
vermin
1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: {varmint}] 2: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
verminous
1: of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive
vermis
1: the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres [syn: {vermis cerebelli}] [also: {vermes} (pl)]
vermis cerebelli
1: the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres [syn: {vermis}]
Vermont
1: a state in New England [syn: {Green Mountain State}, {VT}]
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vermouth
1: any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks
vernacular
1: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for...
vernacular art
1: a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists [syn: {outsider art}, {self-taught art}, {naive art}, {primitive art}]
vernal
1: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh [syn: {youthful}] 2: of or characteristic of or occurring in spring; "the vernal equinox" [ant: {summery}, {autumnal}, {wintry}]
vernal equinox
1: March 21 [syn: {March equinox}, {spring equinox}] [ant: {autumnal equinox}] 2: (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces
vernal iris
1: low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers [syn: {dwarf iris}, {Iris verna}]
vernal witch hazel
1: fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring [syn: {Hamamelis vernalis}]
vernation
1: (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
Verne
1: French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) [syn: {Jules Verne}]
Verner
1: Danish philologist (1846-1896) [syn: {Karl Adolph Verner}]
vernier
1: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale [syn: {vernier scale}] 2: French mathematician who described t...
vernier caliper
1: a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements [syn: {vernier micrometer}]
vernier micrometer
1: a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements [syn: {vernier caliper}]
vernier scale
1: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale [syn: {vernier}]
vernix
1: a white cheese-like protective material that covers the skin of a fetus [syn: {vernix caseosa}]
vernix caseosa
1: a white cheese-like protective material that covers the skin of a fetus [syn: {vernix}]
vernonia
1: any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rus...
Verona
1: a city in Veneto on the River Adige
veronal
1: a barbiturate used as a hypnotic [syn: {barbital}, {barbitone}, {diethylbarbituric acid}, {diethylmalonylurea}]
Veronese
1: Italian painter of the venetian school (1528-1588) [syn: {Paolo Veronese}, {Paola Caliari}]
veronica
1: any plant of the genus Veronica [syn: {speedwell}]
Veronica agrestis
1: European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America [syn: {field speedwell}]
Veronica americana
1: plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers [syn: {brooklime}, {American brooklime}]
Veronica arvensis
1: erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America [syn: {corn speedwell}]
Veronica beccabunga
1: European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers often pink-flushed; sparsely naturalized in North America [syn: {brooklime}, {European brooklime}]
Veronica chamaedrys
1: Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers [syn: {germander speedwell}, {bird's eye}]
Veronica michauxii
1: plant of wet places in Eurasia and America [syn: {water speedwell}, {Veronica anagallis-aquatica}]
Veronica officinalis
1: common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes [syn: {common speedwell}, {gypsyweed}]
Veronica peregrina
1: North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe [syn: {purslane speedwell}]
Veronica serpyllifolia
1: perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World [syn: {thyme-leaved speedwell}]
Veronicastrum virginicum
1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn: {Culver's root}, {Culvers root}, {Culver's physic}, {Culvers physic}, {whorlywort}]
Verpa
1: a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top [syn: {bell morel}]
Verpa bohemica
1: resembles a thimble on a finger; the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down; fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees [syn: {ea...
Verpa conica
1: a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface; the stalk is fragile [syn: {conic Verpa}]
Verrazano
1: Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) [syn: {Giovanni da Verrazano}, {Verrazzano}, {Giovanni da Verrazzano}]
Verrazzano
1: Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) [syn: {Verrazano}, {Giovanni da Verrazano}, {Giovanni da Verrazzano}]
verruca
1: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus [syn: {wart}] [also: {verrucae} (pl)]
verruca acuminata
1: a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus [syn: {genital wart}, {venereal wart}, {condyloma acuminatum}]
verrucose
1: (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts [syn: {warty}, {wartlike}]
vers libre
1: unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern [syn: {free verse}]
Versace
1: Italian fashion designer (1946-1997) [syn: {Gianni Versace}]
Versailles
1: a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century 2: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris ne...
versant
1: the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" [syn: {mountainside}]
versatile
1: (used of persons) having many skills 2: having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn: {various}] 3: changeable or inconstant...
verse
1: literature in metrical form [syn: {poetry}, {poesy}] 2: a piece of poetry [syn: {rhyme}] 3: a line of metrical text [syn: {verse line}] v 1: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the anci...
verse form
1: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines [syn: {poem}]
verse line
1: a line of metrical text [syn: {verse}]
versed
1: thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience; "well versed in classical languages" [syn: {knowledgeable}] [ant: {unversed}] n : an injectable form of benzodiazepi...
versicle
1: a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation
versification
1: a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text) 2: the form or metrical composition of a poem 3: the art or practice of writing verse
versifier
1: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) [syn: {rhymer}, {rhymester}, {poetizer}, {poetiser}]
versify
1: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" [syn: {verse}, {poetize}, {poetise}] [also: {versified}]
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