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vastly

adverb · to an exceedingly great extent or degree

Example: He had vastly overestimated his resources

vatical

adjective · resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

Example: the high priest's divinatory pronouncement

vault

noun · the act of jumping over an obstacle

vaulted

adjective · having a hemispherical vault or dome

vauntingly

adverb · in a boastful manner

Example: he talked big all evening

vcr

noun · a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs

vedic

adjective · of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written

Example: the Vedic literature

veer

verb · shift to a clockwise direction

Example: the wind veered

vege out

verb · engage in passive relaxation

Example: After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television

vegetal

adjective · (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes

vegetate

verb · engage in passive relaxation

Example: After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television

vegetational

adjective · composed of vegetation or plants

Example: regions rich in vegetal products

veggie

noun · edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

vehemently

adverb · in a vehement manner

Example: he vehemently denied the accusations against him

vehicular

adjective · of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles

Example: vehicular traffic

veiled

adjective · muted or unclear

Example: veiled sounds

veinal

adjective · relating to the veins of plants

Example: leaves affected with veinal mosaic

veined

adjective · having or showing markings that resemble veins

veinlike

adjective · having or showing markings that resemble veins

vellicate

verb · irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

Example: smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth

velvet

adjective · resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

velvet osier

noun · willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry

velvet plant

noun · Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

velvet-textured

adjective · smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

velvety

adjective · resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

vena iliaca

noun · one of three veins draining the pelvic area

vena mesenterica

noun · a tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery

vena nasalis externa

noun · one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein

vena phrenica

noun · either of two veins that drain the diaphragm

vena portae

noun · a short vein that carries blood into the liver

vena thoracoepigastrica

noun · a vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein

venae cerebrum inferior

noun · veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses

venal

adjective · capable of being corrupted

Example: corruptible judges

venally

adverb · in a corrupt and deceitful manner

Example: he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend

vend

verb · sell or offer for sale from place to place

vendee

noun · a person who buys

veneer

noun · an ornamental coating to a building

venerate

verb · regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

Example: Fear God as your father

veneration

noun · religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

venetian sumac

noun · Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

veneto

noun · a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic

venezuelan

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Venezuela or its people

Example: Venezuelan oil

vengeful

adjective · disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen

Example: more vindictive than jealous love

vengefully

adverb · in a vindictive, revengeful manner

Example: he plotted vindictively against his former superiors

venomed

adjective · full of malice or hate

Example: venomed remarks

venomous

adjective · marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

Example: poisonous hate

ventilate

verb · expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

Example: air the old winter clothes

ventilated

adjective · exposed to air

Example: a well ventilated room

ventner

noun · United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)

ventral placentation

noun · with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary

ventricle

noun · a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

ventricose

adjective · having a swelling on one side

Example: the ventricose gullet of an insect

ventricular fold

noun · either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization