<B>verity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>truth. <BR> <I>Ex. denying the verity of my experiments (Benjamin Franklin). In sober verity I will confess a truth to thee (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a true statement, fact, opinion, or doctrine; a truth. <BR> <I>Ex. Beliefs that were accepted as eternal verities (James Henry Robinson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=reality.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="verjuice">
<B>verjuice, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an acid liquor made from the juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, or other sour fruits, formerly much used in cooking or for medicinal purposes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) sourness, as of temper, expression, or remark. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=verjuiced.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="verjuiced">
<B>verjuiced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with verjuice; sour. </DL>
<A NAME="verkrampte">
<B>verkrampte, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the conservative faction of the National Party in South Africa favoring rigid policies toward black Africans. </DL>
<A NAME="verligte">
<B>verligte, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the liberal faction of the National Party in South Africa favoring moderate policies toward black Africans. </DL>
<A NAME="vermeil">
<B>vermeil, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>silver, bronze, or copper coated with gilt. <DD><B> 2. </B>the color vermilion. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or like vermeil. <BR> <I>Ex. vermeil knives and forks.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the color vermilion. </DL>
<A NAME="vermian">
<B>vermian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>belonging or having to do with a former primary division of the animal kingdom comprising wormlike forms. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=wormlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vermicelli">
<B>vermicelli, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of flour and water, shaped into long, slender, solid threads thinner than spaghetti. </DL>
<A NAME="vermicidal">
<B>vermicidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> destroying worms; having the effect of a vermicide. </DL>
<A NAME="vermicide">
<B>vermicide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any substance or drug that kills worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms. </DL>
<A NAME="vermicular">
<B>vermicular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or characteristic of a worm or worms. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a worm in nature, form, or method of movement. <DD><B> 3. </B>like the wavy track of a worm. <DD><B> 4. </B>marked with close, wavy lines. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=worm-eaten.</B> adv. <B>vermicularly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vermiculate">
<B>vermiculate, </B>adjective, verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>vermicular; sinuous. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Subtile, idle, unwholesome, and, (as I may term them) vermiculate questions (Francis Bacon).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having tortuous excavations as if eaten by worms. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to ornament with winding and waving lines like the track of a worm. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become worm-eaten. </DL>
<A NAME="vermiculation">
<B>vermiculation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or condition of being infested with or eaten by worms. <DD><B> 2. </B>a marking or boring made by, or resembling the track of, a worm. <BR> <I>Ex. The face of the boards is ... eaten into innumerable vermiculations (Thomas Hardy).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) peristaltic movement. </DL>
<A NAME="vermicule">
<B>vermicule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a little worm. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small wormlike creature or object. </DL>
<A NAME="vermiculite">
<B>vermiculite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, hydrous micaceous silicate of aluminum, iron, and magnesium, occurring in small foliated scales. It is used as a filler in paint and concrete and as a soil conditioner and insulator. </DL>
<A NAME="vermiform">
<B>vermiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a worm; long, thin, and more or less cylindrical. </DL>
<A NAME="vermiformappendix">
<B>vermiform appendix,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slender tube, closed at one end, growing out of the large intestine in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen; appendix. Appendicitis is inflammation of the vermiform appendix. </DL>
<A NAME="vermiformprocess">
<B>vermiform process,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the median lobe of the cerebellum. <DD><B> 2. </B>the vermiform appendix. </DL>
<A NAME="vermifuge">
<B>vermifuge, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a medicine to expel worms from the intestines. <DD><I>adj. </I> causing the expulsion of worms from the intestines. </DL>
<A NAME="vermilion">
<B>vermilion, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bright red. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a bright-red coloring matter consisting of mercuric sulfide; cinnabar. <DD><B> b. </B>any one of various other bright-red coloring matters. <DD><I>adj. </I> bright-red; scarlet. <BR> <I>Ex. The black strokes of writing thereon looked like the twigs of a winter hedge against a vermilion sunset (Thomas Hardy).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to color or paint with vermilion. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) A blush vermilioned her face.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vermilionflycatcher">
<B>vermilion flycatcher,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flycatcher found from the southwestern United States to Argentina. The male has a vermilion crown, throat, and breast. </DL>
<A NAME="vermin">
<B>vermin, </B>noun pl. or sing.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>small animals that are troublesome or destructive. Fleas, lice, bedbugs, rats, and mice are vermin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) animals or birds that destroy game or poultry in game preserves. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a very unpleasant and troublesome or vile person or persons. </DL>
<A NAME="verminate">
<B>verminate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to breed vermin; become infested with parasitic vermin. </DL>
<A NAME="vermination">
<B>vermination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the breeding, growth, or production of vermin, especially parasitic vermin. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being infested with parasitic vermin. </DL>
<A NAME="verminicide">
<B>verminicide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a preparation for killing vermin. <BR> <I>Ex. During the summer months verminicide became a necessary item in the bazar (Blackwood's Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="verminous">
<B>verminous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>infested with or full of vermin, especially parasitic vermin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of diseases) caused by, due to, or characterized by the presence of parasitic vermin or intestinal worms. <DD><B> 3. </B>consisting of or having to do with vermin. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) like vermin; very unpleasant; vile. adv. <B>verminously.</B> noun <B>verminousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vermivorous">
<B>vermivorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> eating worms; feeding on worms, as certain birds. </DL>
<A NAME="vermonter">
<B>Vermonter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of the state of Vermont. </DL>
<A NAME="vermontese">
<B>Vermontese, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ese,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>=Vermonter.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to Vermont. <BR> <I>Ex. Our Vermontese housewives are not a little vain of their knowledge in making homemade wines (Ira Allen).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vermouth">
<B>vermouth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white wine, either dry (pale yellow) or sweet (usually reddish-brown), flavored with wormwood or other herbs and used as a liqueur or in cocktails. </DL>
<A NAME="vernacle">
<B>vernacle, </B>noun. <B>=vernicle.</B></DL>
<A NAME="vernacular">
<B>vernacular, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native language; language used by the people of a certain country or place. <BR> <I>Ex. a sixteenth century Saxon of peasant and mining stock, handling a vernacular which has at no period been remarkable for refinement (C. V. Wedgewood). Turns of speech that showed they had been that instant translated from the vernacular (Rudyard Kipling).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>everyday language; informal speech. <DD><B> b. </B>a vernacular word or idiom. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) the language of a particular profession, trade, or other group. <BR> <I>Ex. There are many strange words in the vernacular of lawyers.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the common name of a plant or animal, not its scientific name, such as <I>black-eyed Susan</I> for <I>Rudbeckia serotina.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>used by the people of a certain country or district; native. <BR> <I>Ex. English is our vernacular tongue.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or in the native language, rather than a literary or learned language. <DD><B> 3. </B>of, having to do with, or forming part of the native language. <DD><B> 4. </B>(of arts or features of these) native or peculiar to a certain country or locality. <BR> <I>Ex. the vernacular style of architecture.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>of or designating the common informal name given to a plant or animal. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) (of a disease) endemic. adv. <B>vernacularly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vernacularism">
<B>vernacularism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a vernacular word, idiom, or mode of expression. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of the vernacular. </DL>
<A NAME="vernacularist">
<B>vernacularist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a vernacular writer; person who writes in the language of the people or country. <BR> <I>Ex. There was ample material ... which in the hands of a vernacularist of genius could produce a play as striking as "Strife" (Glasgow Herald).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vernacularization">
<B>vernacularization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of making, or fact of being made, vernacular or native to a language. <BR> <I>Ex. Thousands of words ... on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization, must have met with repugnance (Fitzedward Hall).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vernacularize">
<B>vernacularize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make vernacular; express in or translate into the vernacular. <BR> <I>Ex. The author undoubtedly felt under obligation to vernacularize his style (Sidney Ditzion).</I> </DL>
