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  • English Word Vehement Definition Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
  • English Word Vehement Definition Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
  • English Word Vehemently Definition In a vehement manner.
  • English Word Vehicle Definition That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.
  • English Word Vehicle Definition That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.
  • English Word Vehicle Definition A substance in which medicine is taken.
  • English Word Vehicle Definition Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.
  • English Word Vehicled Definition Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle.
  • English Word Vehicular Definition Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.
  • English Word Vehiculary Definition Vehicular.
  • English Word Vehiculate Definition To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.
  • English Word Vehiculation Definition Movement of vehicles.
  • English Word Vehiculatory Definition Vehicular.
  • English Word Vehmic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
  • English Word Veil Definition Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
  • English Word Veil Definition A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
  • English Word Veil Definition The calyptra of mosses.
  • English Word Veil Definition A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
  • English Word Veil Definition A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
  • English Word Veil Definition Same as Velum, 3.
  • English Word Veil Definition To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
  • English Word Veil Definition Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
  • English Word Veiled Definition of Veil
  • English Word Veiled Definition Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.
  • English Word Veiling Definition of Veil
  • English Word Veiling Definition A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
  • English Word Veilless Definition Having no veil.
  • English Word Vein Definition One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
  • English Word Vein Definition One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
  • English Word Vein Definition One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.