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  • English Word Vernile Definition Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.
  • English Word Vernility Definition Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.
  • English Word Vernine Definition An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
  • English Word Vernish Definition Varnish.
  • English Word Vernonin Definition 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.
  • English Word Veronese Definition Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy.
  • English Word Veronese Definition A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona.
  • English Word Veronica Definition 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.
  • English Word Veronica Definition A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.
  • English Word Verray Definition Very; true.
  • English Word Verrayment Definition Verily; truly.
  • English Word Verrel Definition See Ferrule.
  • English Word Verriculate Definition Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches.
  • English Word Verruciform Definition Shaped like a wart or warts.
  • English Word Verrucose Definition Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.
  • English Word Verrucous Definition Verrucose.
  • English Word Verruculose Definition Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk.
  • English Word Vers Definition A verse or verses. See Verse.
  • English Word Vers de societe Definition See Society verses, under Society.
  • English Word Versability Definition The quality or state of being versable.
  • English Word Versable Definition Capable of being turned.
  • English Word Versableness Definition Versability.
  • English Word Versal Definition Universal.
  • English Word Versant Definition Familiar; conversant.
  • English Word Versant Definition The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
  • English Word Versatile Definition Capable of being turned round.
  • English Word Versatile Definition Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
  • English Word Versatile Definition 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.
  • English Word Versatile Definition 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.
  • English Word Versatility Definition The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.