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vegetate to be lazy, dull, and inactive; do almost nothing. [2 definitions]
vegetation plants or plant life generally, as in a particular area. [2 definitions]
vegetative having to do with plants or their growth and nutrition. [3 definitions]
vehement intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. [2 definitions]
vehicle a device used to transport people or things. [2 definitions]
vehicular of, relating to, or made for vehicles. [3 definitions]
veil a thin piece of fabric or netting, usu. worn over the head, shoulders, and face. [3 definitions]
veiled expressed or presented in an obscure way; partially hidden or covered. [2 definitions]
veiling a lightweight, gauzy material used to make veils. [3 definitions]
vein one of the many small vessels that transport blood toward the heart. [6 definitions]
veining a formation, distribution, or arrangement of veins or veinlike parts or marks.
veinlet a small or secondary vein.
veiny having or showing veins; full of veins.
velamen a covering of fine membrane; velum.
velar of or relating to a thin membrane, esp. the soft palate. [3 definitions]
Velcro trademark for a fastening device consisting of a strip of nylon tape with tiny hooklike loops that attach to a strip with a matted surface, used esp. on clothing and cloth furnishings.
veld an open, grassy stretch of land with only occasional trees or shrubs, esp. as found in southern Africa.
velleity volition or willing in its weakest form. [2 definitions]
vellum a fine-grained calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin that has been treated to serve as book pages or covers. [4 definitions]
velocipede any of several early bicycles or tricycles. [2 definitions]
velociraptor a carnivorous, bipedal dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor, having feathers, a long tail, and a sickle-shaped claw on each hind foot.