| Venus Williams |
U.S. professional tennis player, who in 1998 set a Guinness World Record for serving the fastest ball in the history of women's tennis (205 km/h, or 127.4 mph); born Venus Ebone Starr Williams (b. 1980). |
| veracious |
habitually speaking the truth; honest; truthful. [2 definitions] |
| veracity |
adherence to truthfulness; honesty. [3 definitions] |
| veranda |
a large porch attached to a house, usu. roofed, often partially enclosed, and used esp. for social activities. |
| verb |
in grammar, a word that communicates a state of being or an action and that usu. has inflected forms to indicate tense, voice, mood, or agreement with a subject or object. |
| verbal |
of or relating to words. [5 definitions] |
| verbalism |
a verbal expression; word or phrase. [3 definitions] |
| verbalist |
a person who uses words skillfully. [2 definitions] |
| verbalization |
the act or process, or an instance, of expressing something in words, especially spoken words. |
| verbalize |
to express (something) by using words, esp. spoken words. |
| verbal noun |
a noun that is derived from a verb; gerund, such as "driving" in "He hates driving," or infinitive, such as "to swim" in "She loves to swim". |
| verbatim |
using exactly the same words; word for word. [2 definitions] |
| verbena |
one of a group of plants that usu. have square stems and opposite leaves, and that bear spikes of colorful flowers. |
| verbiage |
more words than necessary; wordiness. |
| verbless |
combined form of verb. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |
| verboten |
(German) strictly prohibited; forbidden. |
| verb phrase |
in grammar, either a phrase that includes a verb with auxiliary verbs, such as "had been crying," or one that includes a verb and adverb, such as "give up". |
| verdant |
covered with vegetation. [2 definitions] |
| verdict |
the finding of a judge or jury in a law case. [2 definitions] |
| verdigris |
a greenish or bluish patina of copper sulfate or copper chloride that forms on surfaces of copper, brass, or bronze as they are exposed to air or water. [2 definitions] |