| venturi tube |
a short tube with a constricted section at the center that lowers the pressure and increases the velocity of fluid flowing through the tube, used to measure fluid flow. |
| venturous |
venturesome. |
| venue |
the location of any action or event. [2 definitions] |
| venule |
a small vein. [2 definitions] |
| Venus |
in Roman mythology, the goddess of love and beauty; Aphrodite. [2 definitions] |
| Venusian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the planet Venus. [2 definitions] |
| Venus's-flytrap |
a swamp plant of the southeastern United States having leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when the sensitive hairs on them are touched, as by an insect. |
| 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. |