English words: velarness to venefice

300 English words, part 11 of 34 of the words starting with V, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.

English words velarness to venefice

velarness noun: Quality of being velar.
velary adjective: Relating to a curve representing the motion of a sail blown by the wind.
Velasco proper noun: A surname from Spanish
Velasquez proper noun /vəˈlæskɛz/: A surname from Spanish.
velate adjective: Having a veil; veiled.
velated adjective: Synonym of velate.
velatid noun: Any sea star of the order Velatida
velation noun: A veiling; concealment; mystery.
velatura noun: A translucent whitish glaze in painting.
velayat noun: Alternative form of vilayet.
Velazquez proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Velazquezian adjective: Of, or characteristic of Diego Velázquez, or his art.
velcome adjective, interjection, noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of welcome.
velcro noun, verb /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/: To fasten with Velcro.
Velcro cat noun: A cat that is very attached to its owner and rarely leaves the owner's side.
Velcro child noun: A child who gives strong hugs.
Velcro dog noun: A dog that is very attached to its owner and rarely leaves the owner's side.
velcro plant noun: A plant, (Galium aparine)
velcroid noun: One who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.
VELCT noun: Abbreviation of Velocity Energy-efficient and Link-aware Cluster-Tree, a cluster and tree based topology management protocol for mobile wireless sensor...
veld noun /vɛlt/: The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
veld sore noun: Alternative form of veldt sore.
veldcraft noun: bushcraft associated with the African veld
veldfire noun: A wildfire on the veld.
Veldhoven proper noun: A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
veldman noun: A man who lives on the veld, using bushcraft to survive.
veldschoen noun: Alternative form of veldskoen.
veldskoen noun /ˈfeltskʊn/: Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
veldt noun: Dated spelling of veld.
veldt shoe noun: A veldskoen.
veldt sore noun: An infectious sore, usually on the hands or feet, that is a symptom of cutaneous diphtheria.
veldtcraft noun: Alternative form of veldcraft.
veldtschoen noun: Alternative form of veldtschoon.
veldtschoon noun: A shoe of untanned leather.
velella noun: Velella velella, a free-floating marine protozoan of the monospecific genus Velella.
velellid noun: Any hydrozoan in the family Velellidae, synonym for the Porpitidae.
veleta noun: A dance to waltz music in triple time.
Veleti noun: confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Western Pomerania
Velez proper noun: A surname.
velfie noun /ˈvɛlfi/: A video selfie.
velic adjective: Of the velum or velopharynx; used to describe disordered speech or non-speech vocalization.
Velie proper noun: A surname.
velifer noun: Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus)
veliferid noun: Any fish in the family Veliferidae of velifers or sailfin moonfishes.
veliferous adjective: Having or bearing a sail.
veliform adjective: Resembling a veil.
veliger noun: The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
veligerous adjective: Having a velum.
veligrotug noun: A monoclonal antibody medication used to treat thyroid eye disease.
veliid noun: Any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.
Velika proper noun: A municipality of Croatia.
velikite noun: A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing copper, mercury, sulfur, and tin.
Velikovskian adjective: Of or relating to Immanuel Velikovsky (Russian: Иммануи́л Велико́вский; 1895–1979), Russian, Israeli, and American scholar and writer of pseudoscience and...
Velikovsky proper noun: A surname
Velikovskyan adjective: Alternative form of Velikovskian.
Velikovskyism noun: A pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.
Velimir proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
veliparib noun: A potential anticancer drug acting as a PARP inhibitor.
velitary noun: A participant in a velitation; a soldier.
velitation noun: A fight or skirmish.
velite noun: A type of Roman infantryman who worked as a skirmisher.
Veliternian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Velitrae
Veliz proper noun: A surname.
Veljko proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
vell noun, verb /vɛl/: To cut the turf from, as for burning.
Vella proper noun: A surname from Maltese.
Vellacott proper noun: A surname.
Vellala noun: Alternative form of Vellalar
Vellalar noun: A member of a non-homogenous group of castes in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka, traditionally associated...
vellard noun: A causeway.
velleitary adjective: Slow in taking action; lacking resolve.
velleity noun /vɛˈliː.ɪ.ti/: The lowest degree of desire or volition; a total lack of effort to act.
vellicate verb /ˈvɛlɪkeɪt/: To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
vellicating adjective, verb: Causing vellication; irritating or tickling.
vellication noun: An instance of tickling or minor irritation.
vellicative adjective: Causing vellication; provoking irritation or twitching.
vellichor noun /ˈvɛl.əˌkɔː/: The pensive nostalgia and temporality of used bookstores; the feeling evoked by the scent of old books or paper.
vellie noun: Veldskoen.
vellomania noun: enthusiasm for vellum manuscripts
vellon noun: An old Spanish coin made from copper-based billon.
Vellore proper noun: A city in Tamil Nadu, India.
vellosiminol noun: Synonym of normacusine.
vellosine noun: An alkaloid found in Geissospermum laeve (syn. Geissospermum vellosii), a plant of Brazil that has antiperiodic properties.
velloziaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Velloziaceae of monocot plants.
vellum noun /ˈvɛləm/: A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
vellum cloth noun: A fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth or book cover.
vellum paper noun: A heavy ungrained smooth paper, sometimes used in fine printing.
vellumlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of vellum.
vellumy adjective: Resembling vellum.
vellus noun: The stipe of certain fungi.
vellus hair noun: Short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood.
Velma proper noun /ˈvɛlmə/: A female given name originating as a coinage.
velmanase alfa noun: A medication for the treatment of alpha-mannosidosis.
velo- prefix: Pertaining to a velum, usually the velum palatinum (soft palate, palatum molle)
velocardiofacial adjective: Exhibiting velar, facial and cardiac defects.
veloce adverb: (To be played) with great rapidity.
velociman noun: An early form of bicycle propelled by hand.
velocimeter noun: A device used to measure the velocity of something, such as an object or a wave.
velocimetric adjective: Of, pertaining to, or measured using velocimetry
velocimetry noun: The measurement of the velocity of fluids
velocious adjective: Rapid; fast.
velociously adverb: In a velocious fashion; fastly; rapidly; expressly.
velociousness noun: The quality of being velocious.
velocipedal adjective: Of or relating to velocipedes.
velocipede noun, verb /vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːd/: An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
velocipedean noun: Alternative form of velocipedian.
velocipeder noun: The rider of a velocipede.
velocipedestrian noun: One who rides a velocipede, or a bicycle.
velocipedestrienne noun: A female velocipedestrian.
velocipedian noun: One who rides a velocipede, or a bicycle.
velocipedic adjective: Of or relating to velocipedes.
velocipedist noun: Someone who rides a velocipede.
velociraptor noun /vəˌlɒsɪˈɹæptɚ/: A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in...
velociraptorine noun: Any theropod of the subfamily Velociraptorinae
velocitation noun: Synonym of velocitization
velocitization noun: The condition of being accustomed to high speeds, so that they no longer seem as fast.
velocitize verb: To inure to high speeds.
velocitized adjective, verb: Accustomed to travelling at high speed.
velocitometry noun: Synonym of velocimetry (“typically, of blood”).
velocitous adjective: rapid; speedy
velocity noun /vəˈlɒsəti/: A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
velocity curve noun: A graph of the orbital speeds of the stars of a galaxy with respect to their distance from the galaxy's centre
velocity dispersion noun: The statistical dispersion (about a mean) of the velocities of the stars in a galaxy (or galaxies in a cluster)
velocity potential noun: A scalar potential function relating to the flow’s velocity distribution, defined as ϕ=∇⃑V.
velodorsal adjective: Formed when the soft palate lowers to touch the back of the tongue, due to developmental problems in the anatomy of the mouth, as opposed to velar (or more...
velodrome noun /ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/: An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.
velodyne noun: A device that regulates the rotational speed of a shaft
veloergometer noun: An ergometer built into an exercise bicycle
veloergometry noun: ergometry measured on a static form of bicycle
velogen noun: A velogenic virus
velogenic adjective: Highly virulent.
velology noun: The hobby of collecting vehicle tax discs.
velometer noun: An instrument that measures the speed of air.
velomobile noun /ˈvɛləməbiːl/: A human-powered vehicle, typically a recumbent tricycle with an outer fairing for aerodynamic advantage and/or protection from weather and collisions.
velopalatal adjective: Relating to the soft palate
velopharyngeal adjective, noun: Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)
velopharyngoplasty noun: A surgical procedure that reconstructs or modifies the velum and the back of the pharynx to improve how they close during speech and swallowing.
velopharynx noun: The region of the soft palate and the pharynx
velophile noun: Someone who enjoys bicycles or cycling
veloplasty noun: repair of the soft palate
Veloso proper noun: A surname.
velotaxi noun: pedicab, cycle rickshaw (cycle rickshaw used as taxi)
velour noun /vəˈlʊə(ɹ)/: A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
veloured adjective: Covered in velour.
velouté noun /vəluˈteɪ/: A mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.
veloutine noun: A corded fabric of merino and fancy wool.
veloway noun: Synonym of cycle track.
Veloz proper noun: A surname.
velpatasvir noun: An NS5A inhibitor used together with sofosbuvir in the treatment of hepatitis C.
velsecorat noun: A glucocorticoid receptor modulator used to treat asthma
velskoen noun: Alternative form of veldskoen.
velt-marshal noun: A field marshal, in the militaries of certain countries.
velte noun: An old French unit of liquid measure, approximately 7.617 litres.
veltheimia noun: A South African plant of the genus Veltheimia
veltliner noun: A white wine made from a grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, often served with food.
Veltman proper noun: A surname.
Veltri proper noun: A surname from Italian.
veltuzumab noun: A monoclonal antibody under investigation for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
velum noun /ˈviː.ləm/: The soft palate.
velure noun, verb: A fabric similar to velvet.
velutinate adjective: Synonym of velutinous.
velutinid noun: Any of the gastropods in the family Velutinidae.
velutinoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
velutinous adjective: Having a layer of soft short hairs, like velvet.
Velux noun: A skylight or roof window, especially one manufactured by the VELUX company.
Velva proper noun: A city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.
velveeta noun: The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups.
velverd noun: A bird, the fieldfare.
velveret noun /ˈvɛlvəɹɪt/: Synonym of velveteen.
velvet adjective, noun, verb /ˈvɛlvɪt/: A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
velvet ant noun: A wasp of the family Mutillidae with dense hair and whose wingless females resemble ants.
velvet antler noun: Pre-ossified deer antler, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
velvet ash noun: A North American ash tree, of species Fraxinus velutina.
velvet bean noun: Mucuna pruriens.
velvet cichlid noun: Synonym of oscar (“type of fish”).
velvet cork noun: The best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous.
velvet crab noun: Necora puber, the largest swimming crab found in British coastal waters.
velvet divorce noun: A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
velvet duck noun: velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)
velvet flower noun: Amaranthus caudatus, an annual flowering plant, the love-lies-bleeding.
velvet glove noun: Superficial gentleness and courtesy masking a strong and unyielding will or determination.
velvet handcuffs noun: Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it.
velvet hippo noun: A pit bull terrier.
velvet leatherjacket noun: Synonym of smooth leatherjacket.
velvet noise noun: A sparse sequence of random positive and negative impulses.
velvet paper noun: flock paper
velvet pile noun: Any material with a long, soft nap.
Velvet Revolution noun: Any non-violent political revolution, especially the events in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce.
velvet scoter noun: An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.
velvet shank noun: An enoki or enokitake mushroom, Flammulina velutipes.
velvet spider noun: any spider, of the family Eresidae, that build unkempt webs
velvet tamarind noun: Dialium cochinchinense, native to southeast Asia.
velvet tree noun: Miconia calvescens
velvet water bug noun: Any insect in the family Hebridae, which lives in vegetation in and around water
velvet work noun: Embroidery on velvet.
velvet worm noun: Any of the phylum Onychophora of wormlike invertebrates, characterized by velvety skin texture, numerous stubby legs, and the ability to eject sticky slime...
velvetbean noun: Alternative form of velvet bean.
velvetbreast noun: The goosander (Mergus merganser).
velveted adjective, verb: Covered with velvet; wearing velvet clothing.
velveteen noun /ˈvɛlvətiːn/: A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
velveteened adjective: Dressed in velveteen.
velvetfish noun: Any of a family of scorpaeniform fish (Aploactinidae).
velvetgrass noun: Holcus lanatus, a perennial grass.
velvetine noun: Alternative spelling of velveteen.
velvetiness noun: Quality of being velvety.
velveting noun, verb: The nap of velvet.
velvetleaf noun: A tall Asian herb, of species Abutilon theophrasti, that has velvety heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
velvetlike adjective: Resembling velvet or some aspect of it.
velvetmallow noun: Any of the flowering species of the genus Horsfordia.
velvetry noun: Garments or furnishings made from velvet.
velvetseed noun: Any of various plants in the genus Guettarda.
velvetty adjective: Alternative form of velvety.
velvetweed noun: The flowering plant Oenothera curtiflora.
velvetworm noun: Alternative form of velvet worm.
velvety adjective /ˈvɛlvəti/: Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
VEM noun: Initialism of variable entrant map.
vemurafenib noun: A drug for the treatment of late-stage melanoma.
Vemuri proper noun: A surname from Telugu.
ven adjective, prefix: Abbreviation of venerable.
vena noun: Synonym of vein.
vena cava noun /ˌviːnə ˈkeɪvə/: Either of the two large veins that take oxygen depleted blood, from the upper body and from the lower body, and return it to the right atrium of the heart.
vena caval adjective: Relating to the vena cava.
Venable proper noun /ˈvɛn.ə.bl̩/: A surname.
Venables proper noun: A village in Eure department, Normandy, France.
venacavaplasty noun: Repair of the vena cava
venacavography noun: radiography of the vena cava, typically using a contrast medium
venada noun: A species of deer; the pudu.
venal adjective /ˈviːnəl/: Venous; pertaining to veins.
venality noun /vɪˈnælɪti/: The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
venalization noun: The process of venalizing.
venalize verb: To make venal; to put up for purchase.
venally adverb: In a venal fashion; mercenarily or in a manner subject to corruption.
venalness noun: Quality of being venal.
venanatin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Venancio proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Venango proper noun: A village in Perkins County, Nebraska, United States.
venanzite noun: An olivine melilitite mineral from San Venanzo in Italy.
venary adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to hunting.
venatic adjective: Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting.
venatical adjective: Alternative form of venatic.
venatically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, hunting.
venatio noun: The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.
venation noun: The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
venational adjective: Relating to a venation
venatorial adjective: Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting or the chase.
venatorian adjective: Venatorial.
venatorious adjective: Venatorial.
venatory adjective: venatorial; relating to hunting
Vence proper noun: A commune in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
venceremin noun: Any of a group of peptides associated with heat shock
vend noun, verb /vɛnd/: Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
Venda noun /ˈvɛndə/: A member of the Black people of this area.
vendable adjective, noun: Alternative form of vendible.
vendace noun /ˈvɛndɪs/: Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Vendan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Venda.
vendange noun: The annual grape harvest, especially in France.
vendaval noun: A westerly wind, especially one that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco, or a similar wind in the...
vendavel noun: Alternative form of vendaval.
Vendean adjective: Of or from the Vendée
vendee noun: The person to whom something is sold; a buyer; a purchaser.
vender noun: Dated spelling of vendor.
vendetta noun /vɛnˈdɛtə/: Revenge.
Vendetti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
vendettist noun: One who takes part in a vendetta.
vendeuse noun: A saleswoman in a fashionable clothing store.
Vendian proper noun: A sub-era from ~610 to 542.0 ± 1.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Proterozoic.
vendibility noun: The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.
vendible adjective, noun /ˈvɛndɪb(ə)l/: Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
vendibleness noun: The property of being vendible.
vendicate verb /ˈvɛn.dɪ.keɪt/: To claim, assert, or maintain a right for oneself.
vendication noun: An act of claiming property.
vendidaite noun: A monoclinic sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₃Cl·6H₂O.
vending machine noun /ˈvɛndɪŋ məˌʃiːn/: An automatic machine that dispenses merchandise (often food or beverages) in return for payment (originally coins; now also often paper money, credit cards,...
venditate verb: To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.
venditation noun: boastfulness; showing off.
vendition noun: The act of vending or selling; sale.
Vendlerian adjective: Of or relating to Zeno Vendler (1921–2004), Hungarian-born philosopher.
Vendôme proper noun /vɒ̃ˈdoʊm/: A town and commune of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
vendor noun, verb /ˈvɛn.də/: A person or a company that vends or sells.
vendor agnostic adjective, noun: Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer.
vendor bid noun: A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep...
vendor locator noun: A unique alphanumeric reference given by a computer reservations system to each sector of a travel booking.
vendor's lien noun: An implied lien (that is, one not created by mortgage or other express agreement) given in equity to a vendor of lands for the unpaid purchase money.
vendorship noun: The state or business of a vendor.
vendorspeak noun: The jargon used by vendors.
vendu noun: Alternative form of vendue.
vendu master noun: Alternative form of vendue master.
vendue noun: A public auction.
vendue master noun: A male auctioneer.
venectomy noun: The excision of part of a vein, typically as a treatment for varicose veins
Vened noun: Alternative form of Wend.
Venedotian adjective, noun /vɛnɪdˈəʊʃən/: Of, from, or pertaining to Venedotia or Gwynedd.
veneer noun, verb /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/: A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
veneer moth noun: Any of various species of moth.
veneer saw noun: A small double-edged tool for cutting thin hardwood veneer.
veneer theory noun: The idea that morality is simply a cultural manner that hides man's innate amorality.
veneerer noun: A person who makes and applies veneers.
veneering noun, verb: An application of veneer.
venefic adjective /vəˈnɛfɪk/: poisonous; pertaining to poison or poisoning
venefice noun: The act or practice of poisoning.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under V: 9,970 words, in 34 parts.