English words: ventre à terre to verbality

300 English words, part 13 of 34 of the words starting with V, A to Z. 22 have a page of their own.

English words ventre à terre to verbality

ventre à terre adverb: At breakneck speed.
ventresca noun: Flesh from the belly of a tuna, which is prepared in oil and served as food.
Ventress proper noun: A surname.
ventri- prefix: ventral; abdominal; abdomen.
ventrianal adjective: Between the abdomen and the anus.
ventric adjective: ventral
ventricle noun /ˈvɛn.tɹɪk.əl/: One of two lower chambers of the heart.
ventricose adjective: distended; corpulent
ventricoseness noun: The quality of being ventricose.
ventricosity noun: The quality of being ventricose.
ventricous adjective: Alternative form of ventricose.
ventricular adjective: Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
ventricular fibrillation noun: An abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.
ventricular tachycardia noun: A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart.
ventricularis noun: A muscle extending along the wall of the ventricle from the lateral wall of the arytenoid cartilage to the side of the epiglottis.
ventricularization noun: The process, or the result of ventricularizing
ventricularize verb: To transform an atrial waveform etc. into a ventricular one
ventricularly adverb: In a ventricular manner.
ventriculated adjective: Having ventricles
ventriculite noun: Any of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites.
ventriculitis noun: Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.
ventriculo- prefix: ventricle
ventriculoaortic adjective: Relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
ventriculoarterial adjective: Refers to the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the primary arteries of the heart.
ventriculoatrial adjective: Relating to the ventricles and atrium.
ventriculoatriostomy noun /vɛnˌtrɪkjəloʊˌeɪtriˈɑstəmi/: A surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.
ventriculobulbar adjective: ventricular and bulbar
ventriculocisternal adjective: Of or pertaining to a ventricle and a cistern, usually one of the cerebral ventricles and one of the subarachnoid cisterns (such as the fourth ventricle and...
ventriculocisternostomy noun: A treatment for hydrocephalus that involves the creation of an opening between the third ventricle and the interpeduncular cistern for drainage of...
ventriculocordectomy noun: The surgical removal of the vocal cords.
ventriculocyte noun: A ventricular cell
ventriculoencephalitis noun: inflammation of the ventricles of the brain
ventriculogram noun: A diagnostic image produced by ventriculography.
ventriculographic adjective: Relating to ventriculography
ventriculography noun: Imaging of ventricles, usually in the heart.
ventriculojugular adjective: Relating to a ventricle and the jugulum.
ventriculolumbar adjective: Relating to the ventricle (of the brain) and the lower back.
ventriculomegaly noun: dilation of the lateral ventricles of the brain
ventriculoperitoneal adjective: Relating to a ventricle and the peritoneum
ventriculoplasty noun: Repair of a damaged ventricle
ventriculopleural adjective: Relating to a ventricle and the pleura.
ventriculoscope noun: An instrument used for ventriculoscopy.
ventriculoscopic adjective: Relating to ventriculoscopy.
ventriculoscopy noun: The examination of the brain's ventricles using a fibre optic instrument.
ventriculose adjective: Slightly ventricose.
ventriculostomy noun: A neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.
ventriculosubgaleal adjective: ventricular and subgaleal
ventriculotomic adjective: Relating to ventriculotomy
ventriculotomy noun: incision into a ventricle
ventriculous adjective: Somewhat distended in the middle.
ventriculoventricular adjective: Connecting the two ventricles of the heart.
ventriculus noun /vɛnˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/: A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.
ventricumbent adjective: Lying face-down.
ventriduct verb: To bring, carry, or draw the head of an animal (or another body part) toward the belly or the lower (ventral) surface.
ventrifixation noun: Alternative form of ventrofixation.
ventrilateral adjective: Alternative form of ventrolateral.
ventriloqual adjective: Relating to ventriloquism.
ventriloqually adverb: By means of ventriloquism.
ventriloquate verb: To speak without moving the lips, like ventriloquists do.
ventriloque noun: ventriloquist
ventriloquial adjective /vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/: Of or relating to ventriloquy.
ventriloquially adverb: By means of ventriloquism.
ventriloquise verb: Alternative form of ventriloquize.
ventriloquism noun /vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/: The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
ventriloquist noun /vɛnˈtɹɪl.ə.kwɪst/: A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
ventriloquistic adjective: Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist, ventriloquists or ventriloquism.
ventriloquistical adjective: Alternative form of ventriloquistic.
ventriloquistically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, ventriloquism.
ventriloquize verb: To practice ventriloquism.
ventriloquous adjective: Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.
ventriloquously adverb: By means of ventriloquism.
ventriloquy noun: Ventriloquism.
ventrimesal adjective: Alternative form of ventromesal.
ventrimeson noun: The ventral edge of the meson.
ventripotent adjective /vɛnˈtɹɪpətənt/: Having a big belly.
ventripotential adjective: Big-bellied; ventripotent.
ventrite noun: A ventral plate.
ventro- prefix: Alternative form of ventri-.
ventro-dorsad adverb: Both ventrad and dorsad.
ventro-inguinal adjective: Pertaining to both the abdomen and the groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal.
ventroanterior adjective: ventral and anterior
ventroanteriorly adverb: In a ventroanterior manner or direction
ventroapical adjective: ventral and apical
ventroapically adverb: In a ventroapical fashion.
ventrobasal adjective: Both ventral and basal
ventrobasally adverb: ventrally and basally
ventrobasilar adjective: ventral and basilar
ventrobronchial adjective: ventral and bronchial
ventrobronchus noun: Any of several tubes in the avian respiratory system which transport air from one of the parabronchi to the anterior air sacs.
ventrocaudal adjective: Both ventral and caudal
ventrocaudally adverb: In a ventrocaudal direction
ventrocentral adjective: Both ventral and central.
ventrocephalic adjective: ventral and cephalic
ventrocranial adjective: Relating to the front of the cranium
ventrodistal adjective: Both ventral and distal
ventrodistally adverb: In a ventrodistal direction or position
ventrodorsad adjective: Alternative form of ventro-dorsad.
ventrodorsal adjective: dorsoventral
ventrodorsally adverb: In a ventrodorsal manner.
ventrofixation noun: The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall.
ventroflex verb: To undergo ventroflexion
ventroflexed adjective: Modified by ventroflexion
ventroflexion noun: ventral flexion of the head
ventroflexive adjective: Relating to ventroflexion
ventrofrontal adjective: ventral and frontal
ventrogluteal adjective: ventral and gluteal
ventrointermediate adjective: ventral and intermediate
ventrointestinal adjective: Relating to the abdomen and the intestines
ventrolabial adjective: ventral and labial
ventrolabially adverb: In a ventrolabial manner
ventrolateral adjective: Both ventral and lateral
ventrolaterally adjective: Both ventrally and laterally, or involving movement in this direction.
ventrolimbic adjective: Relating to the abdomen and the limbic system
ventrolingual adjective: ventral to the tongue
ventrolingually adverb: In a ventrolingual direction
ventromedial adjective: Both ventral and medial
ventromedially adverb: In a ventromedial direction
ventromedian adjective: ventromedial
ventromesal adjective: ventral and mesal
ventromesial adjective: ventral and mesial
ventronasal adjective: ventral and nasal
ventroparietal adjective: Relating to the abdominal wall.
ventropostaxial adjective: ventral and postaxial
ventropostaxially adverb: In a ventropostaxial manner or direction
ventroposteriomedial adjective: ventral and posteriomedial
ventroposterior adjective: ventral and posterior
ventroposteriorized adjective: ventrally posteriorized
ventroposteriorly adverb: In a ventroposterior manner or direction
ventroposterolateral adjective: ventral and posterolateral
ventroposteromedial adjective: ventral and posteromedial
ventroprolateral adjective: ventral and prolateral
ventroproximal adjective: Both ventral and proximal
ventroproximally adverb: In a ventroproximal direction or position
ventroptin noun: An antagonist of bone morphogenetic protein that is used to regulate angiogenesis and neovascularisation
ventrorostral adjective: rostroventral
ventrorostrally adverb: In a ventrorostral manner or direction
ventrose adjective: Corpulent.
ventrosity noun: pot-belliedness
ventrostriatal adjective: ventral and striatal
ventrosublateral adjective: ventral and sublateral
ventrosubmedian adjective: ventral and submedian
ventrotemporal adjective: ventral and temporal
ventrovegetal adjective: ventral and vegetal
ventroventral adjective: Relating to the ventral surfaces of two structures or organisms.
ventroversion noun: a bending in a ventral direction
ventrum noun: abdomen, belly (especially of an animal)
Ventry proper noun: A village on the Dingle peninsula in northwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Ventsislav proper noun: A male given name from Bulgarian.
Ventspils proper noun: A city in Latvia.
Ventura proper noun /vɛnˈt(j)ʊɹə/: A surname.
venturable adjective: Capable of being ventured.
venture noun, verb /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/: A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
venture capital noun /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə ˈkæpɪtəl/: Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
venture capitalism noun: A form of capitalism which invests in innovative enterprises, particularly high technology, and where both the risks and the potential profits are large.
venture capitalist noun: An investor who invests money in an innovative enterprise for which the potential for high profit and the risk of loss are both considerable.
Venture Scout noun: Alternative form of Venturer Scout.
venturer noun: One who ventures; a traveller or explorer.
Venturer Scout noun: A member of a scouting program for young adults.
venturesome adjective /ˈvɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)səm/: Adventurous; bold; willing to take risks.
venturesomely adverb: In a manner that is bold and willing to take risks; adventurously.
venturesomeness noun: The degree or quality of being venturesome.
venturi noun /vɛnˈtjʊəɹi/: A venturi tube.
venturi effect noun: The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.
venturi injector noun: A component that uses the venturi effect to inject a small amount of one fluid into the flow of another fluid, used e.g. to inject fertilizer solution or...
venturi scrubber noun: A device that uses the venturi effect to separate particles or droplets from a gas stream, used widely to reduce air pollution.
venturi tube noun: Alternative letter-case form of venturi tube.
venturiaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Venturiaceae.
venturicidin noun: Any of a group of antifungal compounds isolated from bacteria.
venturine noun: Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.
venturing noun, verb: The act of one who ventures.
venturingly adverb: hesitantly; with trepidation
Venturini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
venturous adjective: Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
venturously adverb: In a venturous manner; daringly; in a fashion displaying boldness, or an enterprising spirit.
venturousness noun: The quality or state of being venturous; mettle; one's willingness to undertake potentially hazardous endeavours.
ventuse verb: Alternative form of ventouse.
venu noun: One of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.
venue noun /ˈvɛnjuː/: A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
Venugopal proper noun: A surname from Malayalam.
venula noun: A venule.
venular adjective: Of or pertaining to venules.
venularization noun: The formation of venules.
venule noun: A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
venulopathy noun: Any disease of the venules
venulose adjective: Full of venules (small veins).
venulous adjective: Of or relating to venules.
venus noun /ˈviːnəs/: Sexual activity or intercourse; sex; lust, love.
Venus clam noun: A clam of the family Veneridae.
Venus comb noun: An umbelliferous plant (Scandix pecten-veneris).
Venus figurine noun: Any Upper Palaeolithic statue portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.
Venus' flower basket noun: A white vase-like glass sponge (Euplectella aspergillum), found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Venus fly trap noun: Alternative spelling of Venus flytrap.
Venus flytrap noun: An insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged leaves bordered with stiff hairs that close when an...
Venus flytrap sea anemone noun: Any member of the species Actinoscyphia aurelia of deep ocean sea anemones that uses its tentacles to capture prey and protect itself.
Venus girdle noun: Any member of the species Cestum veneris of large ribbon-like comb jellies.
Venus hair fern noun: A maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris
Venus mound noun: Synonym of mons veneris.
Venus's comb noun: A Venus comb murex (Murex pecten)
Venus's flower basket noun: Alternative form of Venus' flower basket
Venus's girdle noun: A comb jelly of species Cestum veneris, of tropical and subtropical oceans.
Venus's hair stone noun: A quartz crystal penetrated by acicular filaments of rutile or other impurity
Venus's hairstone noun: Alternative form of Venus's hair stone.
Venus's looking-glass noun: Any of the plants of Triodanis, especially of species Triodanis biflora.
Venus symbol noun: the symbol ♀
Venus zone noun: A theoretical orbital zone around a star that will result in an Earth-like planet existing in an orbit in the zone having a runaway greenhouse effect,...
Venusian adjective, noun /vɪˈnjuː.ziən/: An inhabitant of the planet Venus.
Venuslike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Venus (the goddess); beautiful and voluptuous.
venusquake noun: A quake on the planet Venus, perhaps caused by land tides or volcanic eruptions.
venust adjective: beautiful; having an attractive appearance
venustraphobia noun: Fear of beautiful women.
venusty noun: Elegance; physical beauty.
Venuti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Venutian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Venusian.
Venuto proper noun: A surname.
venville noun /ˈvɛn.vɪl/: A system of tenure in Dartmoor, England, allowing residents to graze animals on the moor and to gather coal, turf, etc. from the forest.
veny noun /ˈvɛni/: A strike or blow.
VEP noun: Visual evoked potential.
vepalimomab noun: A mouse monoclonal antibody used to treat inflammations.
vepdegestrant noun: A drug used to treat breast cancer.
Vepses noun: The Veps people.
Vepsian adjective, noun: A member of the Finnic people who speak the Veps language.
ver noun, verb: Abbreviation of version.
vera noun /ˈvɪəɹə/: A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
vera causa noun: The true or real cause of something.
Vera Cruz jalap noun: Ipomoea purga, a species of flowering plant in the genus Ipomoea.
veracious adjective /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/: True.
veraciously adverb: In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully.
veraciousness noun: Synonym of veracity.
veracity noun /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/: The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
Veracruz proper noun: A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
Veracruzan adjective: Relating to, or from, the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Veraguas proper noun: A province of Panama.
veraison noun: A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.
veralipride noun: A benzamide neuroleptic drug indicated in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms associated with the menopause.
veranda noun /vəˈɹæn.də/: A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
verandaed adjective: Having a veranda.
verandah noun /vəˈɹændə/: Alternative spelling of veranda.
verandahed adjective: Alternative form of verandaed.
verandahless adjective: Without a verandah.
verandaless adjective: Alternative spelling of verandahless.
Verano proper noun: A surname.
verapamil noun /vəˈɹæp.ə.mɪl/: A synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias.
Verapaz proper noun: A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
veraprinil noun: Synonym of verapamil.
Verascope noun /ˈvɪəɹəskəʊp/: A kind of stereoscopic camera.
veratralbine noun: A yellowish amorphous alkaloid, C₂₈H₄₃NO₅, extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
veratraldehyde noun: The derivative of benzaldehyde 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde
veratramine noun: A teratogenic steroid alkaloid found in plants of the genus Veratrum
veratrate noun: Any salt of veratric acid.
veratria noun: veratrine
veratric adjective: Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum (the false hellebores.
veratric acid noun: The aromatic carboxylic acid 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid.
veratridine noun: Any of a family of neurotoxic steroid-derived alkaloids, occurring in herbs of the genus Veratrum and seeds of the sabadilla plant.
veratrin noun: Alternative form of veratrine.
veratrina noun: Alternative form of veratrine.
veratrine noun: A poisonous mixture of alkaloids (veratridines) obtained from the seeds of the sabadilla plant (Schoenocaulon officinale).
veratrinize verb: To treat with veratrine.
veratrize verb: Synonym of veratrinize.
veratrized adjective, verb: Treated with veratrine.
veratroidin noun: An alkaloid found in Veratrum.
veratroidine noun: Alternative form of veratroidin.
veratrol noun: A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.
veratrole noun: The compound 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, a dimethyl ether derived from pyrocatechol.
veratrosine noun: A jerveratrum alkaloid.
veratrum noun: Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum
veratryl noun: The univalent (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl radical
verazide noun: An antitubercular drug.
verazine noun: A tetrahydropyridine alkaloid derived from a sterol found in Veratrum species, with IUPAC name...
verb noun, verb /vɜːb/: A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
verb form noun: A specific instance or form of a verb, as opposed to the entire verb taken in the abstract.
verb-framed adjective: Making use of verb-framing.
verb-framing adjective, noun: Encoding a path of motion, a change of state, or grammatical aspect in the main verb, as opposed to using a satellite to supply this information. For...
verb-object noun: verb-object compound, such as "chīfàn" in Putonghua
verb of motion noun: A verb that describes movement on the part of the subject.
verb phrase noun: A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
verb. sap. phrase: Abbreviation of verbum sapienti.
Verba proper noun: A surname.
verbage noun: Misconstruction of verbiage.
verbal adjective, noun, verb /ˈvɜː.bəl/: Of or relating to words.
verbal adjective noun: A verb or verb form used attributively.
verbal assault noun: Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.
verbal authority noun: Right or permission authorized verbally rather than in writing.
verbal communication noun: Oral communication; speech.
verbal diarrhea noun: Logorrhea.
verbal diarrhoea noun: British standard spelling of verbal diarrhea.
verbal humiliation noun: Erotic humiliation performed through words.
verbal note noun: In diplomacy, an unsigned memorandum calling attention to a neglected, though perhaps not urgent, matter.
verbal noun noun: A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
verbal overshadowing noun: The situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.
verbal participle noun: A participle in Hungarian, similar in meaning to the past participle but expressing it with a past-tense definite-object verb form, which takes its argument...
verbal substantive noun: verbal noun
verbalisable adjective: Alternative spelling of verbalizable.
verbalisation noun: Alternative spelling of verbalization.
verbalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize.
verbaliser noun: Alternative form of verbalizer.
verbalism noun: The expression of a concept in words; the wording used in such an expression
verbalist noun /ˈvɜːbəlɪst/: One who possesses verbal or oratorical skill.
verbalistic adjective: Relating to verbalism or form of expression.
verbalistically adverb: In a verbalistic manner.
verbality noun: The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.

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.