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Found: 1,810 words.
The act or practice of poisoning.
Alt. of Veneficious
Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.
Venomous.
Venenate
2 defs
Poisoned.
Poisonous; venomous.
Poisonous.
The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness.
Venerable
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Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent...
An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.
To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.
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The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisd...
One who venerates.
Venereal
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Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal.
Venereous
2 defs
Lustful; lascivious; libidinous.
Venereous.
Venery
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Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Venetian
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A native or inhabitant of Venice.
A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.
A bout; a thrust; a venew.
To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
Revengeful; deserving revenge.
Vengeance
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Harm; mischief.
Extremely; excessively.
Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.
Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.
An avenger.
Venial; pardonable.
Venial
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Allowed; permitted.
The quality or state of being venial; venialness.
Venire facias
2 defs
A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said ...
Venison
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Beasts of the chase.
The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm.
Vennation
2 defs
Poison; venom.
Venom
3 defs
Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of h...
Venomous
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Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond.
Venosity
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A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
Venous
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Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no long...
Vent
15 defs
A baiting place; an inn.
A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.
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Venter
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A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
A touchhole; a vent.
A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.