~Unwholesome~, _a._ ~1.~ Insalubrious, unhealthy, unhealthful,
noxious, noisome, deleterious, baneful, poisonous, injurious to health.
~2.~ Pernicious (_to the mind_), injudicious, unsound.
~Unwieldy~, _a._ Unmanageable (_from size or weight_), ponderous,
bulky, weighty, heavy, clumsy.
~Unwilling~, _a._ Loath, disinclined, opposed, averse, reluctant,
backward, indisposed, not disposed.
~Unwise~, _a._ Foolish, injudicious, indiscreet, imprudent, ill-
advised, ill-judged.
~Unwittingly~, _ad._ Inadvertently, unconsciously, ignorantly, without
knowing it.
~Unwonted~, _a._ ~1.~ Unusual, uncommon, rare, unfrequent.
~2.~ Unaccustomed, unused.
~Unworkmanlike~, _a._ Unskilful, not workmanlike or workmanly, not
artistic, unbecoming a workman.
~Unworthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Undeserving.
~2.~ Unbecoming, base, shameful, bad.
~Unworthy of~, Discreditable to, disgraceful to.
~Unwritten~, _a._ Oral, traditional.
~Unwrought~, _a._ Unfashioned, unformed, rude, crude, rough, shapeless.
~Unyielding~, _a._ ~1.~ Inflexible, constant, steady, resolute,
steadfast, stanch, pertinacious, determined.
~2.~ Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, headstrong, intractable,
perverse, wayward, cantankerous.
~Upbraid~, _v. a._ Reproach, censure, reprove, blame, rebuke, chide,
reprimand, admonish, condemn, stigmatize, scold, twit, taunt, scold
at, find fault with, BLOW UP.
~Upheave~, _v. a._ Elevate, raise, lift, lift up, heave up.
~Uphill~, _a._ ~1.~ Ascending, upward.
~2.~ Difficult, hard, arduous, toilsome.
~Uphold~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Support, sustain, hold up, bear up.
~2.~ Maintain, defend, vindicate, justify.
~Upon~, _prep._ ~1.~ On.
~2.~ About, concerning, on the subject of.
~3.~ With, immediately after.
~Upon the spot~, Immediately, at once, on the spot.
~Upon the whole~, All things considered, in view of all the
circumstances, taking every thing into account, on the whole.
~Upper crust~, _n._ ~1.~ Top crust.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Aristocracy, UPPER TEN, upper classes.
~Upper hand~, _n._ Superiority, advantage, ascendency, dominion, rule,
pre-eminence, supremacy, mastery, mastership.
~Uppermost~, _a._ Highest, loftiest, topmost, supreme.
~Upper ten~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Aristocracy, UPPER CRUST, upper
classes, upper ten thousand.
~Upper ten thousand~, UPPER TEN.
~Uppish~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Proud, arrogant, haughty, assuming,
smart, perk, perky.
~Upright~, _a._ ~1.~ Erect, perpendicular, vertical, plumb, on end.
~2.~ Honest, just, honorable, conscientious, virtuous, good, pure,
straightforward, not mean, not base.
~Uprightness~, _n._ Honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, justice,
equity, fairness, principle, incorruptibility, righteousness,
goodness, virtue, honor, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, dignity
of character.
~Uproar~, _n._ Tumult, disturbance, commotion, confusion, turmoil,
hubbub, clamor, racket, din, vociferation, noise, HULLABALOO, row,
riot, SHINDY.
~Uproarious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Boisterous, tumultuous, turbulent,
NOISY, loud.
~Uproot~, _v. a._ Eradicate, extirpate, pull up by the roots, tear up
by the roots.
~Ups and downs~, Successes and reverses, prosperity and adversity,
good fortune and bad, various fortunes.
~Upset~, _v. a._ Overturn, capsize, tip over, turn topsy-turvy.
~Upshot~, _n._ Conclusion, end, termination, consummation, issue,
DÉNOUEMENT, FINALE, catastrophe.
~Upside down~, _ad._ Topsy-turvy.
~Upstart~, _n._ PARVENU, snob, mushroom, pretentious fellow, pretender
to gentility.
~Up to snuff~, [_Colloquial._] Shrewd, experienced, acute, sharp,
keen, knowing, astute, sagacious, bright, not to be imposed upon.
~Up to the hub~, To the utmost, as far as possible (_in any
difficulty, as when a wheel is sunk in mire_).
~Up to the scratch~, [_Colloquial._] Courageous, brave, bold,
intrepid, daring, dauntless, resolute, ready to fight (_as when boxers
are brought up to the line or scratch that separates them_).
~Upward~, _a._ Ascending, uphill.
~Upwards of~, Above, more than.
~Urbane~, _a._ Polite, civil, courteous, complaisant, refined,
polished, gentlemanly, ladylike, well-bred, well-mannered, well-behaved.
~Urbanity~, _n._ Politeness, civility, courtesy, complaisance,
amenity, suavity, good breeding, good manners.
~Urchin~, _n._ ~1.~ Hedge-hog.
~2.~ [_Ludicrous._] Child, brat.
~Urge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on,
press on.
~2.~ Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure.
~3.~ Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur.
~Urgency~, _n._ ~1.~ Pressure, press, exigency, emergency, stress,
necessity, pressing want.
~2.~ Importunity, entreaty, insistence, solicitation.
~3.~ Incitement, stimulus, spur, goad.
~Urgent~, _a._ Pressing, cogent, importunate, pertinacious, earnestly
solicitous.
~Urinal~, _n._ ~1.~ Chamber-pot, jorden.
~2.~ Place for urinating.
~Urinate~, _v. a._ PIDDLE, make water, void urine.
~Ursa Major~, [L.] (_Astron._) Charles's Wain, the Wain, the Great Bear.
~Ursa Minor~, [L.] (_Astron._) The Little Bear, the Lesser Bear.
~Usage~, _n._ ~1.~ Treatment.
~2.~ Practice (_long continued_), custom, use, habit, prescription.
~Use~, _n._ ~1.~ Employment, application, appliance, exercise, practice.
~2.~ Advantage, benefit, utility, service, profit, usefulness, avail.
~3.~ Occasion, need, necessity.
~4.~ Usage, custom, habit.
~Use~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Employ, apply, make use of, avail one's self of,
take advantage of, turn to account, make the most of, put in
requisition, bring into play.
~2.~ Practise, exercise, put to use.
~3.~ Expend, consume, waste, exhaust.
~4.~ Accustom, habituate, inure, familiarize, train.
~5.~ Treat, deal with, act or behave towards.
~Use~, _v. n._ Be accustomed, be wont.
~Useful~, _a._ Advantageous, profitable, beneficial, serviceable,
helpful, available, good, salutary, convenient.
~Useless~, _a._ Unavailing, fruitless, bootless, profitless,
unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive,
null, nugatory, of no use.
~Usher~, _n._ Sub-master, assistant teacher.
~Usual~, _a._ Customary, ordinary, common, familiar, regular, general,
frequent, habitual, wonted, accustomed, prevailing, prevalent, every-
day.
~Usurp~, _v. a._ Seize (_without right_), arrogate, assume,
appropriate unlawfully.
~Usurpation~, _n._ Seizure, assumption.
~Usury~, _n._ Illegal interest, exorbitant interest.
~Utensil~, _n._ Implement, tool, instrument.
~Uterus~, _n._ (_Anat._) Womb.
~Utility~, _n._ Usefulness (_in an abstract sense_), advantageousness,
benefit, avail, profit, service, use.
~Utilize~, _v. a._ Put to use, make use of, make useful, turn to
account, take advantage of.
~Utmost~, _a._ ~1.~ Extreme, farthest, last, most distant, most remote.
~2.~ Greatest, uttermost.
~Utmost~, _n._ Best, most, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most
that can be done.
~Utopian~, _a._ Ideal, visionary, fanciful, imaginary, chimerical,
unreal, not real, air-drawn, air-built, not actual.
~Utricle~, _n._ Vesicle, cyst, bladder.
~Utter~, _a._ ~1.~ Total, complete, entire, perfect.
~2.~ Absolute, peremptory, unconditional, unqualified.
~Utter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak, articulate, enunciate, pronounce,
express, broach, give forth, give expression to.
~2.~ Put into circulation.
~Utterable~, _a._ Pronounceable, expressible.
~Utterance~, _n._ Pronunciation, expression, elocution, delivery.
~Uttermost~, _a._ ~1.~ Extreme, farthest.
~2.~ Greatest, utmost.
V
~Vacancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Vacuity, emptiness.
~2.~ Chasm, blank, gap, space.
~Vacant~, _a._ ~1.~ Empty, void, unfilled.
~2.~ Disengaged, not busied, unoccupied.
~3.~ Thoughtless, unthinking.
~Vacate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make vacant, leave empty, quit possession of.
~2.~ Annul, disannul, nullify, rescind, cancel, quash, invalidate,
abrogate, abolish, overrule, make void, set aside, do away.
~Vacation~, _n._ Intermission (_of studies, &c._).
~Vaccinate~, _v. a._ Inoculate with kine-pox, inoculate with vaccine
matter.
~Vacillate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sway, reel, stagger, rock, move to and fro.
~2.~ Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be
unsteady, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, box the compass, run
with the hare and hunt with the hound, be a weathercock.
~Vacillation~, _n._ ~1.~ Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.
~2.~ Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.
~Vacuity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition.
~2.~ Void, vacuum, empty space.
~Vacuum~, _n._ Void, empty space, vacuity.
~Vade-mecum~, _n._ Manual.
~Vagabond~, _n._ Vagrant, outcast, castaway, loafer, lounger, nomad,
landloper, idle wanderer, strolling beggar, abandoned wretch.
~Vagary~, _n._ Whim, freak, whimsey, antic, crotchet, whimsicality,
prank.
~Vaginant~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sheathing.
~Vaginate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sheathed.
~Vagrancy~, _n._ Roving, wandering.
~Vagrant~, _n._ VAGABOND.
~Vagrant~, _a._ Strolling, wandering, roving, roaming, unsettled,
nomadic.
~Vague~, _a._ Uncertain, ambiguous, dim, doubtful, obscure,
undetermined, indefinite, indistinct, unsettled, loose, lax, unfixed,
not precise, not exact.
~Vain~, _a._ ~1.~ Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious,
dreamy, baseless, imaginary, empty, void.
~2.~ Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless,
profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail,
idle, to no purpose, to no end.
~3.~ Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, tasteless,
insipid, flat, stale, mawkish.
~4.~ Conceited, vain-glorious, inflated, overweening, ostentatious,
high, self-sufficient, flushed, opinionated, self-satisfied, self-
confident, self-admiring, self-opinioned, self-flattering, high-flown,
puffed up, wise in one's own conceit.
~Vain-glorious~, _a._ ~1.~ Conceited, VAIN, proud beyond desert.
~2.~ Boastful, vaunting.
~Vain-glory~, _n._ ~1.~ Vanity, empty pride, pride without merit.
~2.~ Rodomontade, empty boasting.
~Vale~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Valley, dingle, dell.
~Valediction~, _n._ Farewell, adieu, leave-taking.
~Valedictory~, _a._ Farewell.
~Valedictory~, _n._ [_U. S._] Farewell address.
~Valet~, _n._ [Fr.] Groom, servant, serving man, waiting servant.
~Valet de chambre~, [Fr.] Body servant.
~Valetudinarian~, _n._ Invalid, valetudinary.
~Valetudinarian~, _a._ Weak, infirm, sickly, feeble, weakly, frail,
invalid, valetudinary.
~Valetudinary~, _n._ VALETUDINARIAN.
~Valetudinary~, _a._ Valetudinarian.
~Valiant~, _a._ Brave, courageous, intrepid, valorous, gallant,
chivalrous, chivalric, heroic, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless,
doughty, undaunted, Spartan, lion-hearted.
~Valid~, _a._ Efficacious, efficient, sound, weighty, powerful,
conclusive, logical, cogent, persuasive, good, just, solid, important,
grave, sufficient, strong, not weak, not defective, not frivolous, not
fallacious.
~Validity~, _n._ Soundness, justness, efficacy, cogency, weight,
strength, goodness, force, gravity, importance.
~Valise~, _n._ Portmanteau, travelling bag.
~Valley~, _n._ VALE, dale, bottom, dell, dingle, ravine.
~Valor~, _n._ Bravery (_especially in war_), courage, prowess,
boldness, spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity.
~Valorous~, _a._ VALIANT.
~Valuable~, _a._ ~1.~ Precious, useful, serviceable.
~2.~ Worthy, estimable.
~Valuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Appraisement, estimation.
~2.~ Value, worth.
~Value~, _n._ ~1.~ Worth, utility, importance (_value in use_).
~2.~ Price, cost, rate, equivalent (_value in exchange_).
~Value~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appraise, rate, estimate, account, set a value on.
~2.~ Esteem, appreciate, regard, prize, set a high value on, rate
highly, hold in high esteem, set store by.
~Valueless~, _a._ Worthless, miserable, of no value, of no use
~Vamos~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.
~Vamose~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.
~Vamp~, _n._ Upper leather (_of a shoe_).
~Vamp~, _v. a._ Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch,
vamp up, patch up.
~Vampire~, _n._ ~1.~ Parasite, bloodsucker.
~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Vampire-bat.
~Vamp up~, VAMP.
~Van~, _n._ Front (_of an army or a fleet_), fore-rank.
~Vandal~, _n._ Barbarian, savage.
~Vandal~, _a._ Barbarous, savage, Vandalic.
~Vandalic~, _a._ Barbarous, Vandal.
~Vandalism~, _n._ Barbarity.
~Vane~, _n._ ~1.~ Weather-cock.
~2.~ Blade (_of a windmill, propeller, &c._).
~Vanglo~, _n._ Bene, oil-plant (_Sesamum orientale_).
~Vanguard~, _n._ Advance-guard.
~Vanish~, _v. a._ Disappear, fade, pass, dissolve, fade away, melt
away, pass away, be lost, be no more.
~Vanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, hollowness, worthlessness, futility,
unrealness, unsubstantialness.
~2.~ Conceit, conceitedness, egotism, self-conceit, self-sufficiency,
petty pride.
~3.~ Idle show, vain pursuit.
~Vanquish~, _v. a._ Conquer, defeat, beat, CHECKMATE, overcome,
subdue, subjugate, overpower, overbear, master, floor, crush, worst,
rout, discomfit, choke, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of,
get the better of.
~Vanquisher~, _n._ Conqueror, subduer, victor.
~Vapid~, _a._ ~1.~ Insipid, tasteless, flat, savorless, spiritless,
stale, dead.
~2.~ Tame, dull, meagre, jejune, languid, feeble, prosing, prosy,
prosaic.
~Vapor~, _n._ ~1.~ Gaseous state (_of a substance ordinarily fluid or
solid_), aeriform state.
~2.~ Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist, rack.
~3.~ Phantom, fantasy, whim, whimsey, vagary, day-dream, vain
imagination, unreal fancy.
~Vapor~, _v. n._ Boast, brag, bluster, swagger, bully.
~Vaporer~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, braggart, swaggerer, vaunter,
BLATHERSKITE.
~Vaporish~, _a._ Splenetic, hypochondriacal, peevish, petulant,
humorsome, vapory.
~Vaporize~, _v. a._ Evaporate, convert into vapor.
~Vaporous~, _a._ ~1.~ Foggy, vapory, full of vapor.
~2.~ Unreal, unsubstantial, vain.
~Vapors~, _n. pl._ Hypochondriasis, spleen, melancholy, dejection,
blues, depression of spirits, blue devils.
~Vapory~, _a._ ~1.~ Vaporous, foggy, full of vapor.
~2.~ Hypochondriacal, VAPORISH.
~Variable~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, mutable.
~2.~ Inconstant, unsteady, fickle, vacillating, wavering, fluctuating,
fitful, undecided.
~Variance~, _n._ ~1.~ Disagreement, difference, discord, dissension,
jarring.
~2.~ (_Law._) Variation, want of conformity (_as between the writ and
the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof_).
~Variation~, _n._ ~1.~ Alteration, mutation, change, mortification.
~2.~ Deviation, departure, difference, diversity, discrepance,
discrepancy, VARIANCE.
~Variegate~, _v. a._ Diversify, vary, streak, checker, dapple, figure,
mark with different colors.
~Variegated~, _a._ Party-colored, piebald, motley, mottled, pied, many-
colored, many-hued, divers-colored, of all manner of colors.
~Variety~, _n._ ~1.~ Diversity, difference.
~2.~ Multiplicity, multiformity, multifariousness.
~Variola~, _n._ (_Med._) Small-pox.
~Various~, _a._ ~1.~ Diverse, different, manifold, several, sundry,
numerous, many.
~2.~ Changeable, mutable, uncertain, unfixed.
~3.~ Variegated, diversified.
~Varlet~, _n._ Scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, scapegrace.
~Varnish~, _n._ Lacquer.
~Varnish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lacquer, Japan.
~2.~ Polish, adorn, decorate, garnish, gild.
~3.~ Palliate, gloss, extenuate, excuse.
~Vary~, _n. a._ ~1.~ Alter, change, modify, transform, transmute,
metamorphose, make some change in.
~2.~ Diversify, variegate.
~Vary~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Alter, change, be changeable.
~2.~ Differ, be unlike, be different.
~3.~ Deviate, depart, swerve.
~Vassal~, _n._ ~1.~ Feudatory, feudal tenant.
~2.~ Subject, dependant, retainer.
~3.~ Servant, bondman, slave.
~Vassalage~, _n._ Subjection, dependence, servitude, slavery.
~Vast~, _a._ ~1.~ Very spacious, very extensive.
~2.~ Huge, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, prodigious,
stupendous, very great.
~3.~ Remarkable, extraordinary.
~Vaticinate~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Foretell, predict, prophesy, presage,
prognosticate, augur, divine, forebode.
~Vaticination~, _n._ Prophecy, prediction, prognostication.
~Vaticinator~, _n._ Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, seer.
~Vaudeville~, _n._ [Fr.] Ballad, street song, trivial strain, light
song.
~Vault~, _n._ ~1.~ Arched ceiling, arched roof, continued arch.
~2.~ Cell, cellar, cavity.
~3.~ Tomb, crypt, catacomb.
~4.~ Leap, bound, jump.
~Vault~, _v. a._ Arch, cover with an arch, arch over.
~Vault~, _v. n._ Leap, bound, jump, spring, CAPER.
~Vaulted~, _a._ ~1.~ Arched, concave.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Fornicate, fornicated.
~Vaulter~, _n._ Leaper, jumper, tumbler.
~Vaunt~, _v. n._ Brag, boast.
~Vaunt~, _v. a._ Brag of, boast of, make a display of, make a boast
of, show off.
~Vaunt~, _n._ Boast, brag.
~Vaunter~, _n._ Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, drawcansir, roisterer,
huff, vaporer, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.
~Vedette~, _n._ Mounted sentinel.
~Veer~, _v. n._ Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change
about, come round.
~Veering~, _n._ ~1.~ Shifting, turning, change of course.
~2.~ Tergiversation, fickleness, instability, vacillation.
~Vegetable~, _n._ Plant.
~Vegetate~, _v. n._ Shoot, germinate, spring, pullulate, grow (_as a
plant_), shoot up, spring up, put forth.
~Vegetation~, _n._ ~1.~ Vegetable growth.
~2.~ Plants, vegetables.
~Vehemence~, _n._ ~1.~ Impetuosity, violence.
~2.~ Ardor, fervor, fervency, eagerness, earnestness, keenness,
warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion.
~3.~ Force, might, intensity.
~Vehement~, _a._ ~1.~ Impetuous, violent, furious, rampant,
passionate, high, hot, high-wrought.
~2.~ Ardent, zealous, eager, keen, earnest, fervid, enthusiastic,
sanguine.
~3.~ Strong, forcible, powerful, vigorous, very great.
~Vehicle~, _n._ ~1.~ Carriage, conveyance.
~2.~ Medium, instrument.
~Veil~, _n._ ~1.~ Screen, shade, curtain.
~2.~ Cover, disguise, mask, visor, blind, cloak.
~Veil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Screen.
~2.~ Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise.
~Vein~, _n._ ~1.~ Blood-vessel.
~2.~ Rib (_of a leaf_), nerve.
~3.~ Seam (_in a mine_), lode.
~4.~ Stripe, streak.
~5.~ Bent, humor, disposition, mood.
~6.~ Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar
temper.
~Vein~, _v. a._ Stripe, streak.
~Vein-stone~, _n._ Gangue.
~Veiny~, _a._ Striped, streaked, veined.
~Vellication~, _n._ (_Med._) Twitching, tic.
~Velocity~, _n._ Swiftness, speed, celerity, fleetness, quickness,
rapidity.
~Velveteen~, _n._ Cotton velvet.
~Venal~, _a._ Mercenary, purchasable, hireling, sordid.
~Venality~, _n._ Mercenariness.
~Vend~, _v. a._ Sell.
~Vendee~, _n._ [Correlative of _vendor_.] Purchaser, buyer.
~Vender~, _n._ Seller, VENDOR.
~Vendibility~, _n._ Salableness, vendibleness.
~Vendible~, _a._ Salable, merchantable, that may be sold.
~Vendibleness~, _n._ Vendibility.
~Vendor~, _n._ [Correlative of _vendee_.] Seller, vender.
~Vendue~, _n._ Auction, cant, public auction, auction sale, public sale.
~Vendue-master~, _a._ Auctioneer.
~Venerable~, _a._ ~1.~ To be venerated, worthy of veneration,
oracular, grave, sage, wise.
~2.~ Dread, awful, dreadful.
~Venerate~, _v. a._ Reverence, revere, respect, adore, honor, regard
highly.
~Veneration~, _n._ Reverence, high respect.
~Venesection~, _n._ Bleeding, phlebotomy, blood-letting.
~Vengeance~, _n._ ~1.~ Avengement, retribution.
~2.~ Revenge, retaliation.
~Vengeful~, _a._ VINDICTIVE, revengeful, rancorous.
~Venial~, _a._ Excusable, pardonable.
~Venom~, _n._ ~1.~ Poison (_naturally secreted by certain animals_),
VIRUS, bane.
~2.~ Malignity, maliciousness, malice, spite, spitefulness, gall,
rancor, rankling, grudge, bitterness, acerbity, acrimony, malevolence,
hate, ill-will.
~Venomous~, _a._ ~1.~ Poisonous, noxious, baneful.
~2.~ Malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous.
~Vent~, _n._ ~1.~ Opening, hole, vent-hole.
~2.~ Spiracle, air-tube, air-pipe, blowhole.
~3.~ Emission, passage, outlet, escape.
~4.~ Discharge, utterance.
~5.~ Market, sale, opportunity to sell.
~Vent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emit, pour forth, let out.
~2.~ Utter, give vent to.
~Vent-hole~, _n._ Opening, hole, breathing-hole, vent.
~Ventilate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Air.
~2.~ [_Now colloquial, but formerly in good use._] Examine, sift,
scrutinize, discuss, canvass.
~Ventilation~, _n._ ~1.~ Airing.
~2.~ Examination, scrutiny, discussion.
~Ventral~, _a._ Abdominal.
~Venture~, _n._ ~1.~ Hazard, risk, danger, jeopardy, peril.
~2.~ Chance, hap, luck, contingency.
~3.~ Stake, adventure.
~Venture~, _v. a._ Hazard, risk, jeopardize, jeopard, expose to hazard.
~Venture~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dare, adventure.
~2.~ Run the risk, tempt fortune, take one's chance.
~3.~ Presume, make bold, take the liberty, have the presumption.
~Venturesome~, _a._ Adventurous, daring, intrepid, bold, courageous,
venturous, presumptuous, enterprising, doughty, chivalrous.
~Venturous~, _a._ VENTURESOME.
~Venus~, _n._ (_Astron._) ~1.~ Lucifer, PHOSPHORUS, morning star.
~2.~ Hesperus, Hesper, Vesper, evening star.
~Veracious~, _a._ Truthful, observant of truth, true, not lying or
false.
~Veracity~, _n._ Truthfulness, truth, ingenuousness, honesty, candor,
frankness.
~Verbal~, _a._ ~1.~ Oral, spoken, unwritten, parole, nuncupative, not
written.
~2.~ As to words, about words.
~3.~ Literal, word for word.
~4.~ Derived from a verb.
~Verbatim~, _ad._ [L.] Literally, word for word, in the same words.
~Verbiage~, _n._ Wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity,
diffuseness.
~Verbose~, _a._ Wordy, prolix, diffuse.
~Verbosity~, _n._ Wordiness, VERBIAGE.
~Verdancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Greenness, viridity.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Inexperience, rawness, liability to be imposed
upon.
~Verdant~, _a._ ~1.~ Green.
~2.~ Raw, inexperienced.
~Verdict~, _n._ Decision, judgment, finding.
~Verdigris~, _n._ Sub-acetate of copper, diacetate of copper, bi-basic
acetate of copper.
~Verdure~, _n._ Greenness (_of vegetation_).
~Verge~, _n._ ~1.~ Rod, staff, mace.
~2.~ Edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt,
point.
~3.~ Arbor (_of a watch-balance_), spindle.
~Verge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Tend, incline, slope, lean.
~2.~ Border, approach, be near.
~Verge-board~, _n._ Bargeboard.
~Verification~, _n._ Authentication, attestation, confirmation,
corroboration.
~Verify~, _v. a._ Authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate,
attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good.
~Verily~, _ad._ Truly, really, absolutely, certainly, positively,
indeed, in fact, in truth.
~Verisimilitude~, _n._ Likelihood, probability, appearance of truth.
~Veritable~, _a._ True, real, actual, genuine, positive, absolute, not
fictitious.
~Verity~, _n._ ~1.~ Truth, truthfulness.
~2.~ True statement, true assertion.
~Vermes~, _n. pl._ [L.] Worms.
~Vermicular~, _a._ Sinuous, tortuous, undulating, flexuous, waving,
serpentine, meandering, winding, twisting, convoluted, vermiform, worm-
like, worm-shaped.
~Vermiform~, _a._ Worm-like, VERMICULAR.
~Vermifuge~, _n._ Anthelmintic, helminthagogue.
~Vermilion~, _n._ Red sulphuret of mercury (_artificial_).
~Vermin~, _n. pl._ Noxious animals (_of small size_).
~Vernacular~, _a._ Native, indigenous, VULGAR, mother.
~Vernacular~, _n._ Vernacular language, native language, mother tongue.
~Versatile~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, variable.
~2.~ Inconstant, unsteady, fickle.