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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 vermisol A kind of soil subject to worm activity. vernaculous vernacular (of everyday language) vernality The quality of being vernal or spring-like. vernant Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. vernile Suiting a slave; servile; obsequious. vernility Fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility. vernix caseosa The waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of newborn humans. verriculate Having verricules (thick tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches). verricule A tuft of upright hairs. versable Capable of being turned; flexible, changeable, or inconsistent. versicolour Having changing or varied colours. versificator Someone who writes verse; a poet. versor A quaternion of norm one. -vert Used to refer to a person with a particular personality around other people. verticil A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis verticillaster A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. vertisol A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions. Verulamian Of or relating to the English city of St Albans. vesbium A supposed rare metallic element extracted from Vesuvian lava. Later tests showed it to be a composite. vesico- bladder, as vesiculo- vesicula (vesicle) (cutaneous or mucosal); blister. vesiculose bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of, or covered with, vesicles vesperate To darken as at the beginning of night vespering westward; moving toward the setting sun. vespertilian of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats. vespiary A nest built by a social wasp species. vespillo One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial. vestiary A dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house. vestiment Clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical. veterascent Growing old. veterate Of long standing, experienced, seasoned. veteration aging vetero-testamentary Of or pertaining to the Old Testament of the Bible. Vetus Latina The Biblical texts, dating from AD 200–380, written in (Late) Latin, that predate the Vulgate. vetustity The state of being old; old age. vetusty antiquity; great age vexillary Creating a partition. vexillation A company of soldiers (especially in ancient Rome) grouped under the same flag. V-form A second-person pronoun used in formal situations, to address unfamiliar people and superiors. v.g. Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed. viameter An early type of odometer. viary Of or pertaining to roads, or occurring on roads. viatecture The art of making roads or other patha travelling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc. viatic Of or pertaining to traveling or a journey. viaticum The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death. vibraculoid Characteristic of a vibraculum vibraculum A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa vibratiuncle A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). vibrotaxis The way an organism responds to mechanical (physical) vibrations. vicambulist Someone who walks or wanders streets. Vicar of Christ The Pope. vice- Taking the place or rank of (another person); deputy. vicegerent The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official. vicenarian A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties. vicenary Of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty. vicesimation The destruction of one-twentieth of something; especially, the killing or putting to death of every twentieth person, especially by lot. vicibus By turns; in succession; alternatim. viciosity Viciousness. vicissitudinary pertaining to change, alteration, or mutation. vicissitudinous Characterized by or filled with vicissitudes. vicissity A change, as of fortune. vicomagister A kind of police commandant in Ancient Rome, responsible for a vicus. victimate To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate. videte See; consult; refer to—a remark directing the readers to look to the specified place for epexegesis. vidience A group of observers. vidimus A preliminary drawing of something to be designed and constructed. vi et armis By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property. vigenary Synonym of vicenary, of, pertaining to, or based on the number twenty. vigesimal Occurring in intervals of twenty. vigilancy Vigilance. vigintennial Synonym of vicennial, occurring every twenty years. viginti- twenty. vigintile Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into twenty groups of equal frequency. vigintisexvirate A group of twenty-six men, especially (politics) a council of twenty-six men who share office or rule, particularly (historical) various such councils in ancient Rome. vigintiviral Of or belonging to the vigintiviri or the vigintivirate. vigintivirate A group of twenty people, especially (politics) a council of twenty men sharing an office or rule and particularly (historical) such an administrative council in ancient Rome. villatic rural (of or relating to a farm or village) villein A feudal tenant, a serf. villiform Having villi; having the shape of villi or small hairs. viminal Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or producing twigs. vimineous Of or pertaining to twigs. vincible Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable. vincture A binding. vinculum A bond or tie that unifies. vindemial Of or pertaining to the harvesting of grapes. vindemiation The gathering of grapes or honeycomb. vineal Of, pertaining to, bearing, or containing, vines. viniculture Synonym of viticulture, the cultivation of grape vines for producing wine. vinify To convert fruit juice—particularly grape juice—into wine by fermentation. vinolency Drunkenness. vinosity The quality or state of being vinous, or of having some essential characteristic of wine. violaceous Violet-colored. violency Violence. violescent Somewhat violet in colour. viperine Of, relating to or resembling a viper viraginian Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago. viraginous Resembling an overbearing woman; shrew-like. virent green in color, or unwithered virescence Greenness or greenishness. virescent Green or greenish.