Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VERMICULATE

VERMIC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin vermiculatus.] To inlay; to form work by inlaying, resembling the motion or the tracks of worms.

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VERMICULATED

VERMIC'ULATED, participle passive Formed in the likeness of the motion of a worm.

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VERMICULATING

VERMIC'ULATING, participle present tense Forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.

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VERMICULATION

VERMICULA'TION, noun1. The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines.2. T...

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VERMICULE

VERM'ICULE, noun [Latin vermiculus.] A little worm or grub.

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VERMICULOUS

VERMIC'ULOUS, adjective [Latin vermiculosus.]1. Full of worms or grubs.2. Resembling worms.

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VERMIFORM

VERM'IFORM, adjective [Latin vermis, a worm, and forma, form.]Having the form or shape of a worm; as the vermiform process of the cerebellum.

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VERMIFUGE

VERM'IFUGE, noun [Latin vermis, a worm, and fugo, to expel.]A medicine or substance that destroys or expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

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VERMIL

VER'MIL, 'VERMILION, adjective vermil'yon. [Latin vermiculus, vermes; a name sometimes improperly given to the kermes. See Crimson.]1. The cochineal, a small insect found on a p...

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VERMILION

VERMILION, a. vermil'yon. [L. vermiculus, vermes; a name sometimes improperly given to the kermes. See Crimson.]1. The cochineal, a small insect found on a particular plant. [Im...

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VERMILIONED

VERMIL'IONED, participle passive or adjective Dyed or tinged with a bright red.

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VERMIN

VERM'IN, noun sing, and plu; used chiefly in the plural. [Latin vermes, worms.]1. All sorts of small animals which are destructive to grain or other produce; all noxious little ...

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VERMINATE

VERM'INATE, verb intransitive [Latin vermino.] To breed vermin.

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VERMINATION

VERMINA'TION, noun1. The breeding of vermin.2. A griping of the bowels.

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VERMINOUS

VERM'INOUS, adjective Tending to breed vermin.The verminous disposition of the body.

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VERMIPAROUS

VERMIP'AROUS, adjective [Latin vermes, worms, and pario, to bear.]Producing worms.

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VERMIVOROUS

VERMIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin vermes, worms, and voro, to devour.]Devouring worms; feeding on worms. vermivorous birds are very useful to the farmer.

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VERNACULAR

VERNAC'ULAR, adjective [Latin vernaculus, born in one's house, from verns, a servant.]1. Native; belonging to the country of one's birth. English is our vernacular language. The...

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VERNACULOUS

VERNAC'ULOUS, adjective [supra.] Vernacular; also, scoffing. obsolete

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VERNAL

VER'NAL, adjective [Latin vernalis, from ver, spring.]1. Belonging to the spring; appearing in spring; as vernal bloom.Vernal flowers are preparatives to autumnal fruits.2. Belo...

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VERNANT

VER'NANT, adjective [Latin vernans; verno, to flourish.] Flourishing, as in spring; as vernant flowers.

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VERNATE

VER'NATE, verb intransitive to become young again. [Not in use.]

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VERNATION

VERNA'TION, noun [Latin verno.] In botany, the disposition of the nascent leaves within the bud. it is called also foliation or leafing.

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VERNIER

VER'NIER, noun [from the inventor.] A graduated index which subdivides the smallest divisions on a straight or circular scale.

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VERNILITY

VERNIL'ITY, noun [Latin vernilis, from verna, a slave.] Servility; fawning behavior, like that of a slave. [Not in use.]

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VERONICA

VERON'ICA, noun [vera-icon, true image.]1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on handkerchiefs.2. In botany, a genus of plants, Speedwell.

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VERRUCOUS

VER'RUCOUS, adjective [Latin verruca, a wart; verrucosus, full of warts.]Warty; having little knobs or warts on the surface; as a verrucous capsule.