All English words - page 4078

Meanings of Verbosely:

adverb

In a way that uses too many words

Usage examples:

He tirelessly and verbosely protested his innocence., some topics had been dealt with too verbosely.

Meanings of Verboten:

adjective

Forbidden, especially by an authority.

Usage examples:

Bank fishing is verboten on strathbeg

Meanings of Verbous:

adjective

Using an excessive number of words; = "verbose".

Meanings of Verbs:

noun

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

Usage examples:

This could be a preposition, a verb, or a noun which does not in fact count as the ‘possessor’.

verb

Use (a word that is not conventionally used as a verb, typically a noun) as a verb.

Usage examples:

Any english noun can be verbed, but some are more resistant than others

Meanings of Verby:

adjective

Having many verbs.

Meanings of Verd:

noun

A green ornamental marble consisting of serpentine with calcite and dolomite.

Meanings of Verdant:

adjective

(of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation.

Usage examples:

Verdant valleys

Meanings of Verdelho:

noun

A white grape originally grown in madeira, now also in portugal, sicily, australia, and south africa.

Usage examples:

In our analyses all the plants showed unique genetic profiles with the exception to the verdelhos t…

Meanings of Verderer:

noun

A judicial officer of a royal forest.

Usage examples:

The forest's ten verderers, whose monthly court is held in public, have the power to block certain …

Meanings of Verderers:

noun

A judicial officer of a royal forest.

Usage examples:

The forest's ten verderers, whose monthly court is held in public, have the power to block certain …

Meanings of Verdict:

noun

A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Usage examples:

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty

Meanings of Verdicts:

noun

A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Usage examples:

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty

Meanings of Verdigris:

noun

A bright bluish-green encrustation or patina formed on copper or brass by atmospheric oxidation, consisting of basic copper carbonate.

Usage examples:

Finishes range from antique brass and antique copper to bright brass, black and verdigris.

Meanings of Verdigrisy:

noun

A bright bluish-green encrustation or patina formed on copper or brass by atmospheric oxidation, consisting of basic copper carbonate.

Usage examples:

Finishes range from antique brass and antique copper to bright brass, black and verdigris.

Meanings of Verdin:

noun

A small songbird with a grey body and yellowish head, found in the semi-deserts of south-western north america.

Usage examples:

It was the head of a verdin, an extreme southwestern species that hops around in the trees, searchi…

Meanings of Verditers:

noun

A light blue or bluish-green pigment, typically prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolour.

Usage examples:

In the 19th century, green verditer was used for both distemper and oil based interior house paints.

adjective

Of a light blue or bluish-green colour.

Usage examples:

The tail-feathers are dark olive mixed with verditer green on the upper surface and changing to dul…

Meanings of Verge-on:

phrasal verb

To come close to being or becoming the stated thing

Usage examples:

Some parts of the biography verge on the trivial, and the book would be much better if it were much…

Meanings of Vergence:

noun

The simultaneous movement of the pupils of the eyes towards or away from one another during focusing.

Usage examples:

In doing so, they perform saccadic movements, smooth pursuit movements, vergence movements, vestibu…

Meanings of Vergences:

noun

The simultaneous movement of the pupils of the eyes towards or away from one another during focusing.

Usage examples:

In doing so, they perform saccadic movements, smooth pursuit movements, vergence movements, vestibu…

Meanings of Verger:

noun

An official in a church who acts as a caretaker and attendant.

Usage examples:

A city centre church verger has the power to summon scores of police and dozens of security guards …

Meanings of Vergers:

noun

An official in a church who acts as a caretaker and attendant.

Usage examples:

A city centre church verger has the power to summon scores of police and dozens of security guards …

Meanings of Verges:

noun

An edge or border.

Usage examples:

They came down to the verge of the lake

verb

Be very close or similar to.

Usage examples:

Despair verging on the suicidal

Meanings of Verging-on:

phrasal verb

To come close to being or becoming the stated thing

Usage examples:

Some parts of the biography verge on the trivial, and the book would be much better if it were much…

Meanings of Verglas:

noun

A thin coating of ice or frozen rain on an exposed surface.

Usage examples:

The rocks were still wet, even coated with verglas in a few places, but it wasn't raining.

Meanings of Veriest:

adjective

Used to emphasize the degree to which a description applies to someone or something.

Usage examples:

Everyone but the veriest greenhorn knows by now