Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 14
Vert (n.) (Eng. Forest Law) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer.
Vert (n.) (Eng. Forest Law) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
Vert (n.) (Her.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.
Vert. () Everything bearing green leaves in a forest. Bac. Ab. Courts of the Foreat; Manwood, 146.
Verteber (n.) A vertebra. [Obs.]
Vertebrae (n. pl. ) of Vertebra.
Vertebra (n.) (Anat.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
Note: In many fishes the vertebrae are simple cartilaginous disks or short cylinders, but in the higher vertebrates they are composed of many parts, and the vertebrae in different portions of the same column vary very greatly. A well-developed vertebra usually consists of a more or less cylindrical and solid body, or centrum, which is surmounted dorsally by an arch, leaving an opening which forms a part of the canal containing the spinal cord. From this dorsal, or neural, arch spring various processes, or apophyses, which have received special names: a dorsal, or neural, spine, spinous process, or neurapophysis, on the middle of the arch; two anterior and two posterior articular processes, or zygapophyses; and one or two transverse processes on each side. In those vertebrae which bear well-developed ribs, a tubercle near the end of the rib articulates at a tubercular facet on the transverse process (diapophysis), while the end, or head, of the rib articulates at a more ventral capitular facet which is sometimes developed into a second, or ventral, transverse process (parapophysis). In vertebrates with well-developed hind limbs, the spinal column is divided into five regions in each of which the vertebrae are specially designated: those vertebrae in front of, or anterior to, the first vertebra which bears ribs connected with the sternum are cervical; all those which bear ribs and are back of the cervicals are dorsal; the one or more directly supporting the pelvis are sacral and form the sacrum; those between the sacral and dorsal are lumbar; and all those back of the sacral are caudal, or coccygeal. In man there are seven cervical vertebrae, twelve dorsal, five lumbar, five sacral, and usually four, but sometimes five and rarely three, coccygeal.
Vertebra (n.) (Zool.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
Vertebra (n.) One of the bony segments of the spinal column.
Vertebral (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.
Vertebral (a.) Vertebrate.
Vertebral (n.) (Zool.) A vertebrate. [R.]
Vertebral (a.) Of or relating to or constituting vertebrae.
Vertebrally (adv.) (Anat.) At or within a vertebra or vertebrae; -- distinguished from interverterbrally.
Vertebrarterial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
Vertebrata (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
Vertebrata (n.) Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals [syn: Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata].
Vertebrate (n.) (Zool.) One of the Vertebrata. Vertebrate
Vertebrate (a.) Alt. of Vertebrated.
Vertebrated (a.) (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
Vertebrated (a.) (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
Vertebrated (a.) (Zool.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
Vertebrated (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
Vertebrate (a.) Having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals" [ant: invertebrate, spineless].
Vertebrate (n.) Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium [syn: vertebrate, craniate].
Vertebre (n.) (Anat.) A vertebra. [Obs.]
Vertebro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal.
Vertebro-iliac (a.) (Anat.) Iliolumbar.
Vertexes (n. pl. ) of Vertex.
Vertices (n. pl. ) of Vertex.
Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex. Specifically:
Vertex (n.) (Anat.) The top, or crown, of the head.
Vertex (n.) (Astron.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead.
Vertex (n.) (Math.) The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.
Note: The principal vertex of a conic section is, in the parabola, the vertex of the axis of the curve: in the ellipse, either extremity of either axis, but usually the left-hand vertex of the transverse axis; in the hyperbola, either vertex, but usually the right-hand vertex of the transverse axis.
Vertex of a curve (Math.), The point in which the axis of the curve intersects it.
Vertex of an angle (Math.), The point in which the sides of the angle meet.
Vertex of a solid, or Vertex of a surface of revolution (Math.), The point in which the axis pierces the surface.
Vertical (a.) Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion. -- Jer. Taylor.
Vertical (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.
Vertical angle (Astron. & Geod.), An angle measured on a vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or altitude, when reckoned from the horizon upward, and of depression when downward below the horizon.
Vertical anthers (Bot.), Such anthers as stand erect at the top of the filaments.
Vertical circle (Astron.), An azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Vertical drill, An upright drill. See under Upright.
Vertical fire (Mil.), The fire, as of mortars, at high angles of elevation.
Vertical leaves (Bot.), Leaves which present their edges to the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as in the Australian species of Eucalyptus.
Vertical limb, A graduated arc attached to an instrument, as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles.
Vertical line. (a) (Dialing) A line perpendicular to the horizon.
Vertical line. (b) (Conic Sections) A right line drawn on the vertical plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone.
Vertical line. (c) (Surv.) The direction of a plumb line; a line normal to the surface of still water.
Vertical line. (d) (Geom., Drawing, etc.) A line parallel to the sides of a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line parallel to the top or bottom.
Vertical plane. (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of a cone, and through its axis.
Vertical plane. (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a vertical line.
Vertical plane. (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight, and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the picture.
Vertical sash, A sash sliding up and down. Cf. French sash, under 3d Sash.
Vertical steam engine, A steam engine having the crank shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.
Vertical (n.) Vertical position; zenith. [R.]
Vertical (n.) (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.
Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a.
Vertical (a.) At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height" [syn: vertical, perpendicular] [ant: horizontal, inclined].
Vertical (a.) Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution.
Vertical (a.) Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect].
Vertical (a.) Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility."
Vertical (n.) Something that is oriented vertically.
Vertical (n.) A vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical].
Verticality (n.) The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness. [R.]
The different points of the verticality. -- Sir T. Browne.
Verticality (n.) Position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness].
Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.
Vertically (adv.) In a vertical direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally."
Verticalness (n.) Quality or state of being vertical.
Verticalness (n.) Position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness].
Vertical spread (n.) What Is a Vertical Spread? A vertical spread involves the simultaneous buying and selling of options of the same type (i.e., either puts or calls) and expiry, but at different strike prices. The term 'vertical' comes from the position of the strike prices.
This is in contrast to a horizontal, or calendar spread, which is the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same option type with the same strike price, but with different expiration dates.
Verticil (n.) (Bot.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [Written also verticel.]
Verticil (n.) A whorl of leaves growing around a stem.
Verticillaster (a.) (Bot.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl. Verticillate
Verticillate (a.) Alt. of Verticillated.
Verticillated (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.
Verticillate (a.) Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) [syn: verticillate, verticillated, whorled].
Verticillus (n.) (Bot.) A whorl; a verticil.
Verticity (n.) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation. [R.] -- Locke.
I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity of the loadstone. -- Sir T. Browne.
Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.
Vertiginate (a.) Turned round; giddy.
Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion.
Vertiginous (a.) Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
Vertigoes (n. pl. ) of Vertigo.
Vertigines (n. pl. ) of Vertigo.
Vertigo (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.
Vertilinear (a.) Straight; rectilinear.
Vertu (n.) Virtue; power. See Virtue.
Vertu (n.) See Virtu.
Vertuous (a.) Virtuous; powerful.
Verumontanum (n.) An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it.
Vervain (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbena.
Verve (n.) Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
Vervel (n.) See Varvel.
Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
Very (v. t.) True; real; actual; veritable.
Very (adv.) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
Vesbium (n.) A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.
Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
Vesica (n.) A bladder.
Vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder.
Vesicant (n.) A vesicatory.
Vesicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vesicate.
Vesicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vesicate.
Vesicate (v. t.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.
Vesication (n.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.
Vesicatory (a.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.
Vesicatory (n.) A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
Vesicle (n.) A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
Vesicle (n.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
Vesicle (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
Vesicle (n.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
Vesicle (n.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
Vesico- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.
Vesicoprostatic (a.) Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.
Vesicouterine (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.
Vesicovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.
Vesiculae (n. pl. ) of Vesicula.
Vesicula (n.) A vesicle.
Vesicular (a.) Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
Vesicular (a.) Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
Vesicular (a.) Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.
Vesicularia (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.
Vesiculata (n. pl.) The campanularian medusae.
Vesiculate (a.) Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.
Vesiculate (v. t.) To form vesicles in, as lava.
Vesiculation (n.) The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.
Vesiculose (a.) Alt. of Vesiculous.
Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell.
Vespa (n.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
Vesper (n.) The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.
Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.
Vesperal (a.) Vesper; evening.
Vespers (n.) One of the little hours of the Breviary.
Vespers (n.) The evening song or service.
Vespertilio (n.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.