Index of English words, starting with "ve"

(1) - Vent (v. t.) To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
(2) - Vent (v. t.) To scent, as a hound.
(3) - Vent (v. t.) To utter; to report; to publish.
(4) - Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
(5) - Vent (v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
(6) - Vent (n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
(7) - Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
(8) - Vent (n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
(9) - Vent (n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
(10) - Vent (n.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
(11) - Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
(12) - Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
(13) - Vent (n.) A baiting place; an inn.
(14) - Vent (v. t.) To sell; to vend.
(15) - Vent (n.) Sale; opportunity to sell; market.

(1) - Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.

(1) - Ventail (n.) That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.

(1) - Venter (n.) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.
(2) - Venter (n.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
(3) - Venter (n.) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
(4) - Venter (n.) The uterus, or womb.
(5) - Venter (n.) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
(6) - Venter (n.) One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

(1) - Ventiduct (n.) A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.