Index of English words, starting with "ve"

(1) - Vermilion (v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
(2) - Vermilion (n.) Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
(3) - Vermilion (n.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.

(1) - Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
(2) - Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
(3) - Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general.

(1) - Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.

(1) - Vermination (n.) A griping of the bowels.
(2) - Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.

(1) - Verminous (a.) Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.
(2) - Verminous (a.) Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.