Vocabulary : Veritas to Vermetus
Veritas : The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.
Verities : of Verity
Verity : The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. ;; That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.
Verjuice : The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice. ;; Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.
Vermeil : Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. ;; Silver gilt or gilt bronze. ;; A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
Vermeologist : One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.
Vermeology : A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.
Vermes : An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers. ;; A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders.
Vermetid : Any species of vermetus.
Vermetus : Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.
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