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- English Word Venomous Definition Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
- English Word Venomous Definition Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
- English Word Venomous Definition Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
- English Word Venose Definition Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond.
- English Word Venosity Definition The quality or state of being venous.
- English Word Venosity Definition A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
- English Word Venous Definition Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood.
- English Word Venous Definition Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial.
- English Word Venous Definition Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf.
- English Word Vent Definition Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
- English Word Vent Definition To sell; to vend.
- English Word Vent Definition A baiting place; an inn.
- English Word Vent Definition To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- English Word Vent Definition 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.
- English Word Vent Definition The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
- English Word Vent Definition The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
- English Word Vent Definition Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- English Word Vent Definition Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- English Word Vent Definition Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- English Word Vent Definition To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.