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- English Word Vermiculating Definition of Vermiculate
- English Word Vermiculation Definition The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.
- English Word Vermiculation Definition The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.
- English Word Vermiculation Definition Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
- English Word Vermiculation Definition A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.
- English Word Vermicule Definition A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body.
- English Word Vermiculite Definition A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
- English Word Vermiculose Definition Alt. of Vermiculous
- English Word Vermiculous Definition Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms.
- English Word Vermiform Definition Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
- English Word Vermiformia Definition A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.
- English Word Vermifugal Definition Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
- English Word Vermifuge Definition A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
- English Word Vermil Definition See Vermeil.
- English Word Vermilinguia Definition A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.
- English Word Vermilinguia Definition A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.
- English Word Vermilion Definition 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.
- English Word Vermilion Definition Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
- English Word Vermilion Definition To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
- English Word Vermily Definition Vermeil.