Dictionary: VEN – VEP

• VENABLE
adj. vendible, able to be sold – 1507 obs.

• VENAL
adj. 1. of support, favour, etc.: that may be bought or obtained for a price; ready to be given in return for some reward without regard for higher principles – 1652
adj. 2. of things: exposed or offered for sale; that may be bought, as an ordinary article of merchandise – 1662 arch.
adj. 3. of persons: capable of being bought over or bribed; of an unprincipled and hireling character – 1670
adj. 4. connected or associated with sordid and unprincipled bargaining; subject to mercenary or corrupt influences – 1718

• VENALITIOUS
adj. belonging to the sale of men or children, or of slaves; that is to be bought or sold –  obs.

• VENALITY
n. readiness to give support or favour in return for profit or reward; prostitution of talent or principles for mercenary considerations; ability to be bribed – a1683

• VENALITY
n. the quality of being for sale – 1611 rare

• VENALIZATION
n. the process of making venal or saleable – 1906 rare

• VENALLY
adv. in a venal or mercenary manner – 1756 rare

• VENALNESS
 n. the quality of being for sale; saleableness – 1727 rare

• VENAMOUS
adv. exceedingly, very – 1924 Sc.

• VENATIC
adj. employed in or devoted to hunting – 1656

• VENATICAL
adj. pert. to hunting – a1666

• VENATION
n. the hunting of wild animals – 1386 rare

• VENATIOUS
adj. inclined to hunting – 1660 rare

• VENATOR
n. a hunter or huntsman – 1656 rare

• VENATORIAL
adj. 1. connected with hunting – 1830
adj. 2. given to hunting; addicted to the chase – a1881

• VENATORIOUS
adj. pert. to hunting; addicted to the chase – 1656 obs. rare

• VENATORY
adj. connected with hunting – 1837

• VENCHES
n. ‘dibs’; a claim; rights; right of priority – 2000 Amer. dial.

• VENCUE
vb. to vanquish, to subdue – a1300 obs. rare

• VEND
n. sale; opportunity of selling – 1618

• VENDABLE
adj. able to be sold – c1400 rare

• VENDAGE
 n. the harvest of grapes; vintage – 1377 obs.

• VENDED
adj. sold – 1812

• VENDER
vb. 1. to wander – 1866 Sc.
vb. 2. of the tide: to turn – 1908 Sc.
vb. 3. to turn or row a boat against the sun – 1908 Sc.

• VENDERESS
n. a female seller – 1862

• VENDIBILITY
n. the quality of being saleable – 1660

• VENDIBLE
adj. 1. capable of being sold; saleable, marketable – 1382
adj. 2. offered for sale; that may be bought or purchased – 1552 obs.
adj. 3. able to be bribed – 1609 obs.
adj. 4. current, accepted, acceptable – 1642 obs.
n. a thing admitting of being sold or offered for sale – 1681

• VENDIBLENESS
n. saleableness – 1611

• VENDICATE
vb. 1. to claim for oneself – 1531 obs.
vb. 2. to assert a claim, to claim ability, to do something – 1557 obs.

• VENDICATION
n. a claiming; a challenging to oneself – 1658 obs.

• VENDITATE
vb. to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously – 1600 obs.

• VENDITATION
n. 1. the act of displaying in a favourable or ostentatious manner – 1609 obs.
n. 2. the act of offering for sale – 1854 rare

• VENDITION
n. the act of selling; disposal or transfer by sale – 1542

• VENDITIVE
adj. of a person: ready to be of service for purely mercenary considerations – 1633 obs.

• VENDITOR
n. a seller, a vendor – 1698 obs. rare

• VENDONGING
n. grape-picking; the vintage – 1340 obs.

• VENDOO
n. an auction – 1929 Amer. dial.

• VENDOR
n. a jukebox – 1965 US sl.

• VENDOR’S
n. a commercial bottle of beer, even when obtained from a bootlegger – 1999 Can. sl.

• VENDRESS
n. a female seller – 1800

• VENDUE
n. a public sale; an auction – 1686

• VENDUE CRIER
n. an auctioneer – 1778 Amer. dial.

• VENEDOTIAN
adj. pert. to North Wales – 1841

• VENEFIC
adj. 1. practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects – 1646 obs.
n. one who practises poisoning as a secret art; a sorcerer or sorceress; a wizard or witch – 1651 obs.

• VENEFICAL
adj. 1. practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft – 1584 obs.
adj. 2. practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects – 1609 obs.

• VENEFICE
n. the practice of employing poison or magical potions; the exercise of sorcery by such means – c1380 obs.

• VENEFICIAL
adj. 1. practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects – a1646 obs.
adj. 2. practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft – 1658 obs.

• VENEFICIOUS
adj. 1. practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft – 1646 rare
adj. 2. practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects – 1904 rare

• VENEFICOUS
adj. 1. practising or associated with malignant sorcery or witchcraft – 1657 rare
adj. 2. practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects – 1657 rare

• VENEFY
n. the practice of employing poison or magical potions; the exercise of sorcery by such means – 1616 obs.

• VENENATE
adj. poisoned; infected or imbued with poison or poisonous properties – 1633 obs.
vb. to poison; to render poisonous – 1623 obs.

• VENENATION
n. the act of poisoning – 1646 obs.

• VENENE
adj. poisonous, venomous – 1665 rare

• VENENIFEROUS
adj. flowing with or discharging venom, bearing poison – 1656 rare

• VENENIFLUOUS
adj. flowing with or discharging venom, bearing poison – 1891 rare

• VENENOSE
adj. poisonous, venomous – 1673 rare

• VENENOSITY
n. poisonous quality or property – 1539 obs.

• VENENOUS
adj. poisonous, venomous – c1425 rare

• VENERABLE
adj. 1. giving evidence of veneration; reverent, reverential – 1613 obs.
adj. 2. ancient, antique, old – 1792
n. a venerable thing; an antique – 1803 nonce use

• VENERAL
adj. 1. pert. to sexual desire or to sexual intercourse – 1591 obs.
adj. 2. given to fleshly wantonness, lascivious, lustful – 1623 obs.
adj. 3. worthy of reverence – 1631 obs.
adj. 4. pert. to venereal disease – 1651 obs.

• VENERANCE
n. the quality of inspiring reverence – 1884 rare

• VENERAND
adj. entitled to veneration, worthy of reverence – 1549 obs. rare

• VENERANT
adj. engaged in veneration, reverential – 1846 rare

• VENERATE
adj. engaged in veneration, reverential – 1591 obs.

• VENERATIVE
adj. of the nature of veneration, reverential – 1860 rare

• VENERATOR
n. one who venerates or reverences – 1656

• VENEREAL
adj. 1. pert. to or associated with sexual desire or intercourse – 1432-50
adj. 2. physically beautiful or attractive – 1598 obs.
adj. 3. of persons: under the influence of Venus; inclined to be lascivious or lustful – 1652 obs.
adj. 4. pert. to venereal disease – 1658
adj. 5. infected with venereal disease – 1683

• VENEREAN
adj. 1. pert. to sexual desire or intercourse – c1550 obs.
adj. 2. inclined to be lascivious or lustful – 1612 obs.
n. one who is sexually excited – 1631 obs.

• VENEREOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of venereal disease

• VENEREOUS
adj. 1. addicted to or desirous of sexual enjoyment; libidinous, lascivious, lustful – 1509 obs.
adj. 2. pert. to sexual desire or intercourse – 1542 obs.
adj. 3. pert. to venereal disease – 1661 obs.

• VENEREOUSLY
adv. in the manner of venereal disease – 1665 obs.

• VENEREOUSNESS
n. lasciviousness, lust – 1659 obs.

• VENERER
n. a huntsman – 1845 arch.

• VENERIAL
adj. 1. pert. to sexual desire or intercourse – 1531 obs.
adj. 2. inclined to be lascivious or lustful – 1577 obs.
adj. 3. pert. to hunting – 1612 obs.
adj. 4. beautiful or attractive like Venus – 1661 obs.
adj. 5. employed in curing venereal disease – a1700 obs.

• VENERIALIST
n. a specialist in venereal diseases – 1763 obs.

• VENERIAN
adj. 1. inclined to wantonness; lascivious, lustful – a1400 obs.
adj. 2. pert. to sexual desire or intercourse – 1448 obs.
adj. 3. pert. to venereal disease – 1617 obs.
n. a wanton, lascivious, or lustful person – 1601 obs.

• VENERIEN
adj. inclined to wantonness; lascivious, lustful – c1386 obs.
n. a wanton, lascivious, or lustful person – 1567 obs.

• VENERILLA
n. a little Venus; a small, beautiful woman – 1621 rare

• VENERIOUS
adj. 1. pert. to sexual desire or intercourse – 1542 obs.
adj. 2. inclined to wantonness; lascivious, lustful – 1547 obs.
adj. 3. pert. to venereal disease – 1615 obs.

• VENERIOUSNESS
n. lasciviousness, lust – 1547 obs.

• VENERIST
n. one addicted to lust; a lascivious or lustful person – 1596 obs. rare

• VENEROUS
adj. 1. pert to sexual desire or intercourse – 1562 obs.
adj. 2. inclined to wantonness; lascivious, lustful – 1597 obs.

• VENERY
n. 1. the sport of hunting – c1320 arch.
n. 2. wild animals hunted as game – c1350 obs.
n. 3. the practice or pursuit of sexual pleasure; indulgence of sexual desire; sexual activity – 1497
n. 4. an instance or source of joy, delight, or great enjoyment – 1602 obs.
n. 5. a place where hunting-dogs are kept – 1653 obs.

• VENETIAN-BLIND IRISH
n. middle-class Irish-Americans – 1947 Amer. dial.

• VENEY
n. a thrust – obs.

• VENGA
n. a cat – 1866 Sc.

• VENGE
n. vengeance – 1587 obs.
vb. 1. to avenge, to execute revenge – a1300 arch.
vb. 2. to punish a wrongdoing – a1340 obs.

• VENGEABLE
adj. 1. inclined or ready to take vengeance or inflict retaliative injury – c1380 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. characterized by or arising from vengeance or revenge; cruel, dreadful – c1430 obs.
adj. 3. miserable, wretched – c1430 obs.
adj. 4. very great, severe, strong, intense – 1532 obs.
adj. 5. punishable – 1650 obs. rare
adv. exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively – 1542 obs. exc. Sc.

• VENGEABLY
adv. 1. vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly – 1412-20 arch.
adv. 2. exceedingly, greatly, very – c1550 arch.

• VENGEANCE
adj. very great or large – 1602 obs.
adv. 1. extremely, intensely – 1548 obs.
adv. 2. not at all, never – 1556 obs.
n. 1. a person of a violent temper – 1711-2
n. 2. the Devil – 1746 Eng. dial.
n. 3. energy, vehemence – 1899 Eng. dial.

• VENGEANCELY
adv. extremely, exceedingly, very much – 1622 obs.

• VENGEANCER
n. one who inflicts vengeance – c1440 obs.

• VENGEANT
adj. avenging; executing vengeance; inflicting retributive punishment – a1340 obs.

• VENGEFUL
adj. desiring revenge; vindictive – a1599

• VENGEMENT
n. vengeance – 1338 obs.

• VENGENCE
n. venison – Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.

• VENGEOUSLY
adv. violently, viciously – 1599 obs. rare

• VENGER
n. an avenger; one who takes vengeance on a person – a1340 now poetic usage

• VENGERESS
n. a female avenger – c1374 obs. rare

• VENGESOUR
n. an avenger – 1382 obs. rae

• VENGEVUL
adj. revengeful – Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• VENGI
n. a cat – 1884 Sc.

• VENGIBLE
adj. 1. vengeful, vindictive, eager for revenge – 1548 obs.
adj. 2. remarkable, extraordinary – 1594 obs.
adj. 3. grievous, severe – 1601 obs.

• VENGIBLY
 adv. in a revengeful manner, vindictively – 1580 obs.

• VENGING
adj. avenging; executing vengeance – c1470

• VENGLA
n. a cat – 1884 Sc.

• VENIABLE
adj. venial, excusable, pardonable – 1646 obs. rare

• VENIABLY
adv. excusably – 1646 obs.

• VENIAL
adj. 1. worthy of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable – a1300
adj. 2. of an error or fault: that may be excused or overlooked; of a light, unimportant, or trivial nature; excusable – 1581
adj. 3. allowable, permissible; blameless – 1597 obs. rare
adj. 4. of an offender: committing a venial sin or offense – 1796 obs.
n. a venial sin or offense; a light fault or error – c1380 obs.

• VENIALIA
n. venial sins or offences – 1654 obs.

• VENIALITY
n. 1., the quality of being excusable – 1628 obs.
n. 2. an instance or act of graciousness – 1654

• VENIALLY
adv. pardonably, excusably – a1340

• VENIALNESS
n. the quality of being pardonable – 1727 rare

• VENIM
n. a spiteful, vicious person or animal; a very objectionable creature – 1898 Sc.

• VENIN
n. venom, poison – c1330 obs.
vb. to poison – a1500 obs.

• VENISON
n. 1. any wild animal killed by hunting, esp. one of the deer kind – a1300 arch.
n. 2. the act or practice of hunting – 1390 obs. rare
n. 3. goat’s flesh – 1827 Sc. obs. rare

• VENISONIVOROUS
adj. given to eating venison – c1831 nonce word

• VENISON OUT OF TUP PARK
n. mutton – L17 sl.

• VENLIN
n. a company of soldiers – 1541 obs.

• VENNEL
n. 1. a narrow lane, passage, or thoroughfare in a town or city; an alley or wynd – 1435 chiefly Sc.
n. 2. an open drain or gutter; a sewer – 1641 N. Eng. dial.

• VENNER
vb. to scowl; to snarl; to draw up the lips in a snarling manner – 1890 Eng. dial.

• VENNER UP
vb. to become angry or spiteful – Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• VENNY
adv. rather, sooner – 1876 Eng. dial. obs.

• VENOM
adj. 1. venomous; virulent, malignant, spiteful, fierce, malicious, savage – a1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. dry, hard, harsh, hot – Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. poison, esp. as administered to or drunk by a person; any poisonous or noxious substance – c1290 rare
n. 2. a colouring matter; a dye – c1374 obs. rare
n. 3. fullness, strength – 1836 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 4. a spiteful, vicious person – 1898 Sc.
n. 5. malice, spite – Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. the discharge from a sore or wound – Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to infect with moral evil; to corrupt; to deprave – a1300
vb. 2. to poison a person, etc. – c1320 arch.
vb. 3. to sting – 1877 Eng. dial.

• VENOMER
n. one who administers venom; a poisoner – 1647 rare

• VENOMFUL
adj. venomous, poisonous – 1544 obs.

• VENOMING
n. poison – a1470 obs.

• VENOMLESS
adj. corruption of venomous – Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• VENOMLY
adv. venomously; with venom – 1387 obs. rare

• VENOMNESS
n. the quality of being poisonous, venomousness – 1543 rare

• VENOMOUS
adj. 1. morally or spiritually hurtful or injurious; pernicious; spiteful – c1290 obs.
adj. 2. treated with venom or poison; envenomed, poisoned – a1400 obs.

• VENOMOUSHEAD
n. the quality of being poisonous, venomousness – a1400 obs.

• VENOMOUSTY
n. the quality of being poisonous, venomousness – 1377 obs.

• VENOMSOME
adj. venomous, spiteful, malicious – 1660 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• VENOMY
adj. venomous, spiteful, malignant, malicious – c1400 rare
n. venomousness, spite, malice – 1548 obs.

• VENQUE
vb. to vanquish, to subdue – 1402 obs.

• VENS
n. ‘dibs’; a claim; rights; right of priority – 1991 Amer. dial.

• VENT
n. 1. the scent given off by a hunted animal – 1576 obs. rare
n. 2. an inn or tavern – 1577 obs.
n. 3. a place where goods are or may be sold; a market, mart – 1580 obs.
n. 4. a wind – 1580 obs.
n. 5. the anus – 1587 obs.
n. 6. a creek or inlet – 1604 obs.
n. 7. a hint or whisper of something – 1613 obs.
n. 8. a sale; a demand for goods; means of disposal – 1641 Eng. dial.
n. 9. the action on the part of an otter of coming to the surface of the water in order to breathe; an instance or occasion of this – 1653
n. 10. a hole; an opening – 1838 Eng. dial.
n. 11.  the wrist of a shirt; any opening in a garment – 1873 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a chimney – 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 13. a ventriloquist – 1893 UK sl.
n. 14. of a fowl: the anus – Bk1905 Sc.
n. 15. progress, speed – Bk1905 Sc.
n. 16. the vagina – M20 sl. (possibly a misunderstanding)
vb. 1. to sell or vend commodities or goods; to dispose of by sale – 1478-9 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to trim the openings or slits of a garment – 1547 obs. rare
vb. 3. to search or seek for – 1574 obs.
vb. 4. of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell – 1576 obs.
vb. 5. to discharge, eject, cast, or pour out (liquid, smoke, etc.); to carry off or away; to drain in this way – 1587 obs.
vb. 6. of an otter or beaver: to rise to the surface in order to breathe; also, of a person – 1590
vb. 7. to break wind – 17C sl.
vb. 8. to supply with fresh air; to ventilate – 1601 obs.
vb. 9. to blow a horn – 1601 obs.
vb. 10. to give, heave, or utter a groan, sigh, etc. – 1602 rare or poetical usage
vb. 11. of persons, animals, or their organs: to cast out, expel, or discharge, esp. by natural evacuation; to evacuate urine, etc.; to excrete – 1607 obs.
vb. 12. to eject or expel people out of a country- 1609 obs.
vb. 13. to spend, to get rid of a fortune – 1610 obs.
vb. 14. to discover or discern – 1611 obs.
vb. 15. to dispense, to distribute – 1616 obs.
vb. 16. to become known, to be divulged – 1622 obs.
vb. 17. to put coins, etc. in circulation or currency; to give in payment; to pay out – 1629 obs. exc. Soc.
vb. 18. to smell or snuff at something – 1634 rare
vb. 19. to disclose, to divulge, or let out a secret, etc. – 1678 obs.
vb. 20. to shed tears – 1760 obs. rare
vb. 21. of a brook: to flow into a river – 1784 US
vb. 22. of a chimney: to draw, to smoke – 1816 Sc.
vb. 23. to express frustrations in larger-than-life dimensions; to let off steam – 1996 US sl.

• VENTACT
n. a ventriloquist – 1893 UK sl.

• VENTAGE
n. the act of selling or vending; sale – 1577 obs.

• VENTAIL
n. something acting as a sail or fan – a1529 obs.

• VENTAL
adj. pert. to the wind – 1887 rare

• VENTANA
n. a window – 1670

• VENTED
adj. exploded, blown up – 1639 obs.

• VENTEL
vb. to set sail – a1400 obs.

• VENTER
n. 1. one or other of two or more wives who are (successively or otherwise) sources of offspring to the same person – 1544
n. 2. the womb as the source of one’s birth or origin; hence, a mother in relation to her children – 1579-80 obs.
n. 3. one who sells or offers for sale; a vendor – 1620 obs. rare
n. 4. the womb of a woman – a1656 rare
n. 5. a single occasion of child-bearing – 1657 obs.
n. 6. the abdomen; the belly – 20C

• VENTERER
n. one who looks for articles driven to shore by tide or wind – 1824 Sc.

• VENT-HOLE
n. a buttonhole in the wrist of a shirt – 1873 Eng. dial.

• VENTILABLE
adj. capable of being ventilated – 1881 US

• VENTILABRAL
adj. concerning or pert. to a fan or fans – 1882 rare

• VENTILARY
adj. due to or caused by the wind – 1683 obs.

• VENTILATE
adj. discussed or debated – 1432-50 obs. rare
vb. 1. of wind: to blow away something; to scatter – a1440 obs.
vb. 2. to publish abroad; to make public – 1530 rare
vb. 3. to carry on, to take part in a controversy – 1607 obs.
vb. 4. to estimate the value of; to appraise – 1682 obs.
vb. 2. to shoot; to kill with a bullet – 1875 sl., orig. US

• VENTILATE THE BLOCK
vb. in hot rodding and drag racing: to blow a rod out through the engine – 1960s US sl.

• VENTILATION
n. 1. a stir or motion of the air; a current of air; a breeze – 1456 obs.
n. 2. the utterance or expression of one’s thoughts, etc. – 1615 obs.

• VENTILATOR
n. a machine gun – 1962 US sl.

• VENTILATORY
adj. of a hat: provided with ventilation – 1850 rare

• VENTILE
n. a fan – 1555 obs.

• VENTILOUS
adj. fluttering, flickering, unsteady – 1483 obs.

• VENTILOW
n. a fan – 1653 obs. rare

• VENTING
adj. that smells or snuffs – 1637 obs.
n. 1. the act of selling – 1532-3 obs.
n. 2. the act of smelling or snuffing – 1611 obs.
n. 3. the rising of an otter to the surface of water in order to breathe – 1741

• VENT MAN
n. 1970s US sl. – a homeless drifter who typically sleeps on the warm sidewalk air-vents from subways and other underground places

• VENTORIOUS
adj. characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring – 1640 obs.

• VENTOSAL
adj. performed or done by the wind – 1782 obs.

• VENTOSE
adj. 1. windy, flatulent – 1721 rare
adj. 2. talkative, loquacious – 1721
adj. 3. pompous, bragging, vaunting – 1867

• VENTOSENESS
n. flatulence – a1425 obs.

• VENTOSITOUS
adj. affected with flatulence – 1601 obs. rare

• VENTOSITY
n. 1. flatulence – 1398
n. 2. a fart; a belch – 1513
n. 3. pomposity, vanity, bombast – c1550
n. 4. an instance of vanity; an idle conceit – 1605

• VENTOSOUS
adj. flatulent – 1639 obs. rare

• VENT OUT
vb. to shed tears – 1632 obs. rare

• VENTOY
n. a fan – 1602 obs. rare

• VENT-RENTER
n. a prostitute – 20C US sl.

• VENTRIC
adj. pert. to the stomach or belly – 1869 rare

• VENTRICLE
n. the stomach in man or animals; the belly- 1574 obs.

• VENTRICOSE
adj. of persons: big-bellied; having an unusually or abnormally large abdomen – 1843

• VENTRICULOSE
adj. paunch-bellied – 1727 rare

• VENTRICULOUS
adj. having a somewhat protuberant stomach – rare

• VENTRICUMBENT
adj. lying on the belly; prostrate, prone – 1882

• VENTRILOCUTION
n. ventriloquism – 1846 obs.

• VENTRILOQUAL
adj. uttered as if from the abdomen – 1864 rare

• VENTRILOQUE
adj. uttered as if from the abdomen – 1826 rare
n. a ventriloquist – 1681 rare

• VENTRILOQUIAL
adj. uttered as if from the abdomen – 1836

• VENTRILOQUISTIC
adj. using or practising ventriloquism – 1830

• VENTRILOQUIZE
vb. to use or practise ventriloquism; to speak or produce sounds in the manner of a ventriloquist – 1844

• VENTRILOQUOUS
adj. using or practising ventriloquism – 1713

• VENTRILOQUUS
n. a ventriloquist – 1644 obs.

• VENTRILOQUY
n. 1. ventriloquism – 1584
n. 2. divination by the innards of beasts – 1623 obs.

• VENTRINE
adj. pert. to the abdomen – a1859 rare

• VENTRIOSE
adj. paunch-bellied – 1707 obs. rare

• VENTRIPOTENT
adj. 1. having a large abdomen; big-bellied – 1611
adj. 2. having great capacity of stomach; gluttonous – 1823

• VENTRIPOTENTIAL
adj. gluttonous – 1824 nonce word

• VENTROSE
adj. having a belly – 1859 rare

• VENTROSITY
n. corpulence – 1891

• VENTUOUS
adj. 1398 obs. – flatulent, windy

• VENTURABLE
adj. 1576 obs. rare – adventurable; attemptable; venturous, hazardous

• VENTURE
n. 1. a1450 obs. – fortune, luck; chance
n. 2. 1550 obs. – danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss
n. 3. 1611 obs. – a prostitute
n. 4. 1810 rare – an adventure or remarkable feat, incident, etc.
n. 5. 1824 Sc. – anything driven to shore by the tide or wind
vb. 1559 rare – to be boldly speculative

• VENTURE ABROAD
vb. 1674 obs. – to risk publishing an article, etc.

• VENTURE A JOINT
vb. 1573-80 obs. – to take some risk

• VENTURE GIRL
n. 1836 sl. – a single woman sent out to India in the hope of winning herself a husband

• VENTURELESS
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – venturesome, foolhardy, rash

• VENTURELING
n. 1562 obs. – a young or petty adventurer

• VENTURE-MISS
n. 1825 – a girl or woman who goes to India in order to get a husband

• VENTURER
n. 1607 obs. – a strumpet or prostitute

• VENTURESHIP
n. 1583 obs. – venturousness

• VENTURING PIN
n. 1671 obs. – a disposition to use, or the habit of employing the phrase “I venture to say’

• VENUE
n. 1. a1330 obs. rare – a coming on, in order to strike; an assault or attack
n. 2. a1400 obs. – the act of coming; arrival
n. 3. 1591 obs. – a thrust or hit in fencing; a stroke or wound with a weapon

• VENUNDATE
vb. 1613 obs. – to buy and sell

• VENUNDATION
n. 1623 obs. – a selling and buying

• VENUS
adj. 1821 Sc. – impure,  immoral
n. 1. c1386 obs. – in alchemy: copper
n. 2. 1513 obs. – the desire for sexual intercourse; indulgence of sexual desire; lust, venery
n. 3. 1540 obs. – a quality or characteristic that excites love; a charm, grace, or attractive feature
n. 4. a1579 – a beautiful or attractive woman
n. 5. 1657 obs. rare – beauty, charm

• VENUS’S ANVILL
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S CAVE
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S-CELL
n. E16 – the female genitals; the vagina

• VENUS’S COURT
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S CUP
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S CURSE
n. 19C – a venereal disease, syphilis or gonorrhea

• VENUS’S FIELD
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S GARDEN
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S GLOVE
n. L16 sl. – the vagina

• VENUS’S HALL
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S HIGHWAY
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S HONEYPOT • VENUS’S HONYPOT
n. 1. L16 euphemism – the female genitals
n. 2. E18 Brit. – copulation

• VENUS’S MARK
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUS’S SECRET CELL
n. L16 euphemism – the vagina

• VENUST
adj. 1513 obs. – handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance

• VENUSTATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to make beautiful, fair, or sightly

• VENUSTATION
n. 1658 obs. – a making handsome or beautiful

• VENUSTITY
n. 1727 obs. – beautifulness

• VENUSTNESS
n. 1727 obs. – beautifulness

• VENUSTY
n. 1559 obs. – elegance of form; beauty

• VENY
n. 1. a1225 obs. – pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon
n. 2. 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a hit or thrust in fencing; a wound or blow
n. 3. 1586 – a sharp retort, a pungent remark
n. 4. 1746 Eng. dial. – a scolding bout

• VENY FOR VENY
phr. 1611 – tit for tat

• VEP
n. 20C W. Indies sl. – a lift, a free ride

• VEPRECOSE
adj. 1721 obs. – full of brambles