veritable
         adj 1: often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of
                  details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable
                  swine" [syn: {regular(a)}, {veritable(a)}]
         2: not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona
            fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs
            taken in a veritable bull ring" [syn: {authentic}, {bona
            fide}, {unquestionable}, {veritable}]

English Dictionary: Vertebrata	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebra n one of the bony segments of the spinal column
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral adj of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral arch n a structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord Synonym(s): neural arch, vertebral arch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral artery n the first branch of the subclavian artery; divided into four parts Synonym(s): vertebral artery, arteria vertebralis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral canal n the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes Synonym(s): spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral column n the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" Synonym(s): spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebral vein n a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein Synonym(s): vertebral vein, vena vertebralis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vertebrata n fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals [syn: Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebrate adj having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals" Antonym(s): invertebrate, spineless n animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium Synonym(s): vertebrate, craniate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebrate foot n the extremity of the limb in vertebrates [syn: {vertebrate foot}, pedal extremity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vertebrate paleontology n the paleontology of vertebrates
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Variety \Va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Varieties}. [L. varietas: cf. F.       vari[82]t[82]. See {Various}.]       1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or             succession of different things; diversity;             multifariousness.                         Variety is nothing else but a continued novelty.                                                                               --South.                         The variety of colors depends upon the composition                      of light.                                          --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.                         For earth this variety from heaven.   --Milton.                         There is a variety in the tempers of good men.                                                                               --Atterbury.          2. That which is various. Specifically:             (a) A number or collection of different things; a varied                   assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.                               He . . . wants more time to do that variety of                            good which his soul thirsts after. --Law.             (b) Something varying or differing from others of the same                   general kind; one of a number of things that are akin;                   a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.             (c) (Biol.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a                   species differing from the rest in some one or more of                   the characteristics typical of the species, and                   capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or                   of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a                   subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.          Note: Varieties usually differ from species in that any two,                however unlike, will generally propagate indefinitely                (unless they are in their nature unfertile, as some                varieties of rose and other cultivated plants); in                being a result of climate, food, or other extrinsic                conditions or influences, but generally by a sudden,                rather than a gradual, development; and in tending in                many cases to lose their distinctive peculiarities when                the individuals are left to a state of nature, and                especially if restored to the conditions that are                natural to typical individuals of the species. Many                varieties of domesticated animals and of cultivated                plants have been directly produced by man.             (d) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a                   species may occur, which differ in minor                   characteristics of structure, color, purity of                   composition, etc.          Note: These may be viewed as variations from the typical                species in its most perfect and purest form, or, as is                more commonly the case, all the forms, including the                latter, may rank as Varieties. Thus, the sapphire is a                blue variety, and the ruby a red variety, of corundum;                again, calcite has many Varieties differing in form and                structure, as Iceland spar, dogtooth spar, satin spar,                and also others characterized by the presence of small                quantities of magnesia, iron, manganese, etc. Still                again, there are Varieties of granite differing in                structure, as graphic granite, porphyritic granite, and                other Varieties differing in composition, as albitic                granite, hornblendic, or syenitic, granite, etc.          {Geographical variety} (Biol.), a variety of any species             which is coincident with a geographical region, and is             usually dependent upon, or caused by, peculiarities of             climate.          {Variety hybrid} (Biol.), a cross between two individuals of             different varieties of the same species; a mongrel.          Syn: Diversity; difference; kind.          Usage: {Variety}, {Diversity}. A man has a variety of                   employments when he does many things which are not a                   mere repetition of the same act; he has a diversity of                   employments when the several acts performed are unlike                   each other, that is, diverse. In most cases, where                   there is variety there will be more or less of                   diversity, but not always. One who sells railroad                   tickets performs a great variety of acts in a day,                   while there is but little diversity in his employment.                               All sorts are here that all the earth yields!                            Variety without end.                     --Milton.                               But see in all corporeal nature's scene, What                            changes, what diversities, have been!                                                                               --Blackmore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vartabed \Var"ta*bed\, n. [Armen., a doctor, master, preceptor.]       (Eccl.)       A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this       order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses,       with episcopal functions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veritable \Ver"i*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]ritable. See {Verity}.]       Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.       [bd]The veritable Deity.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. --       {Ver"i*ta*bly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veritable \Ver"i*ta*ble\, a. [F. v[82]ritable. See {Verity}.]       Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.       [bd]The veritable Deity.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. --       {Ver"i*ta*bly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verteber \Ver"te*ber\, n.       A vertebra. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Vertebra \[d8]Ver"te*bra\, n.; pl. {Vertebr[91]}. [L.       vertebra, fr. vertere to turn, change. See {Verse}.]       1. (Anat.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.          Note: In many fishes the vertebr[91] are simple cartilaginous                disks or short cylinders, but in the higher vertebrates                they are composed of many parts, and the vertebr[91] in                different portions of the same column vary very                greatly. A well-developed vertebra usually consists of                a more or less cylindrical and solid body, or centrum,                which is surmounted dorsally by an arch, leaving an                opening which forms a part of the canal containing the                spinal cord. From this dorsal, or neural, arch spring                various processes, or apophyses, which have received                special names: a dorsal, or neural, spine, spinous                process, or neurapophysis, on the middle of the arch;                two anterior and two posterior articular processes, or                zygapophyses; and one or two transverse processes on                each side. In those vertebr[91] which bear                well-developed ribs, a tubercle near the end of the rib                articulates at a tubercular facet on the transverse                process (diapophysis), while the end, or head, of the                rib articulates at a more ventral capitular facet which                is sometimes developed into a second, or ventral,                transverse process (parapophysis). In vertebrates with                well-developed hind limbs, the spinal column is divided                into five regions in each of which the vertebr[91] are                specially designated: those vertebr[91] in front of, or                anterior to, the first vertebra which bears ribs                connected with the sternum are cervical; all those                which bear ribs and are back of the cervicals are                dorsal; the one or more directly supporting the pelvis                are sacral and form the sacrum; those between the                sacral and dorsal are lumbar; and all those back of the                sacral are caudal, or coccygeal. In man there are seven                cervical vertebr[91], twelve dorsal, five lumbar, five                sacral, and usually four, but sometimes five and rarely                three, coccygeal.          2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of             the arms of an ophiuran.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.]       A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,       on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line       passing through a body or system around which the parts are       symmetrically arranged.          2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the             different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;             as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,             that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the             center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight             line passing through the center.          3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal             support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the             central line of any body. --Gray.          4. (Anat.)             (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra                   dentata}.             (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is                   prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first                   vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process                   or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head                   to turn upon.          5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in             describing the position of the planes by which a crystal             is bounded.          6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any             design.          {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the             strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.          {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward             in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.          {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central             substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band},             {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}.          {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the             mechanical powers.          {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a             system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal             axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it             divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the             parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has             two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two             axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor             axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the             {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}.          {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its             center and perpendicular to its surfaces.          {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line             with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which             compose it.          {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines             intersecting each other, to which points are referred for             the purpose of determining their relative position: they             are either rectangular or oblique.          {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines             in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other.          {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns.          {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing             through the center about which it vibrates, and             perpendicular to the plane of vibration.          {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the             prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.          {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line             about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the             several points of the line or plane shall describe circles             with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes             perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of             revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.          {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which             divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when             folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other             part.          {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle             considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),             the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the             plane of the circle. --Hutton.          {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing             perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the             volute.          {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the             horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,             exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.          {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of             transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All             crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial             or biaxial.          {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing             through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the             surface of the eye.          {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line             perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such             that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles             shall be equal to each other.          {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn             spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.          {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebral \Ver"te*bral\, a. [Cf. F. vert[82]bral.]       1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vertebr[91], or the             vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.          2. Vertebrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebral \Ver"te*bral\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A vertebrate. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebrally \Ver"te*bral*ly\, adv. (Anat.)       At or within a vertebra or vertebr[91]; -- distinguished from       interverterbrally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebrarterial \Ver`te*brar*te"ri*al\, a. (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to a vertebr[91] and an artery; -- said of       the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical       vertebr[91] and of the canal which they form for the       vertebral artery and vein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebrate \Ver"te*brate\, Vertebrated \Ver"te*bra`ted\, a. [L.       vertebratus.]       1. (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing             the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia,             and fishes.          2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the             spine in animals. --Henslow.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Having movable joints resembling vertebr[91];             -- said of the arms ophiurans.          4. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used             only in the form vertebrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebrate \Ver"te*brate\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Vertebrata.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebrate \Ver"te*brate\, Vertebrated \Ver"te*bra`ted\, a. [L.       vertebratus.]       1. (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing             the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia,             and fishes.          2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the             spine in animals. --Henslow.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Having movable joints resembling vertebr[91];             -- said of the arms ophiurans.          4. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used             only in the form vertebrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebre \Ver"te*bre\, n. (Anat.)       A vertebra. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebro- \Ver"te*bro-\       A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,       or relation to, a vertebra, vertebr[91], or vertebral column;       as in vertebrocostal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vertebro-iliac \Ver"te*bro-il"i*ac\, a. (Anat.)       Iliolumbar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus       strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See       {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.]       1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.             [Obs.] --Shak.                         Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn.                                                                               --Chapman.          2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the             production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency;             efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.                         Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue                      had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30.                         A man was driven to depend for his security against                      misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his                      syntax.                                             --De Quincey.                         The virtue of his midnight agony.      --Keble.          3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the             material or sensible substance.                         She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no                      part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J.                                                                               Davies.          4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.                         I made virtue of necessity.               --Chaucer.                         In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is                      better observed than in Terence, who thought the                      sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in                      of sentences.                                    --B. Jonson.          5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;             purity of soul; performance of duty.                         Virtue only makes our bliss below.      --Pope.                         If there's Power above us, And that there is all                      nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must                      delight in virtue.                              --Addison.          6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of             temperance, of charity, etc. [bd]The very virtue of             compassion.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Remember all his virtues.[b8]             --Addison.          7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity             of women; virginity.                         H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has,                      I should be the last man in the world to attempt to                      corrupt it.                                       --Goldsmith.          8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.                         Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.                                                                               --Milton.          {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a.          {In}, [or] {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by             authority of. [bd]He used to travel through Greece by             virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all             the towns.[b8] --Addison. [bd]This they shall attain,             partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in             virtue of piety.[b8] --Atterbury.          {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and             charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.