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   variola
         n 1: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever
               and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form
               scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: {smallpox},
               {variola}, {variola major}]

English Dictionary: virile by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verily
adv
  1. in truth; certainly; "I verily think so"; "trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed"- Ps 37:3
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very well
adv
  1. quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today" [syn: first-rate, very well]
  2. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
    Synonym(s): very well, fine, alright, all right, OK
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viral
adj
  1. relating to or caused by a virus; "viral infection"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virile
adj
  1. characterized by energy and vigor; "a virile and ever stronger free society"; "a new and virile leadership"
  2. characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
    Synonym(s): male, manful, manlike, manly, virile
  3. (of a male) capable of copulation
    Synonym(s): potent, virile
    Antonym(s): impotent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See
      {Various}.] (Med.)
      The smallpox.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variole \Va"ri*ole\, n. [Cf. F. variole smallpox. See
      {Variola}.]
      1. A foveola.
  
      2. (Geol.) A spherule of a variolite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verily \Ver"i*ly\, adv. [From {Very}.]
      In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.
      --Bacon.
  
               Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in
               the [?][?]nd, and verily thou shalt be fed. --Ps.
                                                                              xxxvii. 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verrel \Ver"rel\, n.
      See {Ferrule}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virelay \Vir"e*lay\, n. [F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song,
      a lay.]
      An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes,
      and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
  
               Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains,
               roundels, virelayes.                              --Chaucer.
  
               To which a lady sung a virelay.               --Dryden.
  
      Note: [bd]The virelay admitted only two rhymes, and, after
               employing one for some time, the poet was virer, or to
               turn, to the other.[b8] --Nares.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virial \Vir"i*al\, n. [L. vis, viris, force.] (Physics)
      A certain function relating to a system of forces and their
      points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the
      investigation of problems in molecular physics.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virile \Vi"rile\ (?; 277), a. [L. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin
      to AS. wer: cf. F. viril. See {Werewolf}, {World}, and cf.
      {Decemvir}, {Virago}, {Virtue}.]
      Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man;
      characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful;
      forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to
      womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power,
      virile organs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virole \Vi*role"\, n. [F., a ferrule. See {Ferrule}.] (Her.)
      A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
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