Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..

Evernic :: Evernic (a.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid..

Governing :: Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gover.

Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..

Governing :: Governing (a.) Requiring a particular case.

Overnice :: Overnice (a.) Excessively nice; fastidious.

Overnight :: Overnight (n.) The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.

Overnight :: Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight..

Taverning :: Taverning (n.) A feasting at taverns.

Vernicle :: Vernicle (n.) A Veronica. See Veronica, 1..

Vernicose :: Vernicose (a.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves..

Vernier :: Vernier (n.) A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument..

Vernile :: Vernile (a.) Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.

Vernility :: Vernility (n.) Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.

Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..

Vernish :: Vernish (n. & v.) Varnish.

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