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Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.

One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.

ling or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

See Viperoidea.

Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. Viperine snake. (Zoöl.) (a) Any venomous snake of the family Viperidæ. (b) A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small European species which resembles the viper in color.

Of or pertaining to the vomer.

Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.

Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. Wagering policy. (Com.) See Wager policy, under Policy.

a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross (Zoöl.), the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species of Tradesc…

In a wandering manner.

The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

a. & n. from Water, v. Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. -- Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water. -- Watering place. (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there…

In a wavering manner.

The quality or state of wavering.

The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.

Passing to the west. Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton.

The retention of the afterbirth in cows. Gardner.

A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.

a. & n. from Whisper. v. t. Whispering gallery, or Whispering dome, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances.…

In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers. Tennyson.