Words starting with velvetste
Maybe these words will be useful:
- velvetiness — the quality or state of being velvety
- velvet — a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut.
- velvet ant — any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting.
- velvet bean — a vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods, grown in warm regions for forage or as an ornamental.
- velvet carpet — a carpet or rug of pile weave resembling Wilton.
- velvet divorce — A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
- velvet glove — an outwardly gentle or friendly manner used to disguise one's firm or ruthless determination.
- velvet plant — a composite plant, Gynura aurantiaca, native to the Old World tropics, having leaves and stems covered with dense, velvety, purple hairs and often cultivated as a houseplant. Compare purple passion.
- velvet revolution — the peaceful overthrow of Czechoslovakia's communist government in late 1989
- velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings