Home › Words › V › venturineventurineventurine means gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, venturine ranks #30,074 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyCompare aventurine.nounGold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aventurine 63% match — A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles. vs venturine →porporino 55% match — A composition of mercury, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists as a cheaper alternative to gold. vs venturine →varnishing 54% match — An application of varnish. vs venturine →japan 53% match — A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. vs venturine →envermeil 53% match — To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red. vs venturine →velatura 52% match — A translucent whitish glaze in painting. vs venturine →aureous 52% match — Of a golden colour. vs venturine →varnished 52% match — coated or decorated with varnish vs venturine →