[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

venomous \ven"omous\, a. oe. venemous, venimous, f. venimeux,
   l. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. see venom, and cf.
   venenose.
   1. full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the
      bite of a serpent may be venomous.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. having a poison gland or glands for the secretion
      of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
      1913 webster

   3. noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous
      progeny; a venomous writer.
      1913 webster

   venomous snake zool., any serpent which has poison glands
      and fangs, whether dangerous to man or not. these serpents
      constitute two tribes, the viperine serpents, or
      solenoglypha, and the cobralike serpents, or
      proteroglypha. the former have perforated, erectile fangs
      situated in the front part of the upper jaw, and are
      without ordinary teeth behind the fangs; the latter have
      permanently erect and grooved fangs, with ordinary
      maxillary teeth behind them.
      1913 webster -- ven"omously, adv. --
      ven"omousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
venom venenose venomous snake ven"omously ven"omousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

venomous
     adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous
            snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" syn: deadly, virulent
     2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
        otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
        "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
        "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
        assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
        sulfurous denunciation" syn: acerb, acerbic, acid,
        acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous,
         virulent, vitriolic
     3: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent
        lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- ernest hemingway;
        "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" syn: poisonous,
        vicious
see also:
deadly virulent acerb acerbic acid acrid 
bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous 
vitriolic poisonous vicious 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

108 moby thesaurus words for "venomous":
   acerbic, acrid, acute, antagonistic, antipathetic, baleful,
   baneful, belligerent, bitter, catching, caustic, clashing,
   colliding, communicable, conflicting, contagious, corroding,
   corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, cutting,
   damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, despiteful, destructive,
   detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, drastic,
   embittered, envenomed, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme,
   fierce, full of hate, furious, great, harmful, hateful, hostile,
   hurtful, immoderate, infectious, infective, injurious, intemperate,
   intense, keen, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious,
   malign, malignant, mean, mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic,
   mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, outrageous, pernicious,
   pestiferous, pestilential, piercing, poison, poisonous,
   prejudicial, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, rigorous, rough,
   savage, scatheful, set against, severe, sharp, sore, spiteful,
   splenetic, splitting, tough, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous,
   unconscionable, vehement, venenate, veneniferous, venenous,
   vicious, violent, viperish, viperlike, viperous, virulent,
   vitriolic

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...THE VENOMOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS, Gerald Keown's Herpetological Reource Page is an on-line.....In addition, several other non-venomous but interesting Texas snakes are discussed. A.....The Venomous Snakes of Texas....THE VENOMOUS SNAKES OF TEXAS.. Trans-Pecos Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster..
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Florida Venomous Snakes 1
...Although 45 species of snakes are found in Florida, only the 6 listed here are venomous.....If you find a snake and you do not know whether or not it is venomous, the safest thing to.....Food and Drug Administration provides information on how to avoid being bitten by a..
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/venomsnk.htm, score=92, date indexed=September 2, 2004, 10:07 am

North American Venomous Reptiles
...The SHHS is a group of venomous reptile keepers educating the public about venomous.....org Home -- Venomous Reptiles on the Net .. Welcome Anonymous    Register a Nickname! or.....North American Venomous Reptiles.. Common Name.. Latin.. Normal Yield.. Lethal Dose..
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FAQ: Venomous Critters

http://www.outdoorclub.org/Critters_FAQ.html, score=79, date indexed=October 6, 2005, 12:02 am

Electric Venom
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