14-letter words containing a, l, t, v, i
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vasodilatation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- venetian blind — a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- ventilationist — of, relating to, or advocating the ventilation of emotions: a ventilationist approach to dealing with anger.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vestavia hills — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
- vibratory mill — A vibratory mill is a machine for grinding something, in which the feed and grinding medium are between two surfaces which vibrate against each other.
- vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
- villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
- vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- virtual retail — Virtual retail is retailing on the Internet.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vital capacity — the greatest amount of air that can be forced from the lungs after maximum inhalation.
- vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
- vital staining — the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope
- vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
- viticulturally — in a viticultural manner
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
- volatilization — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- voltaic couple — a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.