13-letter words containing a, r, t, i, v
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
- vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- verifiability — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
- vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- vernis martin — a finish for furniture, invented in France in the 18th century in imitation of Chinese lacquer.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vertical file — a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
- verticillated — whorled
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- victorian box — a tree, Pittosporum undulatum, of Australia, having shiny, wavy-margined, oblong leaves and fragrant clusters of yellowish flowers.
- victoriaville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- vindicatorily — in a vindicatory manner
- vip treatment — preferential or special treatment, as or as if given to famous or rich people
- virginia city — a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- visitor's tax — a tax that visitors to a place must pay
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.