9-letter words containing a, t, v
- vectorial — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- vedutista — an artist who creates vedutas or cityscapes
- vega alta — a city in N Puerto Rico.
- vegetable — any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.
- vegetably — like or in the manner of a vegetable.
- vegetally — in a vegetal manner
- vegetated — to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- vellicate — to pluck; twitch.
- venerated — held in deep respect; revered
- venerator — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- veniality — able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- ventilate — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- ventrally — of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
- veratrine — a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- verbalist — a person skilled in the use of words.
- verbality — wordiness; verbal diffuseness: a speech full of tedious verbality.
- verberate — to lash, beat, or whip
- veritable — being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- veritably — being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
- verminate — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- versatile — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- vertebrae — any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.
- vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- vestigial — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- vexillate — having a vexillum or vexilla.
- viability — ability to live, especially under certain conditions: The viability of a fetus outside the womb has increased dramatically with the advent of new technologies and procedures.
- viatorial — pertaining to travelling
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibratile — capable of vibrating or of being vibrated.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vibrative — vibrating
- vibratory — capable of or producing vibration.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- vide ante — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see before
- video art — an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- videotape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vintaging — the act of gathering grapes
- violation — the act of violating.