9-letter words containing a, v, i, o
- varifocal — having a focus that can vary
- variolate — resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
- variolite — a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock.
- varioloid — resembling smallpox.
- variolous — of or relating to smallpox.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- varsovian — a native or inhabitant of Warsaw.
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- 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.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- viareggio — a town and resort in W Italy, in Tuscany on the Ligurian Sea. Pop: 61 103 (2001)
- viatorial — pertaining to travelling
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vibratory — capable of or producing vibration.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- 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.
- videogram — an audiovisual recording, as on a videotape or DVD
- videoland — the world of television and televised images
- videoplay — teleplay.
- 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).
- villanova — Also, Villanova. of or relating to the early Iron Age culture of northern Italy, characterized by lake dwellings.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- violation — the act of violating.
- violative — involving violation.
- virilocal — Anthropology. living with or located near the husband's father's group; patrilocal.
- vis major — force majeure.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- visitator — an official visitor
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vitiation — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- viva voce — by word of mouth; orally.
- vivacious — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- voicemail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voisinage — a district or neighbourhood
- vojvodina — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- volacious — able or fit to fly.
- volcanics — types of rock
- volcanism — the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- voluminal — relating to volume