14-letter words containing a, v, n, i
- vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
- vienna sausage — a small frankfurter, often served as an hors d'oeuvre.
- viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
- vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
- vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- 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 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
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volatilization — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- west virginian — 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.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service
- zenaida (dove) — either of two wild doves, (Zenaida aurita) of Florida and the Caribbean, or (Z. asiatica) of the SW U.S. to Chile