12-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r, e
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vector space — an additive group in which addition is commutative and with which is associated a field of scalars, as the field of real numbers, such that the product of a scalar and an element of the group or a vector is defined, the product of two scalars times a vector is associative, one times a vector is the vector, and two distributive laws hold.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- ventral root — a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.
- ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vertebration — vertebrate formation.
- verumontanum — an elevation in the wall of the urethra
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- voting paper — a ballot.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
- water vapour — steam
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
- zero gravity — the condition in which the apparent effect of gravity is zero, as in the case of a body in free fall or in orbit.