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15-letter words containing e, v, c

  • university city — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • unparticipative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • utility vehicle — A utility vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
  • vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
  • vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
  • valency grammar — a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine
  • vanilla essence — a natural extract obtained from the pods of the vanilla plant and used to flavour sweet dishes
  • vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
  • varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
  • vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
  • vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • vascular tissue — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
  • vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
  • vegetative coma — a condition in which an injured person is alive but comatose, and does not respond to stimuli
  • velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
  • vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
  • venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
  • vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
  • vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
  • vertebral canal — spinal canal.
  • vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vertical circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith.
  • vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
  • vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
  • vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
  • video recording — sth filmed on videotape
  • videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
  • village college — a centre, often for a group of villages, with educational and recreational facilities for the whole neighbourhood
  • vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
  • vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
  • vine technology — (company)   A company which provides professional consulting services in the areas of networking, real-time systems, graphic arts, and web server advertisement space. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • viral infection — disease caused by a virus
  • virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
  • virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
  • viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
  • visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
  • voice-activated — (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.
  • voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
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