13-letter words containing e, v, r, n
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
- vernacularize — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- vernier scale — Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- vernis martin — a finish for furniture, invented in France in the 18th century in imitation of Chinese lacquer.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- very reverend — the official form of address for officers of the clergy or religious orders below the rank of bishop, abbot, or abbess.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vicar general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- vicar-general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- vice-chairman — a member of a committee, board, group, etc., designated as immediately subordinate to a chairman and serving as such in the latter's absence; a person who acts for and assists a chairman.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- village green — park or common in a village
- vin ordinaire — inexpensive table wine, usually of unspecified origin.
- vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
- vinyl polymer — any of a group of compounds derived by polymerization from vinyl compounds, as vinyl acetate and styrene.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- violin spider — brown recluse spider.
- vip treatment — preferential or special treatment, as or as if given to famous or rich people
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- virginia dare — Virginia, 1587–? first child born of English parents in the Western Hemisphere.
- virginia deer — the common white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of eastern North America.
- virginia pine — a pine tree, Pinus virginiana, of the eastern U.S., that grows in poor soil and has needles in groups of two.
- virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
- volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- volumenometer — a device for determining the volume occupied by an object
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- von sternberg — Josef [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), or Joseph (Josef Stern) 1894–1969, U.S. film director and screenwriter, born in Austria.
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- vraisemblance — verisimilitude; appearance of truth
- vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- well governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- well-governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- west virginia — 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.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- western slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- whereinsoever — in whatever respect
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- yesterevening — yesterday evening.