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15-letter words containing i, v, t

  • vatican council — the ecumenical council, convoked in Rome, 1869–70, by Pope Pius IX, that declared the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • 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 ivory — ivory (def 9).
  • vegetable knife — a knife designed to cut up vegetables
  • vegetative coma — a condition in which an injured person is alive but comatose, and does not respond to stimuli
  • venetian dentil — (on an archivolt or molding) one of a series of small rectangular blocks having chamfers at alternate edges.
  • 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.
  • venetian window — Palladian window.
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
  • 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.
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
  • vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
  • vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
  • vicar capitular — a cleric chosen by a cathedral chapter to manage a bishopric during a vacancy.
  • vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
  • vicissitudinous — a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
  • victoria nyanza — Victoria (def 10).
  • 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]>.
  • violinistically — in a violinistic manner
  • viral infection — disease caused by a virus
  • viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
  • virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
  • 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.
  • virtual reality — a realistic and immersive simulation of a three-dimensional environment, created using interactive software and hardware, and experienced or controlled by movement of the body. Abbreviation: VR.
  • virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
  • 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.
  • visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
  • visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
  • visiting rights — the right to visit someone
  • visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
  • visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
  • vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • vitry-sur-seine — a city in N central France, on the Seine River, SE of Paris.
  • 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.
  • volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
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