12-letter words containing l, i, v, a
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vaudevillian — Also, vaudevillist. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede
- 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.
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- verticillate — disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- via dolorosa — (initial capital letters) Christ's route to Golgotha.
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
- vicar choral — a member of the clergy or a layperson in a cathedral who sings certain parts of the service.
- vice admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- vice-admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- vigentennial — a 20th anniversary.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- village hall — function venue in small community
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- villainously — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- villanelle's — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- villeurbanne — a city in E France, near Lyons.
- vin de table — the classification given to a French wine that does not meet the requirements of any of the three higher classifications
- vina del mar — a city in central Chile, near Valparaiso: seaside resort.
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- 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
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virginalling — playing as on the virginal
- virilization — the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- visitatorial — of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual basic — (language) (VB) A popular event-driven visual programming system from Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Windows. VB is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes fragments of BASIC code when the user performs certain operations on graphical objects on-screen. It is widely used for in-house application program development and for prototyping. It can also be used to create ActiveX and COM components. Version 1 was released in 1991 [by Microsoft?].
- visual dbase — (language) A Rapid Application Development suite with a compiler and intranet tools to enable developers to publish data on the web. Originally a Borland product, the first version released by dBase, Inc. was Visual dBase 5.7.
- visual field — field of vision.
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- visualizable — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.