15-letter words containing l, y, i
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- 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
- 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.
- visayan islands — a group of seven large and several hundred small islands in the central Philippines. Chief islands: Negros and Panay. Pop: 15 528 346 (2000). Area: about 61 000 sq km (23 535 sq miles)
- visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- volume velocity — the movement caused by a sound wave of a unit volume of a sound-transmitting medium through a unit area per unit of time.
- voronoi polygon — (mathematics, graphics) For a member s of a set S of points in a Euclidean space, the locus of points in the plane that are closer to s than to any other member of S.
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
- whitley council — any of a number of organizations made up of representatives of employees and employers for joint consultation on and settlement of industrial relations and conditions for a particular industry or service
- wild and woolly — unrestrained; lawless: a wild-and-woolly frontier town.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- wild-and-woolly — unrestrained; lawless: a wild-and-woolly frontier town.
- winning gallery — a winning opening on the hazard side, below the penthouse and farthest from the dedans. Compare dedans (def 1), grille (def 5).
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
- xylotypographic — involving or pertaining to xylotypography
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- yin-yang school — a school of ancient Chinese philosophers who interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area
- yosemite valley — a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has an altitude of about 1200 m (4000 ft), with sheer walls rising about another 1200 m (4000 ft).
- zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology
- zoophytological — of or relating to zoophytology