10-letter words containing n, i, v, a, t
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanity bag — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- vansittart — Sir Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham, 1881–1957, British statesman and diplomat.
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vatican ii — the twenty-first Roman Catholic ecumenical council (1962–65) convened by Pope John XXIII. Its 16 documents redefined the nature of the church, gave bishops greater influence in church affairs, and increased lay participation in liturgy.
- vaticanism — the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.
- vaticinate — to foretell; prophesy
- vaultingly — in a vaulting or arrogant manner
- vauntingly — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- vegetarian — a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
- vegetation — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velitation — a minor dispute or contest.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venerative — the act of venerating.
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- ventilator — a person or thing that ventilates.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- veterinary — a veterinarian.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- victoriana — Interesting or valuable objects made in the time of Queen Victoria are sometimes referred to as Victoriana.
- victualing — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- vietnamize — to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
- vigilantly — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- vincentian — Also called Lazarist. a member of the “Congregation of the Mission,” founded in France in 1625, engaged chiefly in conducting missions and clerical seminaries.
- vindemiate — to gather the grape harvest
- vindicator — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vinylation — the process of introducing the vinyl group into a compound by reaction with acetylene.
- viraginity — the qualities of a virago.
- visitation — the act of visiting.
- vitalizing — to give life to; make vital.
- vitamin a1 — a yellow, fat-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 20 H 30 O, obtained from carotene and occurring in green and yellow vegetables, egg yolk, etc.: essential to growth, the protection of epithelial tissue, and the prevention of night blindness.
- vitamin a2 — a vitamin that occurs in the tissues of freshwater fish and has a function similar to that of vitamin A. Formula: C20H28O
- vitamin b1 — thiamine.
- vitamin b2 — riboflavin.
- vitamin b3 — nicotinic acid.
- vitamin b6 — pyridoxine.
- vitamin b9 — folic acid.
- vitamin d1 — the first isolated form of vitamin D, consisting of calciferol and its precursor, lumisterol
- vitamin d2 — calciferol.
- vitamin d3 — a D vitamin, C 27 H 43 OH, occurring in fish-liver oils, that differs from vitamin D 2 by slight structural differences in the molecule.
- vitamin k1 — a yellowish, oily, viscous liquid, C 31 H 46 O 2 , occurring in leafy vegetables, rice, bran, hog liver, etc., or obtained especially from alfalfa or putrefied sardine meat, or synthesized, that promotes blood clotting by increasing the prothrombin content of the blood.
- vitamin k2 — a light-yellow, crystalline solid, C 41 H 56 O 2 , having properties similar to those of vitamin K 1 .
- vitamin k3 — menadione.