11-letter words containing o, n, v
- vasopressin — Biochemistry. a peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.
- venditation — a boastful or ostentatious display
- venereology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venesection — phlebotomy.
- venisection — phlebotomy.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- vent window — (on an automobile) a small, pivoting window fitted into a main side window to provide draft-free ventilation.
- ventilation — the act of ventilating.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- ventriloquy — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- venturesome — having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring: a venturesome investor; a venturesome explorer.
- verbal noun — a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
- verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
- verboseness — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
- vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- vexillation — a group of soldiers in the Roman army, usually comprising a thousand men
- vibrational — the act of vibrating.
- vice-consul — a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.
- vice-county — any of the geographical units into which the British Isles are divided for purposes of botanical and zoological recording, corresponding wherever possible to county boundaries
- video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
- videotaping — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- vienna roll — a yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
- villication — a twitch or pinch; vellication
- vindication — the act of vindicating.
- vindicatory — tending or serving to vindicate.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- vinegarroon — a large, nonpoisonous whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, which, when disturbed, emits a volatile fluid having a vinegary odor.
- vinho verde — any of a variety of light, slightly sharp-tasting wines made from early-picked grapes in the Minho region of NW Portugal
- vinificator — a condenser for alcohol vapors escaping from fermenting wine.
- vinton cerf — Vint Cerf
- vinyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 3 , derived from ethylene.
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin
- violin clef — treble clef.
- violinistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of violins or violinists
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- violoncello — cello1 .
- virgin soil — land uncultivated previously
- virgin wool — wool not previously used in manufacture
- viscountess — the wife or widow of a viscount.
- vision care — Vision care is the care and treatment of eyes, eyesight conditions, and vision.
- vivisection — the action of cutting into or dissecting a living body.
- vo language — a type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb.
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- voguishness — the state or condition of being voguish
- voice input — the control and operation of computer systems by spoken commands
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- vol-au-vent — a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- volcanicity — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- volcanology — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.