12-letter words containing o, n, v
- vinyasa yoga — a style of yoga in which breathing exercises are used to synchronize fluid transitions through a fixed sequence of poses
- virilization — the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
- virtuousness — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- vision cloth — a curtain with an inset scrim behind which a lighted scene appears, as a vision, dream, or the like.
- vision mixer — the person who selects and manipulates the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitalization — to give life to; make vital.
- vitellogenic — producing or stimulating the formation of yolk
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- vitreousness — the state of being vitreous
- vitriolation — the process of turning something into vitriol
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vivification — to give life to; animate; quicken.
- vocabularian — a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
- vocal memnon — one of the two seated figures of the Colossus of Memnon: so called because it once emitted sounds when struck by the rays of the rising sun.
- vocalization — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocationally — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- volcanic arc — a curving chain of active volcanoes formed above a subduction zone and adjacent to a convergent plate boundary.
- volcanic ash — ash1 (def 2).
- volcanogenic — created by a volcano; of volcanic origin.
- volcanologic — relating to vulcanology
- volitational — relating to flying
- volitionally — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volitionless — having no volition
- voluminously — forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- voluntourism — tourism in which travellers do voluntary work to help communities or the environment in the places they are visiting
- vomiturition — ineffectual efforts to vomit.
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- voting booth — polling kiosk
- voting paper — a ballot.
- vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- vulvovaginal — relating to the external female genitals
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wave cyclone — a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- whencesoever — From whatever place or source.
- woman driver — a female driver
- wood carving — making sculptures from wood
- wood vinegar — pyroligneous acid.
- woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.