15-letter words containing o, v, i, c
- variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasoconstrictor — a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.
- vatican council — the ecumenical council, convoked in Rome, 1869–70, by Pope Pius IX, that declared the dogma of papal infallibility.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- vegetative coma — a condition in which an injured person is alive but comatose, and does not respond to stimuli
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vicissitudinous — a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- victoria nyanza — Victoria (def 10).
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- video recording — sth filmed on videotape
- videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
- village college — a centre, often for a group of villages, with educational and recreational facilities for the whole neighbourhood
- 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
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
- voice-activated — (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.
- volcano islands — a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- 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.
- voting precinct — one of several areas, each containing a polling place, into which a town or city is split for voting purposes
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.