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13-letter words containing r, e, v, o

  • vapor tension — vapor pressure.
  • vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
  • varicose vein — Varicose veins are swollen and painful veins in a person's legs, which sometimes require a medical operation.
  • variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
  • vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
  • vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
  • velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
  • venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
  • venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
  • ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquism — 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.
  • ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquize — to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist
  • ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
  • ventrolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.
  • venture scout — a young man or woman, aged 16–20, who is a member of the senior branch of the Scouts
  • venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
  • veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
  • verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
  • verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
  • vercelli book — a codex of Old English poems and sermons found in the chapter house at Vercelli.
  • vercingetorix — died 45? b.c, Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.
  • vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
  • vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
  • versicoloured — of variable or various colours
  • versification — the act of versifying.
  • vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
  • victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
  • victoriaville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
  • video library — video and dvd lending service
  • video referee — an additional referee during a televised game who is able to examine video playback to determine whether or not a try has been legitimately scored
  • videorecorded — to record (programs, broadcasts, or the like) on videotape or videodisk.
  • videorecorder — an electronic device for recording video signals on magnetic tape or on videodisks.
  • vin ordinaire — inexpensive table wine, usually of unspecified origin.
  • vinyl polymer — any of a group of compounds derived by polymerization from vinyl compounds, as vinyl acetate and styrene.
  • viola d'amore — a treble viol with numerous sympathetic strings and several gut strings, producing a resonant sound.
  • violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
  • violin spider — brown recluse spider.
  • virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
  • virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
  • visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
  • visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
  • vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
  • vivisectorium — the location where vivisection takes place
  • voice over ip — (communications)   (VoIP) Any technology providing voice telephony services over IP, including CODECs, streaming protocols and session control. The major advantage of VoIP is lower cost, by avoiding dedicated voice circuits. Currently VoIP is being deployed on internal corporate networks, and, via the Internet, for low cost (and low quality) international calls. It is also used for telephony applications such as voice and fax mail. The ITU standard is H.323, which is a whole suite of protocols, while the IETF has developed the much simpler SIP to solve the session control problem and MGCP/Megaco to solve the gateway problem.
  • volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
  • volumenometer — a device for determining the volume occupied by an object
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