14-letter words containing r, e, v
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
- vesper sparrow — a common finch, Pooecetes gramineus, of fields and pastures in North America, noted for its evening song.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- vicious circle — Logic. (in demonstration) the use of each of two propositions to establish the other. (in definition) the use of each of two terms to define the other.
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- video recorder — A video recorder or a video cassette recorder is the same as a VCR.
- vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- virgin's-bower — any of several American clematis plants, esp Clematis virginiana, of E North America, which has clusters of small white flowers
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- virtual retail — Virtual retail is retailing on the Internet.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- visiting nurse — a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
- visiting terms — a degree of acquaintance in which you know someone well enough to visit
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
- voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- well preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.
- well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
- well-delivered — to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
- well-preserved — having been maintained in good condition; preserving a good or healthy appearance: a well-preserved manuscript; a well-preserved elderly couple.