14-letter words containing r, v, a
- vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- vibratory mill — A vibratory mill is a machine for grinding something, in which the feed and grinding medium are between two surfaces which vibrate against each other.
- vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
- vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- victoria cross — a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation: V.C.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- 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).
- villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
- 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.
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- 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.
- viticulturally — in a viticultural manner
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- vostro account — a bank account held by a foreign bank with a British bank, usually in sterling
- 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.
- well-travelled — traveled.
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service