10-letter words containing s, a, v
- vaginismus — a painful spasm of the vagina.
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.
- val-d'oise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- valentinus — Valentine (def 2).
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- valve seat — The valve seat is the ring-shaped surface with which a poppet valve closes.
- valve stem — stem1 (def 14).
- valvulitis — inflammation of a valve, especially a heart valve, often caused by rheumatic fever.
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vansittart — Sir Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham, 1881–1957, British statesman and diplomat.
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varifocals — a pair of spectacles with varifocal lenses
- varnishing — the skill or technique of varnishing something
- vasculitis — inflammation of veins, arteries, capillaries, or lymph vessels.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vassalling — causing to become a vassal
- vaticanism — the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- venial sin — a transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
- venialness — the quality or state of being venial
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- vent glass — the triangular shaped glass on the side of an automobile between the windshield and the front door glass
- verb. sap. — verbum sapienti sat est
- verilog sa — (company) A French real-time software engineering company.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- versailles — a department in N France. 877 sq. mi. (2271 sq. km). Capital: Versailles.
- versicular — of or consisting of verses.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vesiculate — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vestibular — of, relating to, or resembling a vestibule.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vice squad — a police squad charged with enforcing laws dealing with gambling, prostitution, and other forms of vice.
- vice versa — the other way around
- vide supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see above
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- vigil mass — a Mass held on Saturday evening, attendance at which fulfils one's obligation to attend Mass on Sunday
- villainess — a villainous woman.
- villainies — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- villainous — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- vine snake — any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- vira saiva — Lingayata.
- virtualism — the teaching that the bread and wine of the Communion contain Christ's spiritual body and blood
- virtualist — an artist specializing in virtual art, for example, art on the internet rather than hard copies of paintings
- viscachera — the burrow system of viscachas, which can extend up to 600 square metres, and has 4 to 30 entrances, some of which are big enough for a person to stand waist-deep
- viscerally — of or relating to the viscera.