14-letter words containing t, o, v
- trivialization — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trois-rivieres — French name of Three Rivers.
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- varsity sports — sports involving the main or first teams at a high school, college, or university
- vasodilatation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- vector product — cross product.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- vegetable wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- vena contracta — any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location of minimum cross section nearest the orifice.
- ventilationist — of, relating to, or advocating the ventilation of emotions: a ventilationist approach to dealing with anger.
- vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- 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
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
- 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
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- 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.
- video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
- vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
- viollet-le-duc — Eugène Emmanuel [œ-zhen e-ma-ny-el] /œˈʒɛn ɛ ma nüˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1814–79, French architect and writer.
- 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.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- visitors' book — a book in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments they have about the place
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
- vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting