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15-letter words containing t, r, e, v, i

  • vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
  • variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
  • varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
  • vascular tissue — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
  • vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
  • vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vertical circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith.
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
  • vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • viral infection — disease caused by a virus
  • viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
  • virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
  • virtual reality — a realistic and immersive simulation of a three-dimensional environment, created using interactive software and hardware, and experienced or controlled by movement of the body. Abbreviation: VR.
  • virtual storage — 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.
  • virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
  • visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
  • visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
  • visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
  • visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
  • vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • vitry-sur-seine — a city in N central France, on the Seine River, SE of Paris.
  • volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
  • voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
  • voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
  • vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
  • voting precinct — one of several areas, each containing a polling place, into which a town or city is split for voting purposes
  • voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
  • vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • west nile fever — a viral disease, caused by a flavivirus and spread by a mosquito (Culex pipiens), that results in encephalitis
  • west nile virus — an illness caused by a chiefly mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus, characterized in a small percentage of infected persons by fever, headache, muscle weakness, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis.
  • without reserve — without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
  • wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).
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