9-letter words containing t, v, r
- vertiport — a type of airport for aircrafts which land and take off vertically
- vertumnus — a Roman god of gardens, orchards, and seasonal change
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- vetturino — a person who drives a vettura
- viatorial — pertaining to travelling
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibratile — capable of vibrating or of being vibrated.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vibrative — vibrating
- vibratory — capable of or producing vibration.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- victor ii — (Gebhard) 1018–57, German ecclesiastic: pope 1055–57.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- victorine — a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.
- victrixes — an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- video art — an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.
- vignetter — Photography. a device for blurring the edges of a photographic image so as to fade them into a plain surrounding area.
- vinometer — a hydrometer for measuring the percentage of alcohol in wine.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- viosterol — a vitamin D preparation produced by the irradiation of ergosterol.
- virescent — turning green.
- virginity — the state or condition of being a virgin.
- virgulate — rod-shaped; virgate.
- virtually — for the most part; almost wholly; just about: He is virtually unknown.
- virtuosic — a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- visitator — an official visitor
- visitress — a female visitor, esp one who visits the poor
- vitellary — the location within an egg where the yolk is formed
- vitriform — having the form or appearance of glass.
- vitriolic — of, relating to, or resembling vitriol.
- vitruvian — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- vitruvius — (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) fl. 1st cent. b.c.; Rom. architect & engineer
- vizierate — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- voiturier — someone who drives a vehicle
- voltigeur — a former office in the French army
- voltmeter — a calibrated instrument for measuring the potential difference between two points.
- volturnus — the ancient Roman personification of the east or southeast wind.
- volumeter — any of various instruments or devices for measuring volume, as of gases, liquids, or solids.
- volumetry — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- volunteer — a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
- vorticism — a short-lived avant-garde British art movement that was nurtured by Wyndham Lewis, derived from futurism and cubism, and reached its climax in an exhibition in London in 1915, dwindling in influence after World War I.
- vorticity — a measure of the circulation of a fluid: a quantity equal to twice the angular momentum of a particle of the fluid around which there is circulation.
- vorticose — vortical; whirling.
- vortumnus — Vertumnus
- vrystater — a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp one who is White
- vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.