11-letter words containing u, n, v, a
- vacuumizing — to create a vacuum in.
- vagus nerve — either one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, heart, and thoracic and abdominal viscera, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from these structures to the brain.
- valuational — the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanity unit — washstand
- vapouringly — in a boastful manner
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- verbal noun — a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
- vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
- victualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vin du pays — vin de pays.
- vine cactus — the ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens.
- virtual lan — (networking) Software defined groups of host on a local area network (LAN) that communicate as if they were on the same wire, even though they are physically on different LAN segments throughout a site. To define a virtual LAN, the network administrator uses a virtual LAN management utility to establish membersip rules that determine which hostss are in a specific virtual LAN. Many models may exist but two seem to dominate: (1) Vitual Segment (or Port-Group) Virtual LAN. These are switched at the data link layer (OSI layer 2). Virtual segments turn an arbitrary number of physical segments into a single virtual segment that funtions as a self-contained traffic domain. (2) Virtual Subnet Virtual LAN: These are switched at the Network Layer (OSI layer 3). Subnet-oriented virtual LANs are based on subnet addresses used by IP, IPX, and other network layer protocols to normally identify physical networks. Administrators assign one subnet address to a number of switch ports (which may be on different switches and over a backbone). Once identified as a virtual subnet, the selected LANs function as a bridge group - traffic is bridged at Layer 2 within the virtual subnet and routed at Layer 3 between virtual subnets.
- vo language — a type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb.
- vol-au-vent — a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- voluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- voluntative — a verb form expressing a desire to perform the action denoted by the verb
- von neumann — John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.
- vulcanology — volcanology.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- wagon vault — barrel vault.
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.
- yugoslavian — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.