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14-letter words containing v, a, c, i

  • under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • 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.
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
  • vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
  • vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
  • vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • valentine card — a card expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to your sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
  • valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
  • van conversion — van2 (def 4).
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
  • 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.
  • velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
  • venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
  • vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vertical union — industrial union.
  • verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
  • vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
  • vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
  • 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.
  • villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
  • villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
  • village school — a school in a village
  • villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
  • villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
  • vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
  • vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
  • virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
  • virginia fence — snake fence.
  • 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.
  • visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
  • vital capacity — the greatest amount of air that can be forced from the lungs after maximum inhalation.
  • vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
  • vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
  • viticulturally — in a viticultural manner
  • voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
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