15-letter words containing v, a, c, n, e
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
- unparticipative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
- valency grammar — a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine
- vanilla essence — a natural extract obtained from the pods of the vanilla plant and used to flavour sweet dishes
- vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
- vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- 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.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- vertebral canal — spinal canal.
- vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
- vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- 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.