11-letter words containing v, a, i, l
- virginalist — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- 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.
- visual aids — any of various materials depending on the sense of sight, as films, slides, photographs, etc., used as aids in teaching.
- visual arts — painting, sculpture, cinema, etc.
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vital signs — pulse, temperature, breathing, etc.
- vitraillist — a person who makes stained-glass
- vituperable — deserving of blame
- vivaciously — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vladikavkaz — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- vladivostok — a seaport in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Sea of Japan: eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
- vocalically — in a vocalic manner
- volcanicity — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- volitionary — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volsteadism — the policy of prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- 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
- voraciously — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- white volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
- 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.