10-letter words containing v, a, i, n
- vaticinate — to foretell; prophesy
- vaultingly — in a vaulting or arrogant manner
- vauntingly — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- vegetarian — a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
- vegetation — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velitation — a minor dispute or contest.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venerative — the act of venerating.
- venial sin — a transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
- venialness — the quality or state of being venial
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- ventilator — a person or thing that ventilates.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- verulamian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- veterinary — a veterinarian.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vicariance — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- victoriana — Interesting or valuable objects made in the time of Queen Victoria are sometimes referred to as Victoriana.
- victualing — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
- vide infra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see below
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- vietnamize — to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
- vigilantly — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- villainage — the tenure by which a villein held land and tenements from a lord.
- villainess — a villainous woman.
- villainies — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- villainize — to speak ill of; disparage; vilify: to villainize the wealthy.
- villainous — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- villanella — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- villanelle — a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes.
- villanovan — Also, Villanova. of or relating to the early Iron Age culture of northern Italy, characterized by lake dwellings.
- villeinage — the tenure by which a villein held land and tenements from a lord.
- vincentian — Also called Lazarist. a member of the “Congregation of the Mission,” founded in France in 1625, engaged chiefly in conducting missions and clerical seminaries.
- vindemiate — to gather the grape harvest
- vindicable — capable of being vindicated: a vindicable expedient.
- vindicator — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vine maple — a maple, Acer circinatum, of the western coast of North America, often having vinelike or prostrate stems that form dense thickets.
- vine snake — any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- vinylation — the process of introducing the vinyl group into a compound by reaction with acetylene.
- viraginity — the qualities of a virago.
- visitation — the act of visiting.
- vitalizing — to give life to; make vital.
- vitamin a1 — a yellow, fat-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 20 H 30 O, obtained from carotene and occurring in green and yellow vegetables, egg yolk, etc.: essential to growth, the protection of epithelial tissue, and the prevention of night blindness.