13-letter words containing v, a, l, i, u
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
- vernacularize — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visual acuity — acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). Abbreviation: V.
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual binary — a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- visualization — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- volcanic tuff — tuff2 .
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- vulcanization — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.