11-letter words containing v, a, n, l
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- vinegar eel — a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- 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.
- vital signs — pulse, temperature, breathing, etc.
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vo language — a type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb.
- vol-au-vent — a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- volcanicity — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- volcanology — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- volitionary — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- 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
- vomeronasal — relating to the small bone dividing the nostrils
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.
- vulcanology — volcanology.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- wagon vault — barrel vault.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- 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.