9-letter words containing v, a, n, t
- veratrine — a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- verminate — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vernality — the quality or state of being vernal
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- vibrantly — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- vide ante — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see before
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vintaging — the act of gathering grapes
- violation — the act of violating.
- vitalness — the quality of being vital
- vitamin a — a yellow oil, C 20 H 28 O, similar to vitamin A, obtained from fish liver.
- vitamin b — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.
- vitamin c — ascorbic acid.
- vitamin d — calciferol.
- vitamin e — a pale-yellow viscous fluid, abundant in vegetable oils, whole-grain cereals, butter, and eggs, and important as an antioxidant in the deactivation of free radicals and in maintenance of the body's cell membranes: deficiency is rare.
- vitamin g — riboflavin.
- vitamin h — biotin.
- vitamin k — menadione.
- vitamin m — folic acid.
- vitamin p — bioflavonoid.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- vitiation — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- vitruvian — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- vivamente — in a lively manner
- vivianite — a secondary mineral, hydrous ferrous phosphate, Fe 3 (PO 4) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring in the form of pale blue crystals or powder.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vulcanite — a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.
- vulnerate — to harm or wound
- wave tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.