10-letter words containing v, a
- video wall — A video wall is a set of video screens that are connected together, so that each screen shows a part of the whole picture or so that the same picture is repeated on each screen.
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- vietnamize — to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
- vigil mass — a Mass held on Saturday evening, attendance at which fulfils one's obligation to attend Mass on Sunday
- vigilantly — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- vijayawada — a city in E Andhra Pradesh, in SE India, on the delta of the Krishna River.
- villa home — one of a set of suburban bungalows built compactly on the one allotment, esp on the former site of a single bungalow
- villa park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- villarrica — a city in S central Paraguay.
- 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.
- viola clef — alto clef.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- violet ray — the shortest ray of the visible spectrum
- vir chakra — an award made to distinguished soldiers by the Government of India
- vira saiva — Lingayata.
- viraginity — the qualities of a virago.
- viral load — the amount or concentration of a virus, as HIV, in the blood.
- virtualism — the teaching that the bread and wine of the Communion contain Christ's spiritual body and blood
- virtualist — an artist specializing in virtual art, for example, art on the internet rather than hard copies of paintings
- virtuality — being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
- virtualize — to create a virtual version of (a computer, operating system, data storage device, etc.), which is not itself an independent device but both works and appears to the user as a single, physical entity: A virtualized computer server can boost processing power and reduce costs.
- viscachera — the burrow system of viscachas, which can extend up to 600 square metres, and has 4 to 30 entrances, some of which are big enough for a person to stand waist-deep
- viscerally — of or relating to the viscera.
- visitation — the act of visiting.
- visitative — of or relating to visitation
- visitorial — of or relating to a visitor; visitatorial.
- visual aid — any of various materials depending on the sense of sight, as films, slides, photographs, etc., used as aids in teaching.
- visualizer — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- 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.
- vitamin a2 — a vitamin that occurs in the tissues of freshwater fish and has a function similar to that of vitamin A. Formula: C20H28O
- vitamin b1 — thiamine.
- vitamin b2 — riboflavin.
- vitamin b3 — nicotinic acid.