10-letter words containing v, e, a
- value fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks that are undervalued and whose share price is likely to rise.
- value-free — not altered or influenced by value judgments
- valve gear — (in a reciprocating engine) the mechanism for opening and closing the valves at certain points in each stroke.
- valve lift — The valve lift is the distance by which the valve is raised from its seated position when it is fully opened.
- valve seat — The valve seat is the ring-shaped surface with which a poppet valve closes.
- valve stem — stem1 (def 14).
- van dongen — Kees [keys] /keɪs/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius Theodorus Marie) 1877–1968, French painter, born in the Netherlands.
- van driver — a person whose occupation is driving a van
- van druten — John William, 1901–57, U.S. playwright, born in England.
- van leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- vanadinite — a mineral, Pb 5 (VO 4) 3 Cl, occurring in yellow, brown, or greenish crystals: an ore of lead and vanadium.
- vandenberg — Arthur Hendrick, 1884–1951, U.S. statesman.
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanua levu — an island in the S Pacific, one of the Fiji Islands. 2137 sq. mi. (5535 sq. km).
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- variegated — varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates
- variometer — Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vat number — registration code for tax purposes
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT
- vat return — an annual account of a company's or person's VAT transactions
- vaticinate — to foretell; prophesy
- vaudeville — theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians. Compare variety (def 9).
- veal crate — a small, partitioned area, lacking in light, in which veal calves are reared to ensure that their meat is white
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- 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.
- vegetative — growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
- velitation — a minor dispute or contest.
- veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- velvet ant — any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting.
- velvetleaf — Indian mallow.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venerative — the act of venerating.
- venezuelan — of or relating to the republic of Venezuela.
- 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
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- vent glass — the triangular shaped glass on the side of an automobile between the windshield and the front door glass
- 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.
- verb. sap. — verbum sapienti sat est
- vergeboard — bargeboard.