0%

13-letter words containing v, e, a

  • valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
  • valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
  • valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
  • valley stream — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
  • van der merwe — a stereotypical figure humorously representing Boer stupidity and prejudice
  • van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
  • vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
  • vannevar bush — (person)   Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
  • vantage point — a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.
  • vapor barrier — a layer of material, as plastic film or foil, used to protect installed insulation by retarding the transmission of moisture from the interior environment.
  • vapor tension — vapor pressure.
  • vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • variabilities — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
  • variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
  • variable star — a star that varies markedly in brightness from time to time.
  • variable type — type that can be varied to fit a page, screen, etc
  • variable-rate — providing for changes in the interest rate, adjusted periodically in accordance with prevailing market conditions: a variable-rate mortgage.
  • varicose vein — Varicose veins are swollen and painful veins in a person's legs, which sometimes require a medical operation.
  • varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
  • variety meats — processed meat, such as sausage, or offal
  • variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
  • vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
  • vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
  • vegetable fat — oil from plant source
  • vegetable oil — any of a large group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol, obtained from the leaves, fruit, or seeds of plants.
  • vegetable wax — a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.
  • vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
  • velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
  • velvet carpet — a carpet or rug of pile weave resembling Wilton.
  • venereal wart — a soft warty nodule of viral origin that occurs on the mucosal surfaces of the genitalia or around the anus, often in a cluster; condyloma acuminatum.
  • venetian ball — a small glass ball containing colorful objects or pieces, used chiefly as a paperweight.
  • venetian blue — a strong blue similar to cobalt blue.
  • venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
  • venire facias — a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury.
  • ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
  • ventrolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.
  • venus flytrap — firewall machine
  • veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
  • verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
  • verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
  • verifiability — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
  • vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
  • vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
  • vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
  • vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?