10-letter words containing v, e, c
- videogenic — telegenic.
- 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.
- vindicable — capable of being vindicated: a vindicable expedient.
- vindictive — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- viola clef — alto clef.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- violescent — tending to a violet color: a violescent twilight sky.
- virescence — state of becoming somewhat, though usually not totally, green, due to the abnormal presence of chlorophyll.
- 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.
- viscometer — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- visiogenic — appropriate for broadcast on television
- vitellicle — the sac of a yolk
- vitrectomy — the microsurgical procedure of removing the vitreous humor and replacing it with saline solution, performed to improve vision that has been impaired by opacities.
- vitrescent — becoming glass.
- vivisector — to dissect the living body of (an animal).
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- vociferous — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- voice coil — a moving coil that drives the diaphragm of a sound reproduction system, as a loudspeaker, by the interaction of a changing magnetic field that is produced by a current in the coil and a fixed magnetic field that is produced by permanent magnets.
- voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- voice vote — a vote based on estimation of the relative strength of ayes and noes called out rather than on a counting of ballots, a roll call, or a division.
- voice-lift — a cosmetic surgical operation on the vocal cords to make the voice sound younger
- voice-over — the voice of an offscreen narrator, announcer, or the like.
- voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
- volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- volumetric — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
- vouchering — a person or thing that vouches.
- vulcanizer — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulpecular — pertaining to or resembling a fox; vulpine.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- woodcarver — a person whose occupation is woodcarving.