9-letter words containing v, e, i, t
- vetturino — a person who drives a vettura
- vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- vexillate — having a vexillum or vexilla.
- vibratile — capable of vibrating or of being vibrated.
- vibrative — vibrating
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- vicontiel — pertaining to the sheriff or viscount.
- victimise — to make a victim of.
- victimize — to make a victim of.
- victorine — a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.
- victrixes — an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- vide ante — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see before
- vide post — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see after
- videlicet — that is to say; namely (used especially to introduce examples, details, etc.). Abbreviation: viz.
- video art — an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- videotape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- videotext — an electronic information transmission and retrieval technology enabling interactive communication, for such purposes as data acquisition and dissemination and electronic banking and shopping, between typically large and diverse computer databases and users of home or office display terminals connected to telephone or cable-television lines, or through use of broadcast television signals.
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- viet cong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- viet minh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vignetter — Photography. a device for blurring the edges of a photographic image so as to fade them into a plain surrounding area.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vinometer — a hydrometer for measuring the percentage of alcohol in wine.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- violative — involving violation.
- violently — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- viosterol — a vitamin D preparation produced by the irradiation of ergosterol.
- virescent — turning green.
- virgulate — rod-shaped; virgate.
- visagiste — a person who designs and applies face make-up; make-up artist
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- visitable — capable of, suitable for, or worthy of being visited: a visitable island; a visitable museum.
- visitress — a female visitor, esp one who visits the poor
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitalness — the quality of being vital
- 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.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vitellary — the location within an egg where the yolk is formed
- vitelline — of or relating to the egg yolk.
- viti levu — the largest of the Fiji Islands, in the S Pacific. 4053 sq. mi. (10,497 sq. km). Capital: Suva.
- viticetum — a place where vines, especially grapevines, are cultivated.
- 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.
- vizierate — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.