10-letter words containing v, e, n, i, r
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- 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.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venerative — the act of venerating.
- ventilator — a person or thing that ventilates.
- ventricles — Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- ventriculi — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- vermilling — changing or becoming the colour vermilion
- vermillion — a brilliant scarlet red.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- versioning — the adaptation of classic literary texts for film, which often involves updating or changing the setting
- versionist — a translator
- verulamian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam.
- vespertine — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- veterinary — a veterinarian.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vicariance — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicegerent — an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
- viceregent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
- vide infra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see below
- video-porn — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.
- viewfinder — finder (def 2b).
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- viniferous — suitable for or used in winemaking: a viniferous variety of grape.
- virescence — state of becoming somewhat, though usually not totally, green, due to the abnormal presence of chlorophyll.
- vitrescent — becoming glass.
- vivandiere — a woman who formerly followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
- vouchering — a person or thing that vouches.
- vulcanizer — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- wave train — a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.
- waveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- wind river — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing SE and joining the Popo Agie River to form the Bighorn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- windhovers — Plural form of windhover.
- wolverines — Plural form of wolverine.
- zollverein — (in the 19th century) a union of German states for the maintenance of a uniform tariff on imports from other countries, and of free trading among themselves.