11-letter words containing v, e, n, r
- vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- versed sine — one minus the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: vers.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- veteran car — a car constructed before 1919, esp one constructed before 1905
- vice-regent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vicegerency — the position, government, or office of a vicegerent.
- vienna roll — a yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- vinaigrette — Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
- vincristine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- vinedresser — a person who tends or cultivates vines, especially grapevines.
- vinegar eel — a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- vinegarette — vinaigrette (def 1).
- vinegarroon — a large, nonpoisonous whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, which, when disturbed, emits a volatile fluid having a vinegary odor.
- vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- vinho verde — any of a variety of light, slightly sharp-tasting wines made from early-picked grapes in the Minho region of NW Portugal
- viniculture — the science or study of making wines.
- vintage car — classic antique automobile
- vinton cerf — Vint Cerf
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- vinyl resin — any one of a class of thermoplastic materials, esp PVC and polyvinyl acetate, made by polymerizing vinyl compounds
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- viridescent — slightly green; greenish.
- virilescent — possessing typically male characteristics
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- vision care — Vision care is the care and treatment of eyes, eyesight conditions, and vision.
- vitrescence — becoming glass.
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- volunteered — a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
- vomeronasal — relating to the small bone dividing the nostrils
- vortex ring — a stable perturbation in a fluid that takes the form of a torus in which the flow rotates in the section of the torus so that the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the torus balances body forces. The best-known vortex ring is a smoke ring
- vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- well-driven — past participle of drive.
- well-proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- yukon river — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.