11-letter words containing v, e, r, a
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- vintage car — classic antique automobile
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- 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.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vituperable — deserving of blame
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vocal score — a musical score that shows voice parts in full and orchestral parts in the form of a piano transcription
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- volt-ampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- voltammeter — an instrument for measuring voltage or amperage.
- vomeronasal — relating to the small bone dividing the nostrils
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- warmed over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- warmed-over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- water level — the surface level of any body of water.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
- 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.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Menophra abruptaria, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- yarra river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Great Dividing Range and flowing west and southwest through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. Length: 250 km (155 miles)