11-letter words containing v, e, r
- verticality — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- 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
- vi et armis — a kind of trespass accompanied by force and violence
- vi improved — (text, tool) (VIM) (Previously "vi iMitation"), An improved version of vi, available for many platforms. VIM allows multiscreen editing, more flexible insert/command mode handling, better C indentation and much more.
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- 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.
- viceroyalty — the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- victorville — a city in SE California.
- victoryless — without victory
- video diary — A video diary is a film that someone makes of the things that happen to them over a period of time, recorded using a video camera.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- videorecord — music video.
- 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.
- view camera — a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- 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
- violet iris — an iris, Iris verna, of the eastern U.S., having solitary, violet-blue flowers.
- 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.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- viticulture — the culture or cultivation of grapevines; grape-growing.
- vitrescence — becoming glass.
- vitrescible — capable of being formed into or of becoming glass; vitrifiable.
- vituperable — deserving of blame