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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
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