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13-letter words containing v, e, r

  • van der merwe — a stereotypical figure humorously representing Boer stupidity and prejudice
  • van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
  • vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • vannevar bush — (person)   Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
  • vapor barrier — a layer of material, as plastic film or foil, used to protect installed insulation by retarding the transmission of moisture from the interior environment.
  • vapor tension — vapor pressure.
  • vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • variabilities — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
  • variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
  • variable star — a star that varies markedly in brightness from time to time.
  • variable type — type that can be varied to fit a page, screen, etc
  • variable-rate — providing for changes in the interest rate, adjusted periodically in accordance with prevailing market conditions: a variable-rate mortgage.
  • varicose vein — Varicose veins are swollen and painful veins in a person's legs, which sometimes require a medical operation.
  • varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
  • variety meats — processed meat, such as sausage, or offal
  • variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
  • vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
  • vcc filtering — (electronics)   A technique for reducing the amount of Radio Frequency Interference spread via power supply connections. VCC is a common name for the non-ground power supply line in circuits based on bipolar transistors. When part of a circuit generates lots of radio-frequency noise, that portion of the power plane can be isolated from the rest of the circuit and power delivered to it via a low pass filter, usually a PI filter, as shown in the diagram below.
  • vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
  • vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
  • veggie burger — A veggie burger is a flat round cake of food made from vegetables or beans. You broil or fry it.
  • velvet carpet — a carpet or rug of pile weave resembling Wilton.
  • velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
  • venereal wart — a soft warty nodule of viral origin that occurs on the mucosal surfaces of the genitalia or around the anus, often in a cluster; condyloma acuminatum.
  • venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
  • venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
  • venire facias — a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury.
  • ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
  • ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquize — to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist
  • ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
  • ventrolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.
  • venture scout — a young man or woman, aged 16–20, who is a member of the senior branch of the Scouts
  • venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
  • venus flytrap — firewall machine
  • veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
  • verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
  • verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
  • vercelli book — a codex of Old English poems and sermons found in the chapter house at Vercelli.
  • vercingetorix — died 45? b.c, Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.
  • verifiability — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
  • verkhneudinsk — former name of Ulan Ude.
  • vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
  • vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
  • vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
  • vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
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