15-letter words containing v, f
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- university fees — charges made by a university for the administering of a course of study or an examination
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- valerian family — the plant family Valerianaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit, and including corn salad, spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi), and valerian.
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- vegetable knife — a knife designed to cut up vegetables
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- west nile fever — a viral disease, caused by a flavivirus and spread by a mosquito (Culex pipiens), that results in encephalitis