9-letter words containing v, i, c
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- ventricle — Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- verbicide — the willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of a word.
- veridical — truthful; veracious.
- vermicide — a substance or agent used to kill worms, especially a drug used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
- vermicule — a small, wormlike structure.
- verticity — the ability to turn
- vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- vetchling — any of several slender, climbing plants belonging to the genus Lathyrus, of the legume family, similar to the vetch but having a winged or angular stem, as L. palustris, of North America.
- vibrionic — of or relating to an infection by a bacterium of the genus Vibrio.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vicariate — the office or authority of a vicar.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- vice girl — a woman who works as a prostitute
- vice ring — a group of people involved in immoral illegal activities, especially pornography, prostitution, or drugs
- vicegeral — of or relating to a vicegerent or a vicegerent's position.
- vicennial — of or for 20 years.
- viceregal — of or relating to a viceroy.
- vicereine — the wife of a viceroy.
- viciously — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- vicksburg — a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.
- vicontiel — pertaining to the sheriff or viscount.
- victimise — to make a victim of.
- victimize — to make a victim of.
- victor ii — (Gebhard) 1018–57, German ecclesiastic: pope 1055–57.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- victorine — a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.
- victrixes — an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.
- victualer — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- videlicet — that is to say; namely (used especially to introduce examples, details, etc.). Abbreviation: viz.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- videodisc — an act of recording.
- viet cong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vin blanc — white wine.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vincennes — a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- virescent — turning green.
- viricidal — of or relating to viricides; destroying viruses
- virilocal — Anthropology. living with or located near the husband's father's group; patrilocal.
- virtuosic — a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- virucidal — an agent for destroying viruses.
- virulence — quality of being virulent.
- virulency — quality of being virulent.
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- viscosity — the state or quality of being viscous.
- viscounty — viscountcy.