10-letter words containing v, i, r
- verilog sa — (company) A French real-time software engineering company.
- vermicelli — a kind of pasta in the form of long, slender, solid threads, resembling spaghetti but thinner. Compare macaroni (def 1).
- vermicidal — a substance or agent used to kill worms, especially a drug used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
- vermicular — of, relating to, or done by worms.
- vermilling — changing or becoming the colour vermilion
- vermillion — a brilliant scarlet red.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- verrocchio — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1435–88, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and painter.
- vers libre — free verse.
- versailles — a department in N France. 877 sq. mi. (2271 sq. km). Capital: Versailles.
- versicolor — changeable in color: versicolor skies.
- versicular — of or consisting of verses.
- versioning — the adaptation of classic literary texts for film, which often involves updating or changing the setting
- versionist — a translator
- vertically — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- verulamian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam.
- verulamium — ancient name of St. Albans.
- very light — highly illuminated
- vespertide — the period of vespers; evening.
- vespertine — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vestibular — of, relating to, or resembling a vestibule.
- veterinary — a veterinarian.
- vibraculum — any of the modified polyps on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies, having a long, whiplike appendage that clears away debris.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vibrograph — a device for recording mechanical vibrations.
- vibrometer — a vibrograph that measures the amplitude of vibrations.
- vicariance — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vice versa — the other way around
- vicegerent — an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
- viceregent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- victimizer — to make a victim of.
- victor iii — (Dauferius) 1027–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1086–87.
- victoriana — Interesting or valuable objects made in the time of Queen Victoria are sometimes referred to as Victoriana.
- victoriate — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued in the late 3rd century b.c., having a figure of Victory on the reverse.
- victorious — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- victualler — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- vida breve — an opera (1905) by Manuel de Falla.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
- vide infra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see below
- vide supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see above
- video-porn — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.
- viewership — an audience of viewers, especially of television, either generally or of a particular kind or program: Viewership is at its peak in the evening hours.
- viewfinder — finder (def 2b).
- vigorously — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- villa park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- villarrica — a city in S central Paraguay.
- vindicator — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- viniferous — suitable for or used in winemaking: a viniferous variety of grape.