13-letter words containing v, i, t, u
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visual acuity — acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). Abbreviation: V.
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- visualization — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- viticulturist — the culture or cultivation of grapevines; grape-growing.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- vivisectorium — the location where vivisection takes place
- vivisepulture — the burying of something while still alive
- volcanic tuff — tuff2 .
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- vulcanization — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- wave equation — Mathematics, Physics. any differential equation that describes the propagation of waves or other disturbances in a medium.
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.