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10-letter words containing v, m, a

  • van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
  • vancomycin — a bactericidal antibiotic, C 66 H 75 ClN 9 O 24 , produced by Streptomyces orientalis, used in the treatment of antibiotic-associated colitis and endocarditis.
  • vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
  • vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
  • vardhamana — a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c., who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara.
  • varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
  • variometer — Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance.
  • vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
  • vat number — registration code for tax purposes
  • vaticanism — the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.
  • veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
  • verkrampte — (during apartheid) an Afrikaner Nationalist who opposed any changes toward liberal trends in government policy, esp relating to racial questions
  • 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.
  • verulamian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam.
  • verulamium — ancient name of St. Albans.
  • vibraculum — any of the modified polyps on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies, having a long, whiplike appendage that clears away debris.
  • video game — any of various interactive games played using a specialized electronic gaming device or a computer or mobile device and a television or other display screen, along with a means to control graphic images.
  • video mail — a system for sending a prerecorded video as an email attachment or as an email with a link to the video.
  • vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
  • vietnamize — to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
  • vigil mass — a Mass held on Saturday evening, attendance at which fulfils one's obligation to attend Mass on Sunday
  • villa home — one of a set of suburban bungalows built compactly on the one allotment, esp on the former site of a single bungalow
  • vindemiate — to gather the grape harvest
  • vine maple — a maple, Acer circinatum, of the western coast of North America, often having vinelike or prostrate stems that form dense thickets.
  • virtualism — the teaching that the bread and wine of the Communion contain Christ's spiritual body and blood
  • vitamin a1 — a yellow, fat-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 20 H 30 O, obtained from carotene and occurring in green and yellow vegetables, egg yolk, etc.: essential to growth, the protection of epithelial tissue, and the prevention of night blindness.
  • vitamin a2 — a vitamin that occurs in the tissues of freshwater fish and has a function similar to that of vitamin A. Formula: C20H28O
  • vitamin b1 — thiamine.
  • vitamin b2 — riboflavin.
  • vitamin b3 — nicotinic acid.
  • vitamin b6 — pyridoxine.
  • vitamin b9 — folic acid.
  • vitamin d1 — the first isolated form of vitamin D, consisting of calciferol and its precursor, lumisterol
  • vitamin d2 — calciferol.
  • vitamin d3 — a D vitamin, C 27 H 43 OH, occurring in fish-liver oils, that differs from vitamin D 2 by slight structural differences in the molecule.
  • vitamin k1 — a yellowish, oily, viscous liquid, C 31 H 46 O 2 , occurring in leafy vegetables, rice, bran, hog liver, etc., or obtained especially from alfalfa or putrefied sardine meat, or synthesized, that promotes blood clotting by increasing the prothrombin content of the blood.
  • vitamin k2 — a light-yellow, crystalline solid, C 41 H 56 O 2 , having properties similar to those of vitamin K 1 .
  • vitamin k3 — menadione.
  • vitaminize — to add vitamins to (food or drink)
  • vladimir i — 956?-1015; Russ. ruler & prince of Kiev (980-1015): converted to Christianity (989), which he introduced into Russia: his day is July 15
  • voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
  • voltameter — a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such decomposition in a given time.
  • voltampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
  • von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
  • vox humana — a pipe-organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice.
  • wavemeters — Plural form of wavemeter.
  • wavenumber — (mathematics, physics) A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
  • william iv — ("the Sailor-King") 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).
  • yad vashem — the official authority in Israel for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its victims.
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