11-letter words containing v, m, a
- slacktivism — actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.
- stimulative — serving to stimulate.
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- temperative — having a mitigating quality
- the vat man — an informal way of referring to HM Revenue & Customs
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- time travel — hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.
- time-saving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- time-travel — hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.
- travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
- travel time — time spent traveling for a job, as from home to work or in the course of business.
- triumvirate — Roman History. the office or magistracy of a triumvir.
- trivia game — a trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects
- ultravacuum — an extremely high level of vacuum
- uncombative — not combative or confrontational
- unmotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- unremovable — that may be removed.
- vacuum pump — a pump or device by which a partial vacuum can be produced.
- vacuum tube — Also called, especially British, vacuum valve. an electron tube from which almost all air or gas has been evacuated: formerly used extensively in radio and electronics.
- vacuum-pack — to pack (food) in a vacuum-packed container.
- vacuumizing — to create a vacuum in.
- vaginectomy — excision of part or all of the vagina.
- vainamoinen — an old magician, the hero of the Kalevala, who opposes the magician Joukahainen and the sorceress Louhi.
- valinomycin — a cyclic, peptide antibiotic, C 54 H 90 N 6 O 18 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces fulvissimus; used experimentally to transport potassium across membranes.
- vallombrosa — a resort in central Italy, near Florence: famous abbey.
- valvulotomy — the opening, slitting, or fracturing of a heart valve.
- vampire bat — any of several New World tropical bats of the genera Desmodus, Diphylla, and Diaemus, the size of a small mouse, feeding on small amounts of blood obtained from resting mammals and birds by means of a shallow cut made with specialized incisor teeth.
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- vandemonian — a native or inhabitant of the former Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
- vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vasectomize — to perform a vasectomy on
- vendemiaire — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the first month of the year, extending from September 22 to October 21.
- verisimilar — having the appearance of truth; likely; probable: a verisimilar tale.
- vermiculate — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vi et armis — a kind of trespass accompanied by force and violence
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- view camera — a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.
- vigilantism — a member of a vigilance committee.
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- virgin mary — Mary (def 1).
- vitamin b12 — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.
- vivacissimo — to be played in a very lively manner
- vizagapatam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- volsteadism — the policy of prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- volt-ampere — 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.
- voltammeter — an instrument for measuring voltage or amperage.
- voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.