10-letter words containing v, o, a
- va-va-voom — the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing
- vacant lot — A vacant lot is a small area of land in a city or town that is not occupied or not being used.
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vaccinator — a person who vaccinates.
- vacillator — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- vacuolated — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- vaginotomy — colpotomy.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- val-d'oise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- valladolid — a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid: Columbus died here 1506.
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- van dongen — Kees [keys] /keɪs/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius Theodorus Marie) 1877–1968, French painter, born in the Netherlands.
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- van't hoff — Jacobus Hendricus [yah-koh-bœs hen-dree-kœs] /yɑˈkoʊ bœs hɛnˈdri kœs/ (Show IPA), 1852–1911, Dutch chemist: Nobel prize 1901.
- 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.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
- vapor load — A vapor load is the amount of a vapor which goes into or comes out of a stage in a distillation process.
- vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
- vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates
- varifocals — a pair of spectacles with varifocal lenses
- variolator — (before the introduction of vaccinations) someone who caused exposure to the smallpox virus to people (by, for example, collecting pus of affected patients) so as to promote immunity
- variolitic — Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, especially in texture.
- 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.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- vegetation — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velitation — a minor dispute or contest.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- ventilator — a person or thing that ventilates.
- vergeboard — bargeboard.
- verilog sa — (company) A French real-time software engineering company.
- vero beach — a town in central Florida.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vibrograph — a device for recording mechanical vibrations.