10-letter words containing v, o, a
- 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.
- video call — a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
- 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.
- video tape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- video wall — A video wall is a set of video screens that are connected together, so that each screen shows a part of the whole picture or so that the same picture is repeated on each screen.
- villa home — one of a set of suburban bungalows built compactly on the one allotment, esp on the former site of a single bungalow
- villainous — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- villanovan — Also, Villanova. of or relating to the early Iron Age culture of northern Italy, characterized by lake dwellings.
- vindicator — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vinylation — the process of introducing the vinyl group into a compound by reaction with acetylene.
- viola clef — alto clef.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- violet ray — the shortest ray of the visible spectrum
- viral load — the amount or concentration of a virus, as HIV, in the blood.
- visitation — the act of visiting.
- visitorial — of or relating to a visitor; visitatorial.
- vitriolate — relating to vitriol
- viviparous — Zoology. bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- vocabulary — the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
- vocabulist — a vocabulary
- vocalising — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocational — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- vodcasting — the creation and provision of video files for download to a computer, MP3 player, etc
- voetganger — an immature locust
- voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- volatility — evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- volatilize — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- volitation — the act or power of flying.
- volitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volitorial — relating to flying
- volleyball — a game for two teams in which the object is to keep a large ball in motion, from side to side over a high net, by striking it with the hands before it touches the ground.
- voltairian — (François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- 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.
- volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- volutation — the action of rotation or inducing rotation
- von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
- voraginous — related to an abyss or whirlpool
- vorarlberg — a province in W Austria. 1004 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km). Capital: Bregenz.
- vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
- vox humana — a pipe-organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice.
- voyageable — able to be traversed
- vyborg bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Finland in NW Russia
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.