14-letter words containing v, o, a
- vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- village school — a school in a village
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
- viola da gamba — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees: superseded by the modern violoncello; bass viol.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volatilization — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- voltaic couple — a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- vostro account — a bank account held by a foreign bank with a British bank, usually in sterling
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- with a view to — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
- wyandotte cave — a cave in S Indiana: one of the most extensive in the U.S., with 23 miles (37 km) of passages.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service
- zenaida (dove) — either of two wild doves, (Zenaida aurita) of Florida and the Caribbean, or (Z. asiatica) of the SW U.S. to Chile