12-letter words containing v, o, l, a
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- virilization — the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- visitatorial — of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitalization — to give life to; make vital.
- vitriolation — the process of turning something into vitriol
- vocabularian — a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
- vocabularied — having a vocabulary as specified
- vocal memnon — one of the two seated figures of the Colossus of Memnon: so called because it once emitted sounds when struck by the rays of the rising sun.
- vocalization — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocationally — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- vocicultural — relating to voice training
- volatile oil — a distilled oil, especially one obtained from plant tissue, as distinguished from glyceride oils by their volatility and failure to saponify.
- volcanic arc — a curving chain of active volcanoes formed above a subduction zone and adjacent to a convergent plate boundary.
- volcanic ash — ash1 (def 2).
- volcanogenic — created by a volcano; of volcanic origin.
- volcanologic — relating to vulcanology
- volitational — relating to flying
- volitionally — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volstead act — an act of Congress, introduced in 1919 by Andrew J. Volstead to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- voltaic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- voltaic pile — an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- vuelta abajo — a region in W Cuba.
- vulvovaginal — relating to the external female genitals
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
- wave cyclone — a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- world savior — Saoshyant.
- yellow avens — herb bennet.