15-letter words containing v, o, s, t
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
- twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasoconstrictor — a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- venturesomeness — the quality or state of being venturesome
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- vicissitudinous — a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- violinistically — in a violinistic manner
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- virtual storage — 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.
- virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
- vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- without reserve — without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).
- yosemite valley — a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has an altitude of about 1200 m (4000 ft), with sheer walls rising about another 1200 m (4000 ft).