11-letter words containing v, r, a
- vitraillist — a person who makes stained-glass
- vituperable — deserving of blame
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vocal cords — membranes in larynx producing voice
- vocal score — a musical score that shows voice parts in full and orchestral parts in the form of a piano transcription
- vocal tract — the passages above the larynx through which air passes in the production of speech, including the buccal, oral, nasal, and pharyngeal cavities.
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- volga tatar — a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- volitionary — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volt-ampere — 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.
- voltammeter — an instrument for measuring voltage or amperage.
- voluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- vomeronasal — relating to the small bone dividing the nostrils
- voraciously — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- vox barbara — a questionably unconventional word or term; barbarism: applied especially to neo-Latin terms in botany, zoology, etc., that are formed from elements that are neither Latin nor Greek.
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- warmed over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- warmed-over — (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.
- water level — the surface level of any body of water.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.
- wave theory — Also called undulatory theory. Physics. the theory that light is transmitted as a wave, similar to oscillations in magnetic and electric fields. Compare corpuscular theory.
- waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Menophra abruptaria, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- woodcarving — the art or technique of carving objects by hand from wood or of carving decorations into wood.
- yarra river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Great Dividing Range and flowing west and southwest through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. Length: 250 km (155 miles)