10-letter words containing v, r, o, t
- variolator — (before the introduction of vaccinations) someone who caused exposure to the smallpox virus to people (by, for example, collecting pus of affected patients) so as to promote immunity
- variolitic — Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, especially in texture.
- variometer — Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance.
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- vector sum — the vector obtained by applying vector addition to two or more given vectors.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- ventilator — a person or thing that ventilates.
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- versionist — a translator
- veto-power — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vibrometer — a vibrograph that measures the amplitude of vibrations.
- victor iii — (Dauferius) 1027–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1086–87.
- 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.
- victorious — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- vindicator — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- violet ray — the shortest ray of the visible spectrum
- virologist — the science dealing with the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them.
- virtuosity — the character, ability, or skill of a virtuoso.
- virtuously — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- viscometer — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- visitorial — of or relating to a visitor; visitatorial.
- vitiferous — vine-bearing
- vitrectomy — the microsurgical procedure of removing the vitreous humor and replacing it with saline solution, performed to improve vision that has been impaired by opacities.
- vitriolate — relating to vitriol
- vitriolize — to treat with or change into vitriol.
- vivisector — to dissect the living body of (an animal).
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- voetganger — an immature locust
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
- volitorial — relating to flying
- 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.
- volumetric — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- vomitorium — vomitory (def 5).
- vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
- vote-loser — an unpopular action that has the possibility of deterring voters from voting for a particular person or party
- 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.
- water vole — A water vole is a small furry animal that can swim. Water voles live in holes in the banks of rivers.
- wave front — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).