14-letter words containing v, s, t
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
- ventilationist — of, relating to, or advocating the ventilation of emotions: a ventilationist approach to dealing with anger.
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vestavia hills — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
- vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
- vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- victoria cross — a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation: V.C.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
- vindictiveness — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- 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.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- visiting nurse — a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
- visiting terms — a degree of acquaintance in which you know someone well enough to visit
- visitors' book — a book in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments they have about the place
- 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 staining — the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope
- vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
- vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
- vivisectionist — a person who vivisects.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- 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.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.