11-letter words containing v, y, a, t
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- tentatively — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- to give way — If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.
- vaccinatory — used for or relating to vaccination
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- vaginectomy — excision of part or all of the vagina.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- valley east — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- valvulotomy — the opening, slitting, or fracturing of a heart valve.
- vanity case — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vanity fair — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity.
- vanity unit — washstand
- variability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- vascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
- versatilely — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- versatility — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- verticality — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vestigially — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
- vibratility — the quality or state of being vibratile
- viceroyalty — the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
- vindicatory — tending or serving to vindicate.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- violability — capable of being violated: a violable precept.
- volcanicity — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- volitionary — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- voluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- 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.
- white wavey — See under wavey.