12-letter words containing y, a, v, r, i
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- variety turn — an act in a variety show
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- vintage year — the year of production of a vintage wine.
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- yarrow-river — a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- zero gravity — the condition in which the apparent effect of gravity is zero, as in the case of a body in free fall or in orbit.