10-letter words starting with v
- vociferate — say loudly
- vociferous — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- vodcasting — the creation and provision of video files for download to a computer, MP3 player, etc
- voetganger — an immature locust
- voetstoots — denoting a sale in which the vendor is freed from all responsibility for the condition of the goods being sold
- vogue word — a word or term that is fashionable for a time.
- voice coil — a moving coil that drives the diaphragm of a sound reproduction system, as a loudspeaker, by the interaction of a changing magnetic field that is produced by a current in the coil and a fixed magnetic field that is produced by permanent magnets.
- voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- voice vote — a vote based on estimation of the relative strength of ayes and noes called out rather than on a counting of ballots, a roll call, or a division.
- voice-lift — a cosmetic surgical operation on the vocal cords to make the voice sound younger
- voice-over — the voice of an offscreen narrator, announcer, or the like.
- voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
- volatility — evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- volatilize — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- volitation — the act or power of flying.
- volitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volitorial — relating to flying
- volleyball — a game for two teams in which the object is to keep a large ball in motion, from side to side over a high net, by striking it with the hands before it touches the ground.
- 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.
- volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- volubility — characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
- volumetric — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voluminous — forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- voluptuous — full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment: a voluptuous life.
- volutation — the action of rotation or inducing rotation
- vomitorium — vomitory (def 5).
- von bekesy — Georg [gey-awrg;; Hungarian ge-awrg] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg;; Hungarian ˈgɛ ɔrg/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1961.
- von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
- voraginous — related to an abyss or whirlpool
- vorarlberg — a province in W Austria. 1004 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km). Capital: Bregenz.
- voroshilov — Kliment Efremovich [klyi-myent yi-frye-muh-vyich] /klyɪˈmyɛnt yɪˈfryɛ mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1969, Soviet general: president of the Soviet Union 1953–60.
- 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
- vouchering — a person or thing that vouches.
- vox humana — a pipe-organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice.
- vox populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- voyageable — able to be traversed
- vp-planner — (tool, product) A spreadsheet from Paperback Software. It has a graph menu within the spreadsheet program (with CGA graphics). The graphs are updated every time the graph screen is activated.
- vulcanizer — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- vulgarness — characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
- vulnerable — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- vulnerably — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- vulpecular — pertaining to or resembling a fox; vulpine.
- vyborg bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Finland in NW Russia