13-letter words starting with vi
- virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
- virginiamycin — any of various antibacterial substances derived from the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used in antibiotics and in animal feed as a growth stimulant.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- virologically — in a manner relating to virology
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- visceral arch — Embryology. branchial arch.
- visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
- visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
- vision mixing — the work of selecting and manipulating the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
- visitor's tax — a tax that visitors to a place must pay
- visual acuity — acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). Abbreviation: V.
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual binary — a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- visualization — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- viticulturist — the culture or cultivation of grapevines; grape-growing.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- vivaciousness — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vivax malaria — the most common form of malaria, caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax and marked by the occurrence of attacks every other day.
- vivisectorium — the location where vivisection takes place
- vivisepulture — the burying of something while still alive