14-letter words containing a, v, i, n, c
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- van conversion — van2 (def 4).
- varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
- venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
- vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- 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.
- vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- yeoman service — excellent service