9-letter words starting with v
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- viet cong — a Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- viet minh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- vieux jeu — old-fashioned
- view mark — a mark stamped on antique armor or metalwork to indicate inspection and approval by the guild or by officials at the place of manufacture.
- viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- viewrinal — a urinal with a small screen at eye level which displays advertisements
- vigesimal — of, relating to, or based on twenty.
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vigilante — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vignetter — Photography. a device for blurring the edges of a photographic image so as to fade them into a plain surrounding area.
- vigoureux — a fabric having a dark and light pattern produced by vigoureux printing.
- vikingism — savageness or other behaviour considered characteristic of a Viking
- villagery — villages.
- villanage — villainy
- villanova — Also, Villanova. of or relating to the early Iron Age culture of northern Italy, characterized by lake dwellings.
- villiform — having the form of a villus.
- villosity — a villous surface or coating.
- vimineous — of, like, or producing long, flexible shoots.
- vin blanc — white wine.
- vin rouge — red wine.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vincennes — a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
- vindemial — relating to a grape harvest
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vine leaf — leaf of a climbing plant
- vinometer — a hydrometer for measuring the percentage of alcohol in wine.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- vintaging — the act of gathering grapes
- violation — the act of violating.
- violative — involving violation.
- violently — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- violinist — a person who plays the violin.
- viosterol — a vitamin D preparation produced by the irradiation of ergosterol.
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
- vireonine — a vireo, or any bird of the Vireonidae family
- virescent — turning green.
- virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- virginals — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- virginian — of or relating to the state of Virginia.
- virginity — the state or condition of being a virgin.
- virginium — (formerly) francium. Symbol: Vi.
- virgulate — rod-shaped; virgate.
- viricidal — of or relating to viricides; destroying viruses
- virilocal — Anthropology. living with or located near the husband's father's group; patrilocal.
- virtually — for the most part; almost wholly; just about: He is virtually unknown.
- virtuosic — a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- virucidal — an agent for destroying viruses.
- virulence — quality of being virulent.
- virulency — quality of being virulent.