10-letter words starting with v
- vapor load — A vapor load is the amount of a vapor which goes into or comes out of a stage in a distillation process.
- vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
- vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- vardhamana — a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c., who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara.
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- variegated — varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates
- varifocals — a pair of spectacles with varifocal lenses
- variolator — (before the introduction of vaccinations) someone who caused exposure to the smallpox virus to people (by, for example, collecting pus of affected patients) so as to promote immunity
- variolitic — Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, especially in texture.
- variometer — Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance.
- varnishing — the skill or technique of varnishing something
- vasculitis — inflammation of veins, arteries, capillaries, or lymph vessels.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vassalling — causing to become a vassal
- vat number — registration code for tax purposes
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT
- vat return — an annual account of a company's or person's VAT transactions
- vatican ii — the twenty-first Roman Catholic ecumenical council (1962–65) convened by Pope John XXIII. Its 16 documents redefined the nature of the church, gave bishops greater influence in church affairs, and increased lay participation in liturgy.
- vaticanism — the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.
- vaticinate — to foretell; prophesy
- vaudeville — theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians. Compare variety (def 9).
- vaultingly — in a vaulting or arrogant manner
- vauntingly — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- veal crate — a small, partitioned area, lacking in light, in which veal calves are reared to ensure that their meat is white
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- vector sum — the vector obtained by applying vector addition to two or more given vectors.
- vegeburger — burger containing no meat
- vegetarian — a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
- vegetation — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- vegetative — growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
- vehemently — zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
- veit stoss — Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- velitation — a minor dispute or contest.
- velleities — volition in its weakest form.
- velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
- veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- velutinous — having a soft, velvety surface, as certain plants.
- velvet ant — any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting.
- velvetleaf — Indian mallow.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting
- veneration — the act of venerating.
- venerative — the act of venerating.
- venerology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.