12-letter words starting with va
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- variety turn — an act in a variety show
- variocoupler — a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- vas deferens — the duct that transports the sperm from the epididymis to the penis.
- vas efferens — any of a number of short ducts that carry sperm from the testis to the epididymis.
- vascular ray — a radiate band of parenchyma in the secondary xylem extending into the secondary phloem of the stems of certain vascular plants, formed by the cambium and serving for the storage of food and the conduction of nutriments.
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vatican city — an independent state within the city of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber. Established in 1929, it is ruled by the pope and includes St. Peter's Church and the Vatican. 109 acres (44 hectares).
- vaticination — an act of prophesying.
- vaudevillian — Also, vaudevillist. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.