vitrification
Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.
An instance of such conversion.
The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.

vitrifications
plural of vitrification

vitrimer
Any of a class of polymers that have the physical characteristic of glasses

vitrimers
plural of vitrimer

vitrine
A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.

vitrines
plural of vitrine

vitroceramic
A heat-resistant material created by crystallizing glass in controlled conditions.

vitroceramics
plural of vitroceramic

vitronectin
A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.

vitronectins
plural of vitronectin

vitrophyre
A porphyritic variety of volcanic glass.

vitrophyres
plural of vitrophyre

vitrosol
A vitric andosol.

vitrosols
plural of vitrosol

vitrotype
A kind of photographic image burned onto glass or ceramics.

vitrotypes
plural of vitrotype.

vobtusine
An alkaloid found in several different plants in the genus Voacanga.

vocalics
vocal elements of communication

vocoid
A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel

vocoids
plural of vocoid

vodanium
A supposed chemical element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, such as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.

volatilisation
Alternative spelling of volatilization.

volatilisations
plural of volatilisation

volatiliser
Alternative form of volatilizer.

volatilisers
plural of volatiliser

volatilization
The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas; vaporization; evaporation or sublimation.

volatilizations
plural of volatilization

volatilizer
Any substance added to something to increase its volatilization.

volatilizers
plural of volatilizer

volatization
Alternative form of volatilization.

volatizations
plural of volatization

volcanite
A volcanic rock
Selenian sulfur

volinanserin
A highly selective 5-HT2A receptor antagonist with potential applications in treating psychosis, depression, and insomnia.

volkensiflavone
A particular biflavonoid.

volotrauma
Misspelling of volutrauma.

voltagraphy
In galvanoplasty, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.

volutrauma
barotrauma due to overexpansion of an internal gas-filled space

vomerolfaction
A sense found in some animals, similar to smell, in which aerial chemicals are detected by the vomeronasal organ.

vomicine
brucine

vomifoliol
The phytotoxin (6S,9R)-6-hydroxy-3-oxo-alpha-ionol

vonoprazan
The pharmaceutical 1-[5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-(pyridine-3-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]-N-methylmethanamine

vortexon
A toroidal vortex in a fluid

vortexons
plural of vortexon

vorticism
A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism.

vorticisms
plural of vorticism

vosaroxin
A topoisomerase inhibitor used as a drug against leukemia

vouacapan
The diterpenoid (4aS,5R,6R,6aR,7S,11aS,11bR)-5,6-dihydroxy-4,4,11b-trimethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,6a,7,11,11a-decahydronaphtho[2,1-f][1]benzofuran-7-carboxylic acid in the seeds of Pterodon polygalaeflorus

vrack
Alternative form of vraic.

vraic
Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.

vraick
Alternative form of vraic.

vrna
Alternative form of vRNA.

vrnas
plural of vrna

vude
A musical genre emerged in Fiji in the 1980s, combining island music with disco and country elements.

vulcanizates
plural of vulcanizate

vulnibactin
A siderophore, related to salicylic acid, present in the bacterium Vibrio vulnificus

vurtoxin
A phospholipase present in some snake venom

waglerin
Any of a group of peptides found in the venom of the snake Tropidolaemus wagleri.

waglerins
plural of waglerin

wangla
A simple form of halva made with cane sugar instead of honey

warence
Dyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.

warnericin
A particular bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus warneri.

warnerin
A particular bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus warneri.

washdirt
Earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing.

wasium
A supposed chemical element extracted from wasite, later identified as thorium.

wastegate
A valve that allows exhaust gases to bypass an engine's turbocharger, in order to keep from overspeeding the turbocharger rotor or driving the boost pressure high enough to risk engine knocking or detonation.

wastegates
plural of wastegate

wasteway
A chute or other route for the disposal of waste material.

wasteways
plural of wasteway

watchband
A band of leather, metal, plastic, or other material that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist.

watchbands
plural of watchband

watchguard
A watchchain of any material.

watchguards
plural of watchguard

watchstrap
Synonym of watchband.

watchstraps
plural of watchstrap

waterglass
Sodium silicate.

waterglasses
plural of waterglass

wavemark
A mark left behind by a wave (disturbance in level of liquid).

wavemarks
plural of wavemark

webguide
A guide published on the World Wide Web; an informative website.

webguides
plural of webguide

webspam
Material published on the World Wide Web that is designed to attract visitors from search engines, etc., despite offering no useful information, or being a copy of information from elsewhere.

webumentaries
plural of webumentary

webumentary
A Web-based documentary using elements specific to the Web (links, images, audio, video, interaction, etc.) in conjunction with standard documentary composition elements.

weedicide
Weedkiller.

weedicides
plural of weedicide

weedkiller
A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).

weedkillers
plural of weedkiller

weedline
The line formed by the edge of a weedbed.

weedlines
plural of weedline

weem
we are

weichselwood
The wood of the sour cherry.

weissellicin
Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by Weissella bacteria.

weissellicins
plural of weissellicin

welan
An exopolysaccharide produced by fermentation of sugar by bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, used as a rheology modifier in industrial applications such as cement manufacturing.

wellbore
The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.

wellbores
plural of wellbore

welsium
A supposed chemical element, now discredited.

welwitindolinone
An alkaloid extracted from certain blue-green algae that may be active against drug resistance; it has a structure similar to that of hapalindole with a cyclobutane ring

wem
A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.

wems
plural of wem

wetware
The human brain or mind, often specifically as a computing element. Adapted as a biological parallel to hardware and software. It also used less commonly to refer to other organic or biological matter in the same context. In frequent use in the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction.
The underlying generative code for an organism, as found in the genetic material, in the biochemistry of the cells, or in the architecture of the body’s tissues.

wheelbender
A simple bicycle stand consisting of two metal bars that hold the wheel, but that provides no support or security for the frame.

wheelbenders
plural of wheelbender

whimsigoth
An aesthetic incorporating historical (particularly medieval), neo-Gothic, and mystical elements, influenced by modern neo-pagan movements such as Wicca.