Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 28
Vowed (imp. & p. p.) of Vow
Vowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vow
Vow (v. t.) 發誓要（做）[+to-v] [+（that）]；鄭重宣告 [+（that）] To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly. "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it." -- Eccl. v. 4.
[Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage. -- Shak.
Vow (v. t.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
Vow (v. i.) 發誓，許願；鄭重宣告 To make a vow, or solemn promise.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. -- Eccl. v. 5.
Vow (n.) A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty".
Vow (v.) Make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again".
Vow (v.) Dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow, consecrate].
Vowel (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] [sect] 5, 146-149.
Note: In the English language, the written vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The spoken vowels are much more numerous.
Close vowel. See under Close, a.
Vowel point. See under Point, n.
Vowel (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
Vowel (n.) A speech sound made with the vocal tract open [syn: vowel, vowel sound] [ant: consonant].
Vowel (n.) A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel.
Voweled (a.) Furnished with vowels. [Written also vowelled.] -- Dryden.
Vowelish (a.) Of the nature of a vowel. [R.] "The power [of w] is always vowelish." -- B. Jonson.
Vowelism (n.) The use of vowels. [R.]
Vowelize (v. t.) To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.
Vowelize (v.) Pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized" [syn: vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise].
Vower (n.) One who makes a vow. -- Bale.
Vower (n.) Someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way; "young vowers of eternal love"; "there are many vowers of chastity but few who observe it".
Vow-fellow (n.) One bound by the same vow as another. [R.] -- Shak.
Vox (n.) A voice.
Vox humana [L., human voice] (Mus.), A reed stop in an organ, made to imitate the human voice.
Vox (n.) The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" [syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox].
Voyage (n.) 航海，航行，乘船旅遊 [C]；航空，空中旅行；太空旅行 [C]；航海日記，遊記 [P1] Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.
I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. -- J. Fletcher.
So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. -- Milton.
All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. -- Shak.
Voyage (n.) The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.]
Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. -- Bacon.
Voyage (n.) Course; way. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Voyaged (imp. & p. p.) of Voyage
Voyaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Voyage
Voyage (v. t.) 渡過，飛過 To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. -- Milton.
Voyage (v. i.) 航海；航空；航行；旅行 To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone. -- Wordsworth.
Voyage (n.) An act of traveling by water [syn: {ocean trip}, {voyage}]
Voyage (n.) A journey to some distant place
Voyage (v.) Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn: {voyage}, {sail}, {navigate}].
Compare: Traverse
Traverse (v. t.) 橫渡，橫越；越過；穿過；橫貫，橫跨；交叉；沿……來回移動；在……來回走動 (v.) [With object] Travel across or through.
‘He traversed the forest.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Extend across or through.
‘A moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space.’
Traverse (v.) [No object, with adverbial of direction] (v. i.) 橫越；橫過；（橫向）往返移動；轉動；在軸上旋轉 Cross a rock face by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another.
‘I often use this route, eventually traversing around the headwall.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Ski diagonally across (a slope), losing only a little height.
‘Ski patrol workers traverse the slope.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Consider the whole extent of (a subject).
‘He would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Move back and forth or sideways.
‘A probe is traversed along the tunnel.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction.
Traverse (v.) [With object] [Law] Deny (an allegation) in pleading.
‘The plaintiff must assert certain facts which, if traversed, he would be put to prove.’
Traverse (v.) [With object] Oppose or thwart (a plan).
Traverse (n.) An act of traversing something.
‘High-level walks in the Dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents.’
Traverse (n.) A rock face where traversing is necessary.
‘A narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice.’
Traverse (n.) A movement following a diagonal course made by a skier descending a slope.
‘I make long gentle traverses down the steepest sections’
Traverse (n.) A zigzag course taken by a ship because winds or currents prevent it from sailing directly towards its destination.
Traverse (n.) A part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something.
‘There were three jewels in the traverse of the cross and four in the body’
Traverse (n.) A gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building.
Traverse (n.) A mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction.
‘They had been practising firing at multiple targets, using the power traverse.’
Traverse (n.) [Mass noun] The sideways movement of a part in a machine.
Traverse (n.) A single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and measured distances between successive points.
Traverse (n.) An area of land surveyed with a traverse.
Traverse (n.) [Military] A pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire.
‘He crept up and threw a grenade over the traverse.’
Traverse (n.) Variant spelling of Travers.
Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.
Voyager (n.) One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.
Voyager (n.) A traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea).
Voyageur (n.) A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
Voyol (n.) (Naut.) See Viol, 2.
Voyol (n.) (Naut.) The block through which a messenger passes. [Written also viol, and voyal.].
Vraisemblance (n.) [F.] The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
V-string (n.) Corruption of g-string. Developed by Victoria's Secret(R) to distance their product line from the less respectable g-string.
// Victoria's Secret's new V-String panties.
Vugg (n.) Alt. of Vugh
Vugh (n.) (Mining) A cavity in a lode; -- called also vogle.
Vulcan (n.) (Rom. Myth.) 【羅神】火和鍛冶的神 The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
Vulcan (n.) (Roman mythology) God of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus.
Vulcan, () A version of JPLDIS ported to CP/M by Wayne Ratliff around 1980. VULCAN evolved into dBASE II.
Vulcan, () The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product. [Same as 1?]
Vulcan, () An early string manipulation language.
["VULCAN - A String Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS, Fall 1970].
Vulcan, () A concurrent object-oriented logic programming language implemented as a preprocessor for FCP by Kahn et al at Xerox PARC.
["Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming, A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987]. (2004-09-01)
Vulcanian (a.) 金工的；【地】火山的；火山作用的；火成的 Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals.
Ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend. -- Macaulay.
Vulcanian (a.) (Geol.) Volcanic.
Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.
Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists.
Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.
Vulcanism (n.) Volcanism.
Vulcanist (n.) A volcanist.
Vulcanite (n.) 硬橡膠；加硫橡膠 Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.
Vulcanite (n.) A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite].
Compare: Nonresilient
Nonresilient (a.) (Not comparable) Not resilient.
Compare: Resilient
Resilient (a.) 彈回的；有彈力的；迅速恢復精力的 (Of a person or animal) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
‘Babies are generally far more resilient than new parents realize.’
Resilient (a.) (Of a substance or object) Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.
‘A shoe with resilient cushioning.’
Vulcanization (n.) 橡膠的硫化 The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
Vulcanization (n.) Process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them [syn: {vulcanization}, {vulcanisation}].
Vulcanization (n.) (British: Vulcanisation) 在高分子化學中，硫化（Vulcanization）指的是橡膠膠料通過生膠分子間交聯，生成具有三維網絡結構的硫化膠的過程。
含有雙鍵的彈性體 在工業上多採用硫或有機硫化合物來進行硫化交聯，因此在橡膠工業中，「硫化」與「交聯」是同義詞。交聯的目的是為了使膠料具備高強度、高彈性、高耐磨、抗 腐蝕等優良性能，消除永久形變，使橡膠在變形之後，能迅速並完全地恢復原狀。因為最早發現的交聯劑是硫磺，故得名「硫化」。
一般需經過硫化的橡膠品種有丁二烯、氯丁二烯、異戊二烯的1,4-聚合物——順丁、異戊、氯丁橡膠，以及共聚物丁苯、丁基和丁腈橡膠等。
Is a chemical process used to harden rubber. [1] Vulcanization traditionally referred to the treatment of natural rubber with sulfur and this remains the most common example, however the term has also grown to include the hardening of other (synthetic) rubbers via various means. Examples include silicone rubber via room temperature vulcanizing and chloroprene rubber (neoprene) using metal oxides.
Vulcanisation can therefore be defined as the curing of elastomers; with the terms 'vulcanization' and 'curing' sometimes used interchangeably in this context. It works by forming cross-links between sections of polymer chain which results in increased rigidity and durability, as well as other changes in the mechanical and electronic properties of the material. [2] Vulcanization, in common with the curing of other thermosetting polymers, is generally irreversible.
The word vulcanisation is derived from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcanized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulcanize
Vulcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulcanize
Vulcanize (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) 用高溫及硫磺處理（橡膠）；（使）硫化；（使）硬化 To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.
Vulcanized fiber, Paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. -- Knight.
Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized.
Vulcanize (v.) Undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber" [syn: vulcanize, vulcanise].
Vulcanize (v.) Subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber" [syn: vulcanize, vulcanise].
Vulcanizer (n.) 硫化器 One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc.
Vulcanizer (n.) Someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency [syn: vulcanizer, vulcaniser].
Vulcano (n.) 火山 A volcano. [Obs.]
Vulcanology (n.) 火山學；火山研究 The science which treats of phenomena due
to plutonic action, as in volcanoes,
Vulcanology (n.) The branch of geology that studies volcanoes [syn: volcanology, vulcanology].
Vulgar (a.) 粗俗的；下流的；粗魯的；通俗的；大眾的，庶民的 [B]；通俗語的；鄉土語的，方言的 Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular. "As common as any the most vulgar thing to sense. " -- Shak.
Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise. -- Milton.
It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language. -- Bp. Fell.
The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class. -- Bancroft.
Vulgar (a.) Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value. "Like the vulgar sort of market men." -- Shak.
Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life. -- Addison.
In reading an account of a battle, we follow the hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on the vulgar heaps of slaughter. -- Rambler.
Vulgar (a.) Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. -- Shak.
Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction.
Vulgar (n.) 【古】庶民，平民百姓 [the S] One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
These vile vulgars are extremely proud. -- Chapman.
Vulgar (n.) The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]
Vulgar (a.) Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar].
Vulgar (a.) Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed].
Vulgar (a.) Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular, vulgar].
Vulgar (a.) Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar].
Vulgarian (n.) 俗物；俗人；俗不可耐的暴發戶 A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.
Vulgarian (n.) A vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth).
Vulgarism (n.) 粗俗語；下流話；【語】俗語詞 Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
Vulgarism (n.) A vulgar phrase or expression.
A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call "slang," which not a few of our writers seem to have affected. -- Coleridge.
Vulgarism (n.) An offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word].
Vulgarism (n.) The quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch].
Vulgarity (n.) 粗俗；粗野的動作；粗俗語；下流話 The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
Vulgarity (n.) Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
Vulgarization (n.) 通俗化；粗俗化 The act or process of making vulgar, or common.
Vulgarization (n.) The act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: vulgarization, vulgarisation]
vulgarization (n.) The act of making something attractive to the general public [syn: popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation].
Vulgarized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulgarize
Vulgarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulgarize
Vulgarize (v. t. & i.) （使）通俗化；（使）粗俗 To make vulgar, or common.
Exhortation vulgarized by low wit. -- V. Knox.
Vulgarize (v.) Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize ；generalise].
Vulgarize (v.) Debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize].
Vulgarize (v.) Act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarize, vulgarise].
Vulgarly (adv.) 通俗地；普通地 In a vulgar manner.
Vulgarly (adv.) In a smutty manner [syn: smuttily, vulgarly].
Vulgarness (n.) 庸俗；粗野 The quality of being vulgar.
Vulgate (a.) 拉丁文聖經的；（v-）普通的；通俗的；口語的 Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.
Vulgate (n.) 拉丁文聖經；（v-）普通文本；俗文；口語 An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from its common use in the Latin Church.
Note: The Vulgate was made by Jerome at the close of the 4th century. The Old Testament he translated mostly from the Hebrew and Chaldaic, and the New Testament he revised from an older Latin version. The Douay version, so called, is an English translation from the Vulgate. See {Douay Bible}.
Vulgate (n.) The Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church.
Vulnerability (n.) 易損壞；易受傷；易受責難；弱點 The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
Vulnerability (n.) The state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" [syn: vulnerability, exposure].
Vulnerability (n.) Susceptibility to injury or attack [ant: invulnerability].
Vulnerability, Security vulnerability, () A bug or feature of a system that exposes it to possible attack, a flaw in the system's security.
A common example of a vulnerability due to a bug is buffer overrun, where carefully constructed input can allow an attacker to insert arbitrary code into a running program and have it executed.
The most serious vulnerabilities are those in network software, especially if they exploit traffic that is allowed through the firewall like HTTP, for example exploiting a bug in a web browser.
The Open Source Vulnerability Database lists many vulnerabilities. (2007-12-02)
Vulnerable (a.) 易受傷害的，有弱點的，易受攻擊的，脆弱的，成局的 Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.
Achilles was vulnerable in his heel; and there will be wanting a Paris to infix the dart. -- Dr. T. Dwight.
Vulnerable (a.) Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation.
His skill in finding out the vulnerable parts of strong minds was consummate. -- Macaulay.
Vulnerable (a.) Susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" [ant: {invulnerable}].
Vulnerable (a.) Susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation".
Vulnerable (a.) Capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body".
Vulnerableness (n.) 易損壞；易受傷；易受責難；弱點 The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability.
Vulnerable species (n.) 易危物種（英文：Vulnerable species，多寫作為VU）是世界自然保護聯盟瀕危物種紅色名錄中其中一個保護現狀分類。其指現存一些快成為瀕危物種的生物，例如是受到環境因素的影響及在中期內可能有比較高的滅絕威脅。現時有大約8,565個物種於紅色名錄當中分類為「易危物種」。當中較為有代表性的有大熊貓、大白鯊、北極熊、巽他雲豹、眼鏡熊、獵豹及,美洲鱷以及考拉。A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
Vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction of the species home. Vulnerable habitat or species are monitored and can become increasingly threatened. Some species listed as "vulnerable" may be common in captivity, an example being the military macaw.
There are currently 5196 animals and 6789 plants classified as vulnerable, compared with 1998 levels of 2815 and 3222, respectively. [1] Practices such as Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources have been enforced in efforts to conserve vulnerable breeds of livestock specifically.
Vulnerary (a.) Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions. "Such vulnerary remedies." -- Sir W. Scott.
Vulnerary (n.) (Med.) A vulnerary remedy.
Vulnerate (v. t.) To wound; to hurt. [Obs.]
Vulneration (n.) The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded. [Obs.]
Vulnerose (a.) Full of wounds; wounded.
Vulnific (a.) Alt. of Vulnifical
Vulnifical (a.) Causing wounds; inflicting wounds; wounding.
Vulnose (a.) Having wounds; vulnerose. [R.]
Vulpes (n.) (Zool.) A genus of Carnivora including the foxes.
Vulpes (n.) foxes [syn: Vulpes, genus Vulpes].
Vulpic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.
Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox. [Written also vulpecide.]
Vulpine (a.) 狐狸的；詭計多端的 Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.
Vulpine phalangist (Zool.), An Australian carnivorous marsupial ({Phalangista vulpina syn. Trichosurus vulpina); -- called also vulpine phalanger, and vulpine opossum.
Vulpine (a.) Resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: vulpine, vulpecular].
Vulpinic (a.) (Chem.) Same as Vulpic.
Vulpinism (n.) The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness. [R.]
He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. -- Carlyle.
Vulpinite (n.) (Min.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.
Vultern (n.) (Zool.) The brush turkey ({Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.
Vulture (n.) [C] (Zool.) 禿鷹；貪心漢 Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to {Vultur}, {Cathartes}, {Catharista}, and various other genera of the family {Vulturidae}.
Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor, king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture ({Catharista atrata}) are well known American species. The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh's chicken, or Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures.
Vulture (n.) Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
Vulture (n.) Someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: {marauder}, {predator}, {vulture}, {piranha}].
Vulture (n.) Heb. da'ah (Lev. 11:14). In the parallel passage (Deut. 14:13) the Hebrew word used is _ra'ah_, rendered "glede;" LXX., "gups;" Vulg., "milvus." A species of ravenous bird, distinguished for its rapid flight. "When used without the epithet 'red,' the name is commonly confined to the black kite. The habits of the bird bear out the allusion in Isa. 34:15, for it is, excepting during the winter three months, so numerous everywhere in Palestine as to be almost gregarious." (See {Eagle}.)
Vulture (n.) In Job 28:7 the Heb. 'ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Lev. 11:14 and Deut. 14:13 it is rendered "kite" (q.v.).
Compare: Rapacious
Rapacious (a.) 強取的；貪婪的；捕食性的Aggressively greedy or grasping.
‘Rapacious landlords.’
Compare: Aggressively
Aggressively (adv.) 侵略地；攻擊地；有闖勁地 In a manner resulting from or betraying aggression.
‘He resisted violently and continued to behave aggressively in the police car.’
Aggressively (adv.) In a determined and forceful way.
‘Foreign-owned banks are aggressively marketing credit cards.’
Compare: Greedy
Greedy (a.) 貪食的；貪吃的；貪婪的 [（+for/ of）]； 渴望的；（興趣等）強烈的 [（+for）] [+to-v] Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.
‘He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig.’
Greedy (a.) Having or showing an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power.
‘People driven from their land by greedy developers.’
Compare: Grasping
Grasping (a.) 貪婪的，貪得無厭的；抓的；緊緊抓住的；grasp的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Avaricious; greedy.
‘They were regarded as grasping landlords.’
Vulturine (a.) 兀鷹似的；兀鷹的；貪婪的 Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.
The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. -- C. Kingsley.
Vulturine (a.) Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial}, {ravening}, {vulturine}, {vulturous}].
Vulturish (a.) 兀鷹的；兀鷹般的；貪婪的 Vulturous.
Vulturism (n.) 強取；貪婪 The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.
Compare: Rapaciousness
Rapaciousness (n.) 強取；貪婪 See Rapacious.
Vulturous (a.) 兀鷹的；兀鷹般的；貪婪的 Like a vulture; rapacious.
Vulturous (a.) Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial}, {ravening}, {vulturine}, {vulturous}].
Vulva (n.) (Anat.) 【解】陰戶，女陰，女性的外陰部 The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
Vulva (n.) (Zool.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
Vulva (n.) External parts of the female genitalia.
Vulva (n.) [C] 女陰；陰戶 The parts of the female sex organs that are outside the body.
Compare: Orifice
Orifice (n.) 【文】【幽】孔，口，洞 [C] An opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.
Compare: Nostril
Nostril (n.) 鼻孔 [C] Either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves.
Compare: Anus
Anus (n.) [Anatomy Zoology] 【解】肛門 The opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste matter leaves the body.
Compare: Alimentary
Alimentary (a.) 營養的；給予扶助的，供養的 Relating to nourishment or sustenance.
Compare: Olfactory
Olfactory (a.) 【文】嗅覺的 [Z] [B] Relating to the sense of smell.
‘The olfactory organs.’
Olfactory (a.) [Before noun] 嗅覺的 Connected with the ability to smell.
// The olfactory nerve.
Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.
Vulvitis (n.) 【醫】外陰炎 Inflammation of the vulva.
Vulvo-uterine (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.
Vulvovaginal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.
Vyce (n.) (Coopering) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it. -- Knight.
Vying () a. & n. from Vie. -- Vy"ing*ly, adv.