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Traditional English :: vug
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vurva.html - n. a rock-cavity lined with crystals. vuggy adj. vugular adj. [Corn. vooga] |
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Traditional English :: vulcanic
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vurva.html - var. of VOLCANIC. |
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Traditional English :: vulcanite
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vurva.html - n.
a hard black vulcanized rubber, ebonite. [as VULCANIZE] |
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Traditional English :: vulcanize
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vurva.html - v.tr. (also -ise) treat (rubber or rubberlike material) with sulphur etc. esp. at a high temperature to increase its strength. vulcanizable adj. vulcanization n. vulcanizer n. [Vulcan, Roman god of fire and metal-working] |
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Traditional English :: vulcanology
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vurva.html - n. (also volcanology) the scientific study of volcanoes. vulcanological adj. vulcanologist n. |
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Traditional English :: vulgar
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vurva.html - adj. 1 a of or characteristic of the common people, plebeian. b coarse in manners; low (vulgar expressions; vulgar tastes). 2 in common use; generally prevalent (vulgar errors). vulgar fraction a fraction expressed by numerator and denominator, not decimally. vulgar Latin informal Latin of classical times. the vulgar tongue the national or vernacular language, esp. formerly as opposed to Latin. vulgarly adv. [ME f. L vulgaris f. vulgus common people] |
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