vulcanized
1: (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) [syn: {cured}, {vulcanised}]
vulcanized fiber
1: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth [syn: {fiber}, {fibre}]
vulcanizer
1: someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency [syn: {vulcaniser}]
vulcanology
1: the branch of geology that studies volcanoes [syn: {volcanology}]
vulgar
1: 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...
Vulgar Latin
1: nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages
vulgarian
1: a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
vulgarisation
1: the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: {vulgarization}] 2: the act of making something attractive to the general public [syn: {popularization}, {popularisation}, {vulgarization}]
vulgarise
1: 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...
vulgariser
1: someone who makes something vulgar [syn: {vulgarizer}] 2: someone who makes attractive to the general public [syn: {popularizer}, {populariser}, {vulgarizer}]
vulgarism
1: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: {obscenity}, {dirty word}] 2: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: {coarseness}, {commonness}, {grossness}, {vulgarity}, {raunch}]
vulgarity
1: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: {coarseness}, {commonness}, {grossness}, {vulgarism}, {raunch}]
vulgarization
1: the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: {vulgarisation}] 2: the act of making something attractive to the general public [syn: {popularization}, {popularisation}, {vulgarisation}]
vulgarize
1: 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...
vulgarizer
1: someone who makes something vulgar [syn: {vulgariser}] 2: someone who makes attractive to the general public [syn: {popularizer}, {populariser}, {vulgariser}]
vulgarly
1: in a smutty manner [syn: {smuttily}]
Vulgate
1: 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 Chu...
vulnerability
1: the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" [syn: {exposure}] 2: susceptibility to injury or attack [ant: {invulnerability}]
vulnerable
1: susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" [ant: {invulnerable}] 2: susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation" 3: capabl...
Vulpecula
1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta
vulpecular
1: resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: {vulpine}]
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Vulpes
1: foxes [syn: {genus Vulpes}]
Vulpes fulva
1: New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox [syn: {red fox}]
Vulpes macrotis
1: small gray fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox [syn: {kit fox}]
Vulpes velox
1: small gray fox of the plains of western North America [syn: {kit fox}, {prairie fox}]
Vulpes vulpes
1: the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species [syn: {red fox}]
vulpine
1: resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: {vulpecular}]
Vultur
1: usually restricted to the Andean condor [syn: {genus Vultur}]
Vultur gryphus
1: large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff [syn: {Andean condor}]
vulture
1: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion 2: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: {marauder}, {predator}, {piranha}]
vulturine
1: 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...
vulturous
1: 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...
vulva
1: external parts of the female genitalia [also: {vulvae} (pl)]
vulval
1: of or relating to the vulva [syn: {vulvar}]
vulvar
1: of or relating to the vulva [syn: {vulval}]
vulvar slit
1: the fissure between the labia majora [syn: {pudendal cleft}, {urogenital cleft}, {rima pudendi}, {rima vulvae}, {pudendal cleavage}, {pudendal slit}]
vulvectomy
1: surgical removal of part or all of the vulva
VX gas
1: a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating...
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