<B>vulcanizable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be vulcanized. </DL>
<A NAME="vulcanizate">
<B>vulcanizate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a vulcanized material. <BR> <I>Ex. Rubber vulcanizates have remarkable strength (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vulcanization">
<B>vulcanization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of vulcanizing. </DL>
<A NAME="vulcanize">
<B>vulcanize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to treat (rubber) with sulfur or a sulfur compound and heat it to make it more elastic and durable. Rubber is sometimes treated with a large amount of sulfur and intense heat in order to harden it, as in the preparation of vulcanite. <DD><B> 2. </B>to repair (a rubber tire or tube) by using heat and chemicals to fuse the patch. <DD><B> 3. </B>to treat (rubber) with sulfur or a sulfur compound, but without subjecting it to heat. <DD><B> 4. </B>to treat (a substance) by an analogous process, as for hardening. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to undergo the process of vulcanizing. </DL>
<A NAME="vulcanizedfiber">
<B>vulcanized fiber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tough, hard substance formed by compressing paper that has been treated with acids or zinc chloride. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Vulcanized Fiber.</B> a trademark for this substance. </DL>
<A NAME="vulcanizer">
<B>vulcanizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who vulcanizes. <DD><B> 2. </B>an apparatus that vulcanizes, especially that used in vulcanizing rubber. </DL>
<B>vulgar, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>showing a lack of good breeding, manners, or taste; not refined; coarse; low. <BR> <I>Ex. vulgar manners, a vulgar display. The tramp used vulgar words.</I> (SYN) inelegant. <DD><B> 2. </B>of, belonging to, or comprising the common people. <BR> <I>Ex. the vulgar mass, to be held in vulgar contempt.</I> (SYN) plebeian, lowbrow, ignoble. <DD><B> 3. </B>current or prevalent among people; popular; general. <BR> <I>Ex. vulgar prejudices or superstitions.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>commonly or customarily used by the people of a country; ordinary; vernacular. <BR> <I>Ex. The vulgar language differs from the language used in a court's judgment or in the sermons of many preachers.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>common; ordinary. <DD><I>noun </I> (Obsolete.) the vernacular. <BR><I>expr. <B>the vulgar,</B> </I>the common people. <BR> <I>Ex. Nor was this the suspicion of the vulgar alone; it seems to have been shared by the clergy (H. H. Milman).</I> adv. <B>vulgarly.</B> noun <B>vulgarness.</B> </DL>
<B>vulgarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a vulgar person. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rich person who lacks good breeding, manners, or taste. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or belonging to the common people. <DD><B> 2. </B>lacking breeding; coarse; vulgar. </DL>
<B>vulgarism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a word, phrase, or expression used only by ignorant or careless persons. In "You could of told me" and "I ain't mad at you," <I>could of</I> and <I>ain't</I> are vulgarisms. <DD><B> 2. </B>vulgar character or action; vulgarity. <DD><B> 3. </B>a vulgar expression; coarse or obscene word or phrase. </DL>
<A NAME="vulgarity">
<B>vulgarity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a lack of fineness of feeling; lack of good breeding, manners, or taste; coarseness. <BR> <I>Ex. Talking loudly on a train and chewing gum in church are signs of vulgarity.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing done or said that shows vulgarity; vulgar act or word. <BR> <I>Ex. His vulgarities made him unwelcome in our home.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vulgarize">
<B>vulgarize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make vulgar or common; degrade or debase. <BR> <I>Ex. Signs and advertisements along a road often vulgarize the countryside.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make common or popular. noun <B>vulgarization.</B> noun <B>vulgarizer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vulgarlatin">
<B>Vulgar Latin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the popular form of Latin, the main source of French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; Popular Latin. </DL>
<A NAME="vulgate">
<B>Vulgate, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the Latin translation of the Bible used in the Roman Catholic Church. It is primarily a translation from the Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts made by Saint Jerome about A.D. 405 but with subsequent revisions. (Abbr:) Vulg. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Vulgate. <BR> <I>Ex. the Vulgate translation of a Hebrew word.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vulgate">
<B>vulgate, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the ordinary text of a work or author. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>ordinary or substandard in language. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with the common or usual version of a literary work. <BR><I>expr. <B>the vulgate,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>common or colloquial speech. </I> <I>Ex. "Here's a pretty mess," returned the pompous gentleman, descending to the vulgate (J. E. Cooke).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>substandard speech. <BR> <I>Ex. the vulgate of the backwoods country.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vulgus">
<B>vulgus</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-guses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common people; the crowd. </DL>
<A NAME="vulgus">
<B>vulgus</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-guses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) (in some public schools) a short set of Latin verses on a given subject to be memorized or written. </DL>
<A NAME="vulnerability">
<B>vulnerability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(no pl.) vulnerable quality or condition; being open to attack or injury. <BR> <I>Ex. The Commission ... made a study of civil defense and the problems of the reduction of urban vulnerability (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>pl. <B>-ties.</B> a vulnerable part or place. </DL>
<A NAME="vulnerable">
<B>vulnerable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be wounded or injured; open to attack. <BR> <I>Ex. Pollution of its drinking water left the city vulnerable to disease. Achilles was vulnerable only in his heel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>sensitive to criticism, temptations, or influences. <BR> <I>Ex. Most people are vulnerable to ridicule.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having won one game toward a rubber in contract bridge and thus in the position where penalties and premiums are increased. noun <B>vulnerableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vulnerably">
<B>vulnerably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a vulnerable manner. </DL>
<A NAME="vulnerantomnes">
<B>vulnerant omnes,</B> <B>ultima necat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) all (hours) wound, the final (one) kills (sometimes inscribed on clocks). </DL>
<A NAME="vulnerary">
<B>vulnerary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-aries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> used for or useful in healing wounds; curative. <BR> <I>Ex. a vulnerary root.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a vulnerary plant or remedy. <BR> <I>Ex. The Indians taught the New England settlers about many vulneraries.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vulpecula">
<B>Vulpecula, </B>noun, genitive <B>Vulpeculae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small northern constellation lying between Hercules and Pegasus; Little Fox. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpeculae">
<B>Vulpeculae, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the genitive of <B>Vulpecula.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vulpecular">
<B>vulpecular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a fox, especially a young fox; vulpine. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpicidal">
<B>vulpicidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> committing or taking part in, connected with, or of the nature of vulpicide. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpicide">
<B>vulpicide</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in England) a person who kills a fox otherwise than by hunting with hounds. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpicide">
<B>vulpicide</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in England) the act of killing a fox otherwise than by hunting with hounds. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpine">
<B>vulpine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a fox; cunning; sly. </DL>
<A NAME="vulpinite">
<B>vulpinite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a granular variety of anhydrite. </DL>
<A NAME="vulture">
<B>vulture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large bird of prey related to the eagles, falcons, and hawks, that eats the flesh of dead animals. Vultures usually have featherless heads and necks, weak talons, and keen sight. They comprise two families, one of the Old World, that includes the griffon vulture, and the other of the New World, that includes the condor, the turkey buzzard or turkey vulture, and the black vulture. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person that preys upon another; greedy, ruthless person. <BR> <I>Ex. Misers, swindlers, and other vultures are not welcome here.</I> adj. <B>vulturelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vulturine">
<B>vulturine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with vultures; resembling or characteristic of a vulture. </DL>
<A NAME="vulturous">
<B>vulturous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of or resembling a vulture. </DL>
<A NAME="vulva">
<B>vulva, </B>noun, pl. <B>-vae,</B> <B>-vas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the external genital organs of the female. </DL>
<A NAME="vulval">
<B>vulval, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the vulva. </DL>
<A NAME="vulvar">
<B>vulvar, </B>adjective. <B>=vulval.</B></DL>
<A NAME="vulviform">
<B>vulviform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Zoology.) shaped like the vulva of the human female. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) shaped like a cleft with projecting edges. </DL>
<A NAME="vulvitis">
<B>vulvitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the vulva. </DL>
<A NAME="vum">
<B>vum, </B>intransitive verb, <B>vummed,</B> <B>vumming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect.) to vow; swear. <BR> <I>Ex. I vum, it makes a man come all over uneasy (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<B>vWF</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> von Willebrand factor. <BR> <I>Ex. the vWF molecule ... serves as a carrier in plasma for VIIIC (Science).</I> </DL>
