- Vulturish
- Vulturish Vul"tur*ish, a. Vulturous. [1913 Webster]
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Vulturish
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vulturish — index predatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vulturish — adjective see vulture … New Collegiate Dictionary
vulturish — vul·tur·ish … English syllables
vulturish — ˈvəlchərish, rēsh adjective : vulturous … Useful english dictionary
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husbandman — noun a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer Valiant Wisdom tilling and draining; escorted by owl eyed Pedantry, by owlish and vulturish and many other forms of Folly; the valiant husbandman assiduously tilling; the blind greedy… … Wiktionary
predatory — pred·a·to·ry / pre də ˌtōr ē/ adj: inclined or intended to injure competitors by unfair means subject to antitrust liability for predatory conduct National Law Journal predatory bidding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
vulture — [ vʌltʃə] noun 1》 a large bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion, with the head and neck more or less bare of feathers. [Several species in the families Accipitridae (Old World) and Cathartidae (New World).] 2》 a contemptible person who preys on … English new terms dictionary
