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Croak :: Croak (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound..

Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..

Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..

Craven :: Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Limosis :: Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.

Corby :: Corby (n.) The raven.

Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..

Ravener :: Ravener (n.) A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture..

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..

Lupine :: Lupine (n.) Wolfish; ravenous.

Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..

Cravened :: Cravened (imp. & p. p.) of Crave.

Raven :: Raven (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity..

Ravin :: Ravin (a.) Ravenous.

Gormand :: Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

Sculptile :: Sculptile (a.) Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images..

Cravening :: Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crave.

Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law..

Intraventricular :: Intraventricular (a.) Within or between ventricles.

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