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Raven :: Raven (a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness..

Lepidomelane :: Lepidomelane (n.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica..

Contravening :: Contravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contraven.

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

Ravened :: Ravened (imp. & p. p.) of Rave.

Graven :: Graven (p. p.) of Grav.

Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..

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..

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..

Contravened :: Contravened (imp. & p. p.) of Contraven.

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three..

Sea Raven :: Sea raven () The cormorant.

Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature..

Ravenala :: Ravenala (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.

Raven :: Raven (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

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

Braveness :: Braveness (n.) The quality of state or being brave.

Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Contravention :: Contravention (n.) The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.

Intravenous :: Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.

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