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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..

Raven :: Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Ravin :: Ravin (a.) Ravenous.

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

Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

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

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

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

Corby :: Corby (n.) The raven.

Caw :: Caw (n.) The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven..

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..

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

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..

Graven :: Graven (v. t.) Carved.

Engraven :: Engraven () of Engrav.

Sea Raven :: Sea raven () An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts..

Extravenate :: Extravenate (a.) Let out of the veins.

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

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

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