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   vaporisation
         n 1: the process of becoming a vapor [syn: {vaporization},
               {vaporisation}, {vapor}, {vapour}, {evaporation}]
         2: annihilation by vaporizing something [syn: {vaporization},
            {vaporisation}]

English Dictionary: vapours by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporise
v
  1. cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"
    Synonym(s): evaporate, vaporise
  2. change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
    Synonym(s): evaporate, vaporise
  3. turn into gas; "The substance gasified"
    Synonym(s): gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
  4. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
    Synonym(s): evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporiser
n
  1. a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)
    Synonym(s): vaporizer, vaporiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporish
adj
  1. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
    Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporizable
adj
  1. (used of substances) capable of being volatilized [syn: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporization
n
  1. annihilation by vaporizing something [syn: vaporization, vaporisation]
  2. the process of becoming a vapor
    Synonym(s): vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporize
v
  1. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
    Synonym(s): zap, vaporize
  2. turn into gas; "The substance gasified"
    Synonym(s): gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
  3. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
    Synonym(s): evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
  4. decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
    Synonym(s): vanish, fly, vaporize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporized
adj
  1. converted into a gas or vapor [syn: gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilized, volatilised]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporizer
n
  1. a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)
    Synonym(s): vaporizer, vaporiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporous
adj
  1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
    Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
  2. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
    Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
  3. filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
    Synonym(s): miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporousness
n
  1. cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor [syn: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapors
n
  1. a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
    Synonym(s): blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourisable
adj
  1. (used of substances) capable of being volatilized [syn: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourised
adj
  1. converted into a gas or vapor [syn: gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilized, volatilised]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourish
adj
  1. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
    Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourous
adj
  1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
    Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
  2. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
    Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
  3. filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
    Synonym(s): miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourousness
n
  1. cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor [syn: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapours
n
  1. a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
    Synonym(s): blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viborg
n
  1. a town of Denmark in north central Jutland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vibrio comma
n
  1. comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera [syn: comma bacillus, Vibrio comma]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vibrissa
n
  1. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
    Synonym(s): whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viper's bugloss
n
  1. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
    Synonym(s): blueweed, blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viper's grass
n
  1. perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
    Synonym(s): black salsify, viper's grass, scorzonera, Scorzonera hispanica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vipera aspis
n
  1. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
    Synonym(s): asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viverra zibetha
n
  1. common civet of India and southeast Asia [syn: {large civet}, Viverra zibetha]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viverricula
n
  1. a genus of Viverridae [syn: Viverricula, {genus Viverricula}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viverricula indica
n
  1. a common civet of southeast Asia [syn: small civet, Viverricula indica, Viverricula malaccensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viverricula malaccensis
n
  1. a common civet of southeast Asia [syn: small civet, Viverricula indica, Viverricula malaccensis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vafrous \Va"frous\, a. [L. vafer.]
      Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. [Obs.] --Feltham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vapor galvanizing \Va"por gal"va*niz`ing\ (Metal.)
      A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces
      with zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of,
      as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc; -- called also
      {Sherardizing}. Vapor galvanizing is accomplished by heating
      the articles to be galvanized together with zinc dust in an
      air tight receptacle to a temperature of about 600[f8] F.,
      which is 188[f8] below the melting point of zinc, or by
      exposing the articles to vapor from molten zinc in a separate
      receptacle, using hydrogen or other reducing gas to prevent
      oxidation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporish \Va"por*ish\, a.
      1. Full of vapors; vaporous.
  
      2. Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic;
            peevish; humorsome.
  
                     Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd.      --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporizable \Vap"o*ri`za*ble\ (?; 110), a.
      Capable of being vaporized into vapor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporization \Vap`o*ri*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. vaporisation.]
      The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being
      converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor;
      specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a
      steam boiler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaporized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vaporizing}.] [Cf. F. vaporiser.]
      To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether
      naturally or artificially.
  
      {Vaporizing surface}. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating
            surface}, under {Evaporate}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. i.
      To pass off in vapor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaporized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vaporizing}.] [Cf. F. vaporiser.]
      To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether
      naturally or artificially.
  
      {Vaporizing surface}. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating
            surface}, under {Evaporate}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporizer \Vap"o*ri`zer\, n.
      One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaporized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vaporizing}.] [Cf. F. vaporiser.]
      To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether
      naturally or artificially.
  
      {Vaporizing surface}. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating
            surface}, under {Evaporate}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaporized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vaporizing}.] [Cf. F. vaporiser.]
      To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether
      naturally or artificially.
  
      {Vaporizing surface}. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating
            surface}, under {Evaporate}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporose \Va"por*ose`\, a.
      Full of vapor; vaporous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporous \Va"por*ous\, a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
      1. Having the form or nature of vapor. --Holland.
  
      2. Full of vapors or exhalations. --Shak.
  
                     The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
                                                                              --Derham.
  
      3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. --Bacon.
  
                     The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is
                     the most easily digested.                  --Arbuthnot.
  
      4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
  
                     Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
                                                                              --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporousness \Va"por*ous*ness\, n.
      The quality of being vaporous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vibraculum \[d8]Vi*brac"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Vibracula}. [NL.,
      dim. from L. vibrare to vibrate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with
      which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as
      specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as
      Avicularia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vibrio \[d8]Vib"ri*o\, n.; pl. E. {Vibrios}, L. {Vibriones}.
      [NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.]
      (Biol.)
      A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
      sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
      individual of this genus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vibrissa \[d8]Vi*bris"sa\, n.; pl. {Vibriss[91]}. [L.
      vibrissae, pl., the hairs in the nostrils of man, fr. vibrare
      to vibrate; -- so called because touching them tickles a
      person, and causes him to shake his head.]
      1. (Anat.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow
            about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many
            animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the
            hairs of the nostrils of man.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many
            birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vibrograph \Vi"bro*graph\, n. [Vibrate + -graph.]
      An instrument to observe and record vibrations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vibroscope \Vi"bro*scope\, n.
      1. An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
  
      2. An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.
      vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was
      believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living
      young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},
      {Weever}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World
            venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},
            and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.
  
                     There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on
                     his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.
                                                                              3.
  
      Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder
               ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),
               the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the
               Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).
  
      2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  
                     Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust
                     Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.
  
      {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.
  
      {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent
            deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral
            and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp
            teeth.
  
      {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb
            ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It
            is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed
            in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue
            weed}.
  
      {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb
            ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and
            solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,
            carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some
            other countries. Called also {viper grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.
      vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was
      believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living
      young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},
      {Weever}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World
            venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},
            and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.
  
                     There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on
                     his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.
                                                                              3.
  
      Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder
               ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),
               the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the
               Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).
  
      2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  
                     Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust
                     Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.
  
      {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.
  
      {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent
            deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral
            and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp
            teeth.
  
      {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb
            ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It
            is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed
            in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue
            weed}.
  
      {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb
            ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and
            solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,
            carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some
            other countries. Called also {viper grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF.
      aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
      countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}.
      The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
      {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viperish \Vi"per*ish\, a.
      Somewhat like a viper; viperous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viperous \Vi"per*ous\, a.
      Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a
      viperous tongue. [bd]This viperous slander.[b8] --Shak. --
      {Vi"per*ous*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viperous \Vi"per*ous\, a.
      Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a
      viperous tongue. [bd]This viperous slander.[b8] --Shak. --
      {Vi"per*ous*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.
      vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was
      believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living
      young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},
      {Weever}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World
            venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},
            and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.
  
                     There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on
                     his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.
                                                                              3.
  
      Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder
               ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),
               the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the
               Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).
  
      2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  
                     Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust
                     Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.
  
      {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.
  
      {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent
            deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral
            and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp
            teeth.
  
      {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb
            ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It
            is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed
            in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue
            weed}.
  
      {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb
            ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and
            solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,
            carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some
            other countries. Called also {viper grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L.
      buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. [?] oxtongue [?] ox + [?]
      tongue.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {A.
      officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue.
  
      {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the
            {Lycopsis arvensis}.
  
      {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.
      vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was
      believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living
      young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},
      {Weever}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World
            venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},
            and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.
  
                     There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on
                     his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.
                                                                              3.
  
      Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder
               ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),
               the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the
               Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).
  
      2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  
                     Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust
                     Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.
  
      {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.
  
      {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent
            deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral
            and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp
            teeth.
  
      {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb
            ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It
            is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed
            in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue
            weed}.
  
      {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb
            ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and
            solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,
            carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some
            other countries. Called also {viper grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vivary \Vi"va*ry\ (v[imac]"v[adot]*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Vivaries}
      (-r[icr]z).
      A vivarium. [bd]That . . . vivary of fowls and beasts.[b8]
      --Donne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Civet \Civ"et\, n. [F. civette (cf. It. zibetto) civet, civet
      cat, fr. LGr. [?], fr. Ar. zub[?]d, zab[?]d, civet.]
      1. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken
            from glands in the anal pouch of the civet ({Viverra
            civetta}). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of
            a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but
            agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another
            substance. It is used as a perfume.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l) The animal that produces civet ({Viverra
            civetta}); -- called also {civet cat}. It is carnivorous,
            from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color,
            with transverse black bands and spots on the body and
            tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The
            name is also applied to other species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kutauss \Ku*tauss"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The India civet ({Viverra zibetha}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zibet \Zib"et\, Zibeth \Zib"eth\, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See
      {Civet}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivorous mammal ({Viverra zibetha}) closely allied to
      the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the
      body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on
      the tail more numerous.
  
      Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies.
               It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is
               often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the
               same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also
               {Asiatic, [or] Indian, civet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rasse \Rasse\, n. [Cf. Malay r[be]sa taste, sensation.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivore ({Viverricula Mallaccensis}) allied to the civet
      but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It
      furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is
      highly prized by the Javanese. Called also {Malacca weasel},
      and {lesser civet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vivers \Vi"vers\, n. pl. [F. vivres, pl. of vivre, orig., to
      live.]
      Provisions; victuals. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
  
               I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so
               long.                                                      --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Viborg, SD (city, FIPS 67020)
      Location: 43.17116 N, 97.08047 W
      Population (1990): 763 (373 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57070

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   View Park-Windsor Hills, CA (CDP, FIPS 82667)
      Location: 33.99630 N, 118.34879 W
      Population (1990): 11769 (4749 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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