vulturine
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of vulturine
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
“Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.”
“Taking the cooked bird in her gnarled hands she stripped off the flesh with the few teeth she still had left in her head, gnawing on it with a vulturine concentration until it was just grey bones.”
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adj
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Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
“Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.”
“Taking the cooked bird in her gnarled hands she stripped off the flesh with the few teeth she still had left in her head, gnawing on it with a vulturine concentration until it was just grey bones.”
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Predaceous.
“A species of crow in vast numbers is generally found to attend the larger kind of birds of prey. It is uncommonly bold and ravenous, and all its habits are vulturine […]”
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Etymology
From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).
Words you can make from vulturine
155 playable · top: VIRULENT (11 pts)
Best play virulent 11 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
36 words- ERVIL 8 pts
- LEVIN 8 pts
- LIVEN 8 pts
- LIVER 8 pts
- LIVRE 8 pts
- RIVEN 8 pts
- RIVET 8 pts
- VERTU 8 pts
- VILER 8 pts
- VIRTU 8 pts
- ELINT 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INLET 5 pts
- INTEL 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- INURE 5 pts
- LINER 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- LUNET 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- RUTIN 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
- TUILE 5 pts
- TUNER 5 pts
- UNITE 5 pts
- UNLET 5 pts
- UNLIT 5 pts
- UNTIE 5 pts
- UNTIL 5 pts
- URINE 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
- UTILE 5 pts
4-letter words
52 words- ERUV 7 pts
- EVIL 7 pts
- LIVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
- RIVE 7 pts
- VEIL 7 pts
- VEIN 7 pts
- VENT 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- VIER 7 pts
- VILE 7 pts
- VINE 7 pts
- VIRL 7 pts
- VLEI 7 pts
- VULN 7 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LUNT 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NURL 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRL 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- LEV 6 pts
- LUV 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- VIN 6 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- LUN 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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