(Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, principally blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.

(fiction) An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species. / A language constructed for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the fictional Vulcan species.

(fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan; a species that values a personal emphasis on logic and strict personal emotional control.

(aircraft) The Avro Vulcan, a type of jet-powered British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Cold War.

Pertaining to a fox. / Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.

(transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. / (intransitive) To undergo such treatment.

(linguistics, historical) The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature. Developed into Proto-Romance and descendant languages in the Early Middle Ages.

Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene. / (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people. / (especially taxonomy) Common, usual; of the typical kind.

(classicism) A common, ordinary person. / (collective) The common people. / The vernacular tongue or common language of a country.