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Bonanza :: Bonanza (n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income..

Calcedon :: Calcedon (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Fan-nerved :: Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects..

Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels..

Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation..

Avenious :: Avenious (a.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants..

Emulgent :: Emulgent (a.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins..

Transfuse :: Transfuse (v. t.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another..

Saphenous :: Saphenous (a.) Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.

Venal :: Venal (a.) Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood..

Phlebolith :: Phlebolith (n.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.

Marble-edged :: Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book..

Phlebitis :: Phlebitis (n.) Inflammation of a vein.

Whinstone :: Whinstone (n.) A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt..

Areolation :: Areolation (n.) Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola..

Portal :: Portal (a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery..

Cloudy :: Cloudy (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble..

Lieno-intestinal :: Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

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