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noun - (geology) an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock
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noun
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillary, capillaries back to the heart.
- (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect"s wing.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- A topic of discussion.
- ...and on a different vein, can we discuss...
- A style, tendency, or quality of something.
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noun
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
- A verbalized frustration.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
verb
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- The stove vents to the outside.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- Exhaust is vented to the outside.
- (context, transitive, intransitive) To express.
- He vents his anger violently.
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noun
- (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
- (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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noun (pl2=volcanoes)
- A mountain that contains a magma chamber attached to the mantle of the planet or moon and which periodically erupts forth, usually explosively, with lava and volcanic gases.
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noun
- The study of volcano, volcanoes.
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noun
- The study of volcano, volcanoes.
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