| veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
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| (noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil |
| (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane |
| (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure |
| (verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | - |
| veiled | (adjective) having or as if having a veil or concealing cover | - |
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| (adjective) muted or unclear | - |
| veiling | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, netting |
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| vein | (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | Synonyms: nervure |
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| (noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Synonyms: vena, venous blood vessel |
| (noun) a distinctive style or manner | - |
| (noun) a layer of ore between layers of rock | Synonyms: mineral vein |
| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ | Synonyms: nervure |
| (verb) make a veinlike pattern | - |
| veinal | (adjective) relating to the veins of plants | - |
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| veined | (adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins | Synonyms: veinlike, venose |
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| veinlike | (adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins | Synonyms: veined, venose |
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