Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
A style, tendency, or quality.
The entrails of a shrimp.
The nervure of an insect’s wing.
A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.