A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.
A layer of tissue.
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.