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A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. Note: Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower

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A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. Note: Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower limbs. Dunglison.

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• OWNER
  One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
• PARIETES
  The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
• COMMONER
  1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
• LOWERMOST
  Lowest.
• COMMONISH
  Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
• OWLET
  A small owl; especially, the European species , and the California flammulated owlet . Owlet moth , any noctuid moth.
• COMMONLY
  1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser.
• LOWERY
  Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.
• DILATATION
  A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ. (more info) 1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. "What needeth greater dilatation" Chaucer. 2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al
• COMMONWEALTH
  Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. Syn. -- State; realm; republic. (more info) 1. A state;
• OWNERLESS
  Without an owner.
• OWL
  Any cpecies of raptorial birds of the family Strigidæ. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits. Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the head.
• OWENITE
  A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.
• LOCALIZE
  To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
• COMMONITION
  Advice; warning; instruction. Bailey.
• PERMANENT
  Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. Eternity stands permanent and fixed. Dryden. Permanent gases
• LOCALLY
  With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
• UNEVEN
  1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground. 2. Not equal; not of equal length. Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. Peacham. 3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3,
• RETARDATION
  The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards. 4. The extent to which anything
• LOCALITY
  The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places. (more info) 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. It is thought that the soul
• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• DOWNWEED
  Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• WINDFLOWER
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• CROWN SIDE
  See OFFICE
• DOWNPOUR
  A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• OVERBROW
  To hang over like a brow; to impend over. Longfellow. Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• ROWDY
  One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. M. Arnold.
• SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
  An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
• EMBOWER
  To lodge or rest in a bower. "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser. (more info) -- v. i.
• TOWELING
  Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
• KNOWINGLY
  1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
  Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
• TOWNWARD; TOWNWARDS
  Toward a town. Longfellow.