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Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..

Neurokeratin :: Neurokeratin (n.) A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin..

Pronghorn :: Pronghorn (n.) An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope..

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword..

Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..

Vaginopennous :: Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.

Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.

Vaginant :: Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing..

Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath..

#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..

Perineurium :: Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma..

Endophyllous :: Endophyllous (a.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Sheath :: Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part..

Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..

Spathed :: Spathed (a.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.

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