Definition of venous

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Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood..

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Arterialization :: Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis..
Covenous :: Covenous (a.) See Covinous, and Covin..
Venous :: Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf..
Gormand :: Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Venous :: Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Gourmand :: Gourmand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Ravin :: Ravin (a.) Ravenous.
Venous :: Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood..
Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three..
Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..
Venosity :: Venosity (n.) The quality or state of being venous.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
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