Term: emissary vein: one of several connecting veins in the scalp and head that drain blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: pharyngeal tonsil: a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: cenogenesis: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: denunciation: a public act of denouncing
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: tulipa: Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: shale: a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: indecision: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: fecundity: the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: bridle: headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: quantization: the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
Broader: vein: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | Unrelated: water vole: of western North America