principal — adj Chief; leading; most important or considerable; primary; original. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree. As to principal challenge principal contract principal obligation principal office principal vein, see those… … Black's law dictionary
vein´like´ — vein «vayn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel. 2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal… … Useful english dictionary
vein´er — vein «vayn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel. 2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal… … Useful english dictionary
original vein — principal vein, original vein, primary vein, secondary vein, accidental vein, incidental vein The terms principal, original, and primary, as well as secondary, accidental, and incidental, have all been employed to describe the different veins… … Black's law dictionary
primary vein — principal vein, original vein, primary vein, secondary vein, accidental vein, incidental vein The terms principal, original, and primary, as well as secondary, accidental, and incidental, have all been employed to describe the different veins… … Black's law dictionary
secondary vein — principal vein, original vein, primary vein, secondary vein, accidental vein, incidental vein The terms principal, original, and primary, as well as secondary, accidental, and incidental, have all been employed to describe the different veins… … Black's law dictionary
accidental vein — principal vein, original vein, primary vein, secondary vein, accidental vein, incidental vein The terms principal, original, and primary, as well as secondary, accidental, and incidental, have all been employed to describe the different veins… … Black's law dictionary
incidental vein — principal vein, original vein, primary vein, secondary vein, accidental vein, incidental vein The terms principal, original, and primary, as well as secondary, accidental, and incidental, have all been employed to describe the different veins… … Black's law dictionary
Vein (geology) — A quartz vein, prominent from the surrounding weathered rock In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Veins form when mineral constituents carried by an aqueous solution within the rock mass are… … Wikipedia
vein — veinal, adj. veinless, adj. veinlike, adj. /vayn/, n. 1. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. 2. (loosely) any blood vessel. 3. one of the riblike thickenings that form the… … Universalium
